Integrated Approach Model Towards University Sustainabillty: Analysis of Best Practices of Sustainable Universities

Abstract

Issue of University Sustainability is developed due to the emergence of impact of activities in university. Since those activities have impacts on the people and environment, it is significant that the university finds a sustainability model to alleviate the impacts of those activities. A systematic approach is needed to manage the environment and ensure the sustainability. The practices toward University Sustainability is an endeavor not only to create a healthy university environment, economic prosperity through energy and resources conservation, efficient waste and environment management but also to establish social justice and enforce it in national and international. The economic, social and environmental factors are major consideration to accomplish recognition as sustainable university. The objective of this research is identifying general practices developing sustainability model found at the university and based on Tri Dharma values of university. To develop the concept of Sustainability University, the identified general practices can be develop further in the making of university manual. This research is conducted analyzing activities supporting the best practices of sustainable university in a number of world universities: Osaka University, University of Western Australia, Brown University, National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne, Chulalongkorn University, University of Indonesia , and GadjahMada University. The obtained result will be principle for establishing best practices parameter of Sustainability University.