Are you green? What does it mean?UNIgreen Day at SGGW
Are you green? What does it mean? Practical methods for calculating Ecological Footprint. The event took place on 24 February 2024 at 3.30 pm in the Crystal Hall, SGGW.
This is the first of a series of presentations aimed at promoting sustainability and shaping pro-environmental attitudes, i.e. topics related to SGGW’s presence in the UNIgreen alliance.
The presentation was delivered by dr Chrystian Chomontowski, Department of Plant Physiology, who introduced methods for calculating the environmental footprint and its reduction. The majority of the audience was represented by students who had come to SGGW from all over the world to study at our Alma Mater. The lecture was the final act of an event organized for those students, the Welcome Day.
The event was attended by more than 100 people from the following countries: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Chad, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Italy, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and Spain.
The event was also attended by the Polish students, staff, and academics interested in ecology and developing a deeper understanding of the UNIgreen alliance.
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The European Universities are international university partnerships that are intended to be future European universities. The term ‘universities’ should be understood here in its most comprehensive sense, it includes all types of higher education institutions.
Basic Assumptions
The basic assumptions of European universities include: A common integrated long-term structural and strategic and sustainable cooperation in the area of education, with, where possible, links to research and innovation, and the service of society;
A common European inter-university campuses that allow students, PhD students and staff to benefit from seamless mobility opportunities; People can study, train, teach, do research, work, or share services in any of the partner institutions, either physically, online, or both (as blended learning); Joint, flexible and innovative curricula, based on inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches, integrating student-centered learning and innovative pedagogies. Work-based experience and traineeships with external mentors. These promote civic engagement, help learners to become more entrepreneurial, and promote the sharing of knowledge, talent and workforce across sectors.
The European knowledge-creating teams (challenge-based approach) results in actionable solutions for practical problems. Teams of students and academics can work together with researchers, entrepreneurs, companies, local and regional actors, and civil society actors – depending on the overall strategy and vision of the alliance. This can be done for example in “living labs”, which are diverse multidisciplinary teams of students, researchers, professionals, innovation actors, and members of the public who work on real-life issues so that their efforts are put into finding meaningful solutions. The challenge-based approaches include innovative learning and training that can be adapted to different regions in Europe.
The Green University’s objectives
Supporting the ‘Green Transition’ – developing scientific and technological frameworks in the fields of sustainable agriculture, green biotechnology and environmental and life sciences to promote the green transformation.
Intensifying innovative activities – attracting talented students, researchers and stakeholders from around the world to intensify activities in the area of innovation to strengthen local and regional development by offering cutting-edge solutions.
Strengthening global links – establishing strong links between education, research, technology and services through a global partnership for a knowledge-based society.
Promoting an open educational community – shaping an integrated and diverse educational environment based on the principles of equity and diversity. Creating conditions for members of the academic community to help them develop as creative, responsible and socially engaged citizens who share a common European identity.
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