We're proud to announce that Learning in Future Environments reached the long...
We're proud to announce that Learning in Future Environments reached the longlist for the Innovation category for the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2012.
The Guardian Sustainable Business Best Practice Exchange contains articles on all the initiatives that met the criteria for the GSB Awards, demonstrating elements of genuine innovation and forward thinking. Here, Simon Beavis examines how LiFE can help colleges and universities with their green strategies, particularly with their crucial role in embedded sustainability and providing their students with the skills that they need.
Learning in Future Environments: a lesson in sustainability
A performance-improvement system has been designed to help colleges and universities with their green strategies
If ambitions to create a green economy are ever to be achieved, universities and colleges will have to play a crucial role, both in improving their own sustainability and preparing their students for the future. But how well-positioned are they do that job?
That's the question that lies behind the creation of Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) – a comprehensive performance-improvement system designed to help universities and colleges manage, measure, improve and promote their own sustainability and social responsibility.
Launched in the UK in November 2011 and in Australasia the following February, the system is the brainchild of the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), which counts 300 institutions among its members.
Participating colleges have access to the LiFE index, a highly capable but easy-to-use framework guiding them through sustainability and social responsibility, and providing a national and international benchmark.
They can also opt for accreditation through a system seeking to set standards while promoting unique approaches to sustainability. A comprehensive package of support services is also provided.
Students may not yet be choosing universities because of their sustainability credentials, but they certainly look for colleges that can equip them for work in the green economy. Funders and other stakeholders also increasingly want proof of progress – and that's just what LiFE should produce.
We'd also like to congratulate EAUC Company Member Interface for winning the Innovation category and to the Founder, Ray Anderson, who was recognised for outstanding achievement.
For the full article click here.
For more information on LiFE, visit www.thelifeindex.org.uk
Source: Simon Beavis for the Guardian Professional Network, www.guardian.co.uk
The Guardian Sustainable Business Best Practice Exchange contains articles on all the initiatives that met the criteria for the GSB Awards, demonstrating elements of genuine innovation and forward thinking. Here, Simon Beavis examines how LiFE can help colleges and universities with their green strategies, particularly with their crucial role in embedded sustainability and providing their students with the skills that they need.
Learning in Future Environments: a lesson in sustainability
A performance-improvement system has been designed to help colleges and universities with their green strategies
If ambitions to create a green economy are ever to be achieved, universities and colleges will have to play a crucial role, both in improving their own sustainability and preparing their students for the future. But how well-positioned are they do that job?
That's the question that lies behind the creation of Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) – a comprehensive performance-improvement system designed to help universities and colleges manage, measure, improve and promote their own sustainability and social responsibility.
Launched in the UK in November 2011 and in Australasia the following February, the system is the brainchild of the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), which counts 300 institutions among its members.
Participating colleges have access to the LiFE index, a highly capable but easy-to-use framework guiding them through sustainability and social responsibility, and providing a national and international benchmark.
They can also opt for accreditation through a system seeking to set standards while promoting unique approaches to sustainability. A comprehensive package of support services is also provided.
Students may not yet be choosing universities because of their sustainability credentials, but they certainly look for colleges that can equip them for work in the green economy. Funders and other stakeholders also increasingly want proof of progress – and that's just what LiFE should produce.
We'd also like to congratulate EAUC Company Member Interface for winning the Innovation category and to the Founder, Ray Anderson, who was recognised for outstanding achievement.
For the full article click here.
For more information on LiFE, visit www.thelifeindex.org.uk
Source: Simon Beavis for the Guardian Professional Network, www.guardian.co.uk
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