Abstract
A university campus has the potential to accomplish much more than simply providing the infrastructure in which students and staff carry out the business of education and research. The campus itself can be considered a classroom where the lessons of responsible citizenship and environmental stewardship are modelled on a daily basis through corporate behaviour, campus design, and community engagement. This chapter presents a series of case studies from the Australian National University that illustrate how a university can educate its community about climate change and a range of interrelated environmental issues.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the entire ANUgreen team in the development of this chapter through editing and reviewing of the manuscript to their ongoing commitment to campus sustainability – Stephen Fahey, Barry Hughes, Clare Lawlor, Bart Meehan, Beth Mitchell, John Sullivan, Adam Taylor and Su Wild River.
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Rooney, M., McMillin, J. (2010). The Campus as a Classroom: Integrating People, Place, and Performance for Communicating Climate Change. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Universities and Climate Change. Climate Change Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_10
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