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Jenny Kong Yug YingLecturers name: Puan

Liong Lina

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Introduction:

we will need to make efforts at every level, fromthe individual to the household to the communityto the nation to the world.

Governments, corporations and organizationsmust all encourage and pursue sustainablepractices.

Among the institutions that can contribute to

sustainability efforts are collegesand universities.

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Do university students need to do

so?? We tend to think of colleges and universities as enlightened

and progressive institutions that generate benefits forsociety.

However, colleges and universities are also centers of

lavish resource consumption. Institutions of higher education feature extensive

infrastructure, including classrooms, offices, research labs,and residential housing. Most also have diningestablishments, sports arenas, vehicle fleets, and roadnetworks.

TheThe ecological footprint of a typicalecological footprint of a typicalcollege or university is substantialcollege or university is substantial..

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Why we have to do this???Why we have to do this???

The truth is, we enrolled at our college or

university to gain an education, not to

transform the institution.

Why, then, are increasing numbers of

students promoting sustainable practices on

their campuses.

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1. Make a Difference!!!

First, reducing the ecological footprint of a

campus really can make a difference. The

consumptive impact of educating, feeding,

and housing hundreds or thousands of

students is immense.

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Aware!!!!

Second, campus sustainability efforts make

students aware of the need to address

environmental problems, and students who

act to promote campus sustainability serve as

models for their peers.

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3. Learn and grow!!!

the student who engages in sustainability

efforts learns and grows as a result. The

challenges, successes and failures that we

encounter can serve as valuable preparation

for similar efforts in transforming ourselves in

the broader society.

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