Sustainable University (SU) efforts outside UK

Arizona State University (USA)

Global Institute of Sustainability

Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CCSD) Masters

Australian National University (Australia)
Fenner School of Environment and Society

British Columbia, University of (Canada)
Sustainability Initiative

Catalonia, Technical University of (Spain)
Sustainability MSc

Cornell University (USA)
Sustainability 

Dalhousie University (Canada)
Sustainability
College of Sustainability

Daugavpils University (Latvia)
Institute of Sustainable Education

Florida, University of (USA)
Powell Center for Construction & Environment

Florida Gulf Coast University (USA)
Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education

Gothenburg, University of (Sweden)
Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV

Graz, University of (Austria)
Wegener Centre for Climate and Global Change

Harvard University (USA)
Centre for International Development
Sustainability Science Program

Hokkaido University (Japan)
Hokudai Network for Global Sustainability

Kenyatta University (Kenya)
Department of Gender and Development

La Trobe University (Australia)
Sustainability

Leuphana University (Germany)
Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
Sustainability Sciences MSc

Lund University (Sweden)
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)
Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID)

Macquarie University (Australia)
Sustainability
Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability (ARIES)

Melbourne, University of (Australia)
Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
Achieving a Sustainable Campus

Michigan, University of (USA)
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute

Monash University (Australia)
Monash Sustainability Institute
Environment and Sustainability Masters

Moratuwa, University of (Sri Lanka)
Brown Environment Resource Centre (BERC)

Natural Resources and Life Sciences, University of (BOKU) (Austria)
GDUS - Gender, Diversity and Urban Sustainability

New South Wales, University of (Australia)
Sustainability
Sustainable Development MSc

Otago, University of (New Zealand)
Education for Sustainability in Higher Education

Ottawa, University of (Canada)
Sustainability

Pune, University of (India)
School of Energy Studies

Rikkyo University (Japan)
Education for Sustainable Development Research Center (ESDRC)

RMIT University (Australia)
Cluster for Research in Education for Sustainability and Social Inclusion (CRESSI)
Globalism Research Centre

Sains, Universiti (Malaysia)
Center for Education & Training in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (CETREE)

Saskatchewan, University of (Canada)
Sustainability
School of Environment and Sustainability

South Florida, University of (USA)
Patel School of Global Sustainability

Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
Sustainability

Technology, University of, Sydney (Australia)
Institute for Sustainable Futures

Tsinghua University (China)
Environmental Engineering and Management Masters

United Nations University
Environmental Governance MSc (Specialization in Biodiversity)

Western Sydney, University of (Australia)
Sustainability

York University (Canada)
Sustainability and Education Academy (SEdA)

‘The DESD [Decade of Education for Sustainable Development] has provided essential impetus for strategic change in sustainability, and for HE [higher education] this means specific focus on educating future generations of decision makers, leaders and educators, and on efforts to engage in outreach and service to society.’
Ryan et al (2010: p.112)

Ryan, A., Tilbury, D., Corcoran, P.B., Abe, O. and Nomura, K. (2010) Sustainability in higher education in the Asia-Pacific: developments, challenges, and prospects. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 11(2), pp.106-199.

The Decade of ESD and higher education

‘Higher education has a key role in creating a student experience which nurtures the global citizen of tomorrow, which enables students as graduates to make positive contributions to a global society and economy (Allan, 2005: p.10).’
Bourn and Shiel (2009: p.675)

Allan, C. (2005) The global university: Quality education for life in the twenty-first century. Graduates as Global Citizens Conference Report. http://www.dea.org.uk/publication-7be452f431a85caf41db1915e8754044, pp.10-17.

Bourn, D. and Shiel, C. (2009) Global perspectives: aligning agendas? Environmental Education Research, 15(6), pp.661-667.

Nurturing tomorrow’ global citizen

‘Sustainability in higher education – conceived as institutional, systems-level sustainable university research and development – remains an emerging specialisation within sustainability science. Philosophical reflections, theoretical-conceptual analysis, empirical research, theorizing, and knowledge mobilization and capacity-building ... promise rich opportunities to grow higher education as catalyst for a sustainable global society.’
Beringer and Adomssent (2008: p.620)

Beringer, A. and Adomssent, M. (2008) Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research. Environmental Education Research, 14(6), pp.607-623.

A catalyst for a sustainable global society