Promoting Heartware Development Through Energy Saving Activities at Toho University

In order to respond to climate change, it is necessary for all people of society to cooperate with energy saving behavior. Environmental education to develop human resources who can take environmental actions is important, and universities are expected to contribute to this development. Toho Ecoluti...

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Published inENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 176 - 181
Main Author TAKEUCHI, Ayano
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, JAPAN 30.09.2019
Subjects
environmental education
human development
Saving energy activities
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Summary:In order to respond to climate change, it is necessary for all people of society to cooperate with energy saving behavior. Environmental education to develop human resources who can take environmental actions is important, and universities are expected to contribute to this development. Toho Ecolution is an environmental group established at Toho University Narashino Campus in April 2017. Facility staffs and students are working together in order to promote energy saving activities on campus, such as charging fees for plastic shopping bags and collecting used paper. In this paper, we discuss the method of practical environmental education in universities based on activities conducted at Toho Ecolution.
ISSN:0915-0048
1884-5029
DOI:10.11353/sesj.32.176