Department of Communication and Foreign Languages, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 3;18(15):8209. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158209.
The disruptive force of the COVID-19 pandemic is lessening in power and plans are being made for the postcrisis period, among which increasing the sustainability of higher education is of significant importance. The study aims at establishing students' existing environment-related routines during their home confinement, as a basis for applying green measures to campus living once academic life is resumed with the physical presence of students. The collected data rely on self-reported information provided by 816 students from Politehnica University of Timisoara (Romania), collected via an online, anonymous survey. The novelty of the approach is that household environment-related routines are investigated during a crisis period, with the possibility to build upon the results to implement tailored measures to encourage or diminish environmentally relevant consumption by young, highly skilled individuals. The students display a moderate awareness of environmental issues and indicate consumption routines that may be steered towards an increased sustainability-conscious campus life, through the combined intervention of the university, city administration, and stakeholder involvement. The findings are used to explore the possible directions for action towards increasing or contributing to the territorial sustainability in the socio-ecological context of Timisoara, the largest university city in the western part of Romania via educational, managerial and policy interventions.
新冠疫情的破坏力量正在减弱，人们正在为后危机时期做规划，其中提高高等教育的可持续性至关重要。本研究旨在确定学生在居家隔离期间的现有环境相关日常生活习惯，以便在学生重返校园、恢复实体教学后，将绿色措施应用于校园生活。研究数据来源于 816 名来自罗马尼亚蒂米什瓦拉技术大学的学生提供的自我报告信息，通过在线匿名调查收集。该研究方法的新颖之处在于，在危机时期调查与家庭环境相关的日常生活习惯，以便能够根据调查结果实施有针对性的措施，鼓励或减少年轻高技能个体的环境相关消费。学生们对环境问题有一定的认识，并表示他们的消费习惯可能会通过大学、市政府和利益相关者的共同干预，引导他们走向更加可持续的校园生活。研究结果用于探索通过教育、管理和政策干预，在罗马尼亚西部最大的大学城蒂米什瓦拉的社会-生态背景下，增加或促进其地域可持续性发展的可能方向。
