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RUS – The Italian Network of Universities for Sustainability
The vision
• Fundamental role of research and education for
envisioning and shaping change
• Holistic / interdisciplinar / multidisciplinar approach
required for effective action
• Universities as “anchor institutions”
• Transformative
• Responsive
• Demand-lead
Structures and infrastructures
People, ideas and behaviours
Top-down Bottom-up
vs
Sustainabililty in Universities
• Accelerate progress towards an institutionalized commitment to sustainability to achieve the SDGs • set a shared framework for sustainability metrics,
data collection quality and quantity, mapping of transferrable sustainable practices
• Foster sustainability education and research, in recognition of their fundamental role in achieving the SDGs.
• Disseminate sustainability culture and promote the active engagement of all urban stakeholders on a gradual commitment towards green growth
The RUS experience – objectives
The RUS experience – action plan
Activities organized around thematic subjects • Mobility• Energy• Waste• . . .
Coordination by corresponding panels • strategic management tools
Periodic evaluation and assessment • meetings among participant
The RUS experience – existing best practices • Living Labs: stakholder engagement. Politecnico di Torino,
Bologna, Politecnico di Milano e Università di Milano;• AlmaLowCarbon: multidisciplinary research on energy and
environmental sustainability for the transition towards a “low carbon” society. University of Bologna;
• Green public procurement: Ca’ Foscari and Politecnico di Torino;
• NeSSO, internal university network for the impementation of Sustainable Practices, University of Siena;
• Waste programs: smart waste collectors waste monitoring programs. Politecnico di Milano and Milano Bicocca;
• Carbon Management, Ca Foscari and Milano Bicocca;• Environmental Education Center, University of Bari “Aldo
Moro”
The RUS experience – state of the union
• In 2013 a group of 12 Italian Universities started a coordinated action for the implementation of sustainability in their organization and the creation of sustainable campuses.
• During 2015, after the endorsement by CRUI, about 50 Italian Universities formalized their expression of interest in being part of the network.
• Formal agreement establishing RUS to be submitted to the Italian University Rectors Committee in the coming weeks.
• RUS will be operating starting June 2016