1. Chelmsford, 21st January, 2011 PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Research in Progress By: Dr. Beatriz Acevedo Lecturer in Sustainable Management Anglia Ruskin University University Forum for Human Resource Development

2. Presentation What are the main challenges in terms of HRD for Higher Education institutions, regarding education for sustainable development. Presentation “If you want truly to understand something, try to change it” Lewin Preliminary results of a case study at Anglia Ruskin University based on the Green Impact Awards / 2010: Organizational behavior.

3. Drivers & Attractors for ESD(*) Drivers Drivers Energy from bottom Based on Peter Hopkinson, Eco-versity of Bradford Drivers and Attractors for ESD & Organizational Change Temporal Internal Temporal Environment External Senior & Fleming (2006), Organizational Change Leadership

4. Education for Sustainable Development CAMPUS: Estates, facilities, buildings - behaviour CAMPUS: CURRICULUMCURRICULUM COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

5. Achievements at Anglia Ruskin University Business in the community - Bronze Award People and Planet - 10th place in the Green League Cambridge Climate Change Charter Carbon Trust Standard ISO 14001 National Union of Students - Silver Sound Environment CAMPUS: Estates, facilities, buildings - behaviour CAMPUS:

6. Green Impact Awards University of Bristol 2009 DEFRA and NUS - 23 Universities across the UK Friendly competition amongst staff teams. Environmental Champions Behavioral change Environmental Management ARU

7. Research Methodology Action Research (Marshall and Reason, 2001) 12 semi-structured interviews with team leaders and team members Workshop with students/ GIA auditors Content analysis + NVivo (1) What are the motivations for members of the ARU community (staff + students) to engage in sustainable/green behavior and practices

8. Literature Review Organizational Development (Albright, 2004; Cummings & Worley, 2005) Incentives, motivation and rewards (Koester et al, 2006) Resistance to change (Trushman et al., 1988; Lozano, 2006) Power & Organizational Culture (Robbins, 2005; Foucault, 1979; Alvesson and Deetz, 2005) Education for Sustainable Development - Action Learning (Orr, 2005; Morin, 2001) Keywords: Organizational Behavior, organizational development, Higher Education, ESD, Greening the campus, Change...

9. (1) Staff Participation (Administrative) 14 teams participated, 200 people, 16 departments Most of teams achieved bronze, silver and one gold.

10. (2) Student participation as eco-auditors 6 students from AIBS were trained as eco- auditors as part of the module on Int. Environmental Mgt. Action Learning + Professional development

11. Some preliminary findings “I am generally a green person”... the role of environmental champions “Nagging” vs. “Inspiring”...incentives, motivations and difficulties “I thought, argh! this is another task on top of what we have to do”...resistance to change / HRD? “the University should ensure that waste is really separated, otherwise it is not worth”......systemic coherence

12. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Individual Subjective (Personal values, worldviews) Collective Subjective (Group cultures, shared norms) Individual Objective (Roles, skills, networks) Collective Objective (Political, economical, technological, legal) From: Ballard, 2005 ‘Using learning processes to promote change for Sustainable Development”, adapted from Wilber, K. A Theory of Everything: An integral vision for business, politics, science and spirituality

13. Results & Challenges How to support and reward the role of environmental champions. Systemic changes, structural reforms, the role of HRD. Enhancing the learning community Students as eco-auditors: best practice! Sustainable Leadership

14. SynthesisSynthesis A rich path for exploration in terms of HRD and OB/OD Continuation and improvement of the students participation as eco-auditors. Further tasks in relation to education for sustainable development at ARU

15. email: Beatriz.Acevedo@anglia.ac.uk Questions

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