EUSTEPs (Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability TEaching and Practices)

EUSTEPs aims to educate European university students and the wider academic community about the complexity of sustainability and its interdisciplinary nature in an engaging and captivating manner. In addition, its goal is to support the assessment and reduction of the environmental impact of EU Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through an experiential approach based on an innovative application of the Ecological Footprint. The key outputs of the EUSTEPs project are: E-learning Platform & University Footprint Calculator

EUSTEPs (Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability TEaching and Practices)

Provider

EUSTEPs

Creator

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Aveiro, Portugal Universidade Aberta, Portugal University of Siena, Italy

Partner

UniLu

Quote

Because education is key

Languages

English, Italian, Greek, Portuguese

Url initiative

https://www.eusteps.eu/

Resources

Mooc, Teaching material, Footprint calculator

Url resources

https://www.eusteps.eu/resources/student-educator-teaching-material/ https://aulaberta.uab.pt/blocks/catalog/detail.php?id=59 https://eusteps.footprintcalculator.org/

Target audience

Students, Teachers,Staff

Thematic focus

Nature and Environment Sustainability Ecological Footprint Higher Education Institutions

Content

The MOOC allows you to acquire knowledge on the concept of sustainability and the Ecological Footprint, by using examples and contexts from real life. It also helps you to understand what approaches can you make to address the global sustainability issue. Topic 1 - Introduction to Ecological Overshoot, Sustainability, and SDGs Topic 2 - Connecting your daily life with SDGs Topic 3 - Introduction to Ecological Footprint Topic 4 - Your Personal Ecological Footprint Topic 5 - HEI: Sustainability aspects and assessment tools Topic 6 - HEI: Sustainability best practices

Duration

50 hours overall, corresponding to approximately 7 hours per week.

Cost

Free

Contact email

gmalandrakis@eled.auth.gr