Information
- Submitted by: Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)
- Topic: Education
- Keywords: education
- Location: Sapporo, Japan
- Date of completion: 2015
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Deliverables & Resources
Action network
- This voluntary initiative came from Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
Hokkaido University
Partner(s)
Hokkaido University
Description/achievement of initiative
In June 2008, Hokkaido University hosted the worlds' first G8 University Summit. Representatives from 35 universities around the world came together, and vowed universities will be a driving force for attaining sustainability and adopted the Sapporo Sustainability Declaration (SSD), in which the participants confirmed that we:
1. Solve problems through research, in order to bequeath a sustainable world to future generations;
2. Educate future generations, by disseminating information about sustainability and training leaders;
3. Serve as a role model toward a sustainable society by applying sustainability-relevant knowledge in a social context, such as the development of a sustainable campus.
Implementation methodologies
A) Sustainability Projects
Alternative University Appraisal Project
http://www.sustain.hokudai.ac.jp/aua/
Sustainable Low-Carbon Society Project
http://www.sustain.hokudai.ac.jp/carbon/
Office for a Sustainable Campus
http://www.osc.hokudai.ac.jp/en/
Center for Sustainability Science
http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp/
B) Events
The 6th Sustainability Weeks (SW), our annual outreach campaign from October 6 to 21 this year. .
http://www.sustain.hokudai.ac.jp/sw/"
Deliverables
| Deliverable | Date |
| Center for Sustainability Science | 2015 |
| Office for a Sustainable Campus | 2015 |
| Sustainable Low-Carbon Society Project | 2015 |
| Alternative University Appraisal Project | 2015 |
Resources
| Type | Details |
| Staff / Technical expertise | Expertise of students and staff concerning sustainable development |