Fostering behaviour change and the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles is extremely important to support climate and broader environmental objectives. Political and legal decision-making is needed, but it is crucial to change individual choices as well. This action contribute to conceptualising sustainable lifestyles, including its linkages to the circular economy agenda at EU level. In higher education in Finland aim of education is to educate change makers who will renew life and society into more sustainable ones, i.e. the citizens will the executors of social change leading to sustainable lifestyles in such a way that the ecological and social basis of life endures. Here the role of higher education is significant, not only in educating the change makers, but also through RDI (research, development and innovation) activities (especially in circular economy), and acting as example.
PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic, environmental, and social goals. PRME plays thus a role in creating business models and an understanding of business graduates for sustainable lifestyles including the circular economy.
Laurea university supports this action. It is vital for achieving sustainability transitions and circular economy to include citizens and consumers in developing feasible solutions that support sustainable changes in everyday life and choices. This calls for applied, research, using living labs as environments for experimentation. In addition, technological, social and business innovations are equally important in achieving sustainable lifestyles. has context menu.
Promoting sustainable lifestyle in higher education
Taru Konst/ Turku University of Applied Sciences
9. januari 2024 klockan 10.28.54
Fostering behaviour change and the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles is extremely important to support climate and broader environmental objectives. Political and legal decision-making is needed, but it is crucial to change individual choices as well. This action contribute to conceptualising sustainable lifestyles, including its linkages to the circular economy agenda at EU level. In higher education in Finland aim of education is to educate change makers who will renew life and society into more sustainable ones, i.e. the citizens will the executors of social change leading to sustainable lifestyles in such a way that the ecological and social basis of life endures. Here the role of higher education is significant, not only in educating the change makers, but also through RDI (research, development and innovation) activities (especially in circular economy), and acting as example.
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Sirpa Aalto/Hanken School of Economics
30. januari 2024 klockan 8.52.49
PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic, environmental, and social goals. PRME plays thus a role in creating business models and an understanding of business graduates for sustainable lifestyles including the circular economy.
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Clarissa Bingham
2. februari 2024 klockan 15.08.45
Laurea university supports this action. It is vital for achieving sustainability transitions and circular economy to include citizens and consumers in developing feasible solutions that support sustainable changes in everyday life and choices. This calls for applied, research, using living labs as environments for experimentation. In addition, technological, social and business innovations are equally important in achieving sustainable lifestyles.
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