This presentation was part of the 2015 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme in Sabah, Malaysia.

1. Transformational Leadership in Implementing and Assessing Sustainability Projects
The Role of UMS in Promoting Sustainability
through Research, Teaching, Learning and
Community Engagement
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Justin Sentian
Director, EcoCampus Management Centre
Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2. UMS Perspective
• Aims to be a key player in the global towards sustainable
development
• Recognizes that its decisions and actions have a very significant
impact on the environmental, economic and social aspects of the
region, at present and in the future
• Bears the responsibility in educating all its stakeholders on
responsible environmental stewardship
• Understands that there is an urgent need to change the way we
think and act

3. UMS EcoCampus
• A point of reference to act as a steward of the environment,
contributing to global efforts towards sustainability by introducing
environmental excellence in teaching and learning, research,
infrastructure development, management and operational
practices, and campus experience.
• Allows the institution to systematically identify, evaluate, manage and
improve its environmental performance and practices
• The main aims is to promote environmental education and care,
and moving towards environmental sustainability through good
planning, and operational and management practices that will
influence curriculum, teaching and research, and campus
experience through leadership of the university

4. EcoCampus
Key Elements
Mindset
Change
Infrastructure
Development
Teaching and
Learning
Research
Themes
Management
Operational
Practices
EcoCampus Key Elements

5. EcoCampus &
Sustainability
• Sustainability is focused on the
future.
• Sustainability is a global and
local issue.
• Encompasses the numerous
challenges
Social-Political
EconomicEnvironmental
Sustainability
happens here!

6. How does sustainability happen in UMS?
Teaching/Curriculum
Research
Outreach/Community
Planning/Operations

7. EcoCampus Charge?
Establishment of eight Committees, which are
responsible in providing overall leadership for
sustainability work, while at the same time
encouraging broad participation from across the
campus and community
Committees:
• Wastes Management
• Energy and Water
• Tourism
• Environmental Leadership and Awareness
• Landscape and Greening
• Environmental Management System (ISO14001)
• Transport and Low Carbon
• Green Ranking and Reports

8. EcoCampus Roadmap (2013-2017)
• Outreach programmes established
• Emphasis on the environment and
sustainable development programme
contents reviewed. Introduction of
environmental perspectives in the
curriculum
• 3R project/5R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,
Renew and Respect), emission
reduction project, and energy
conservation project implemented
• EcoCampus seminars and workshops
organised.
• EcoCampus initiative launched
• Governing body for EcoCampus
established.
• Environmental Management
System (EMS) initiated towards MS-
ISO 14001
• Energy, Water, and Paper Saving
Programmes reinforced
• Research proposals on environment
and sustainable development
Year 1: Jan- Dec 2013

9. EcoCampus Roadmap (2013-2017)
• Environmental Management
System (EMS) implemented.
• International recognition and
accreditation
• Audit and management review
conducted.
• Results through international
frameworks engaged and shared.
• Networks to discuss best practice
and exchange ideas set up.
• Continual improvement reviewed.
• Carbon footprint reduced
(greening of the campus).
• Milestone projects implemented.
• Progressive training of staff in
environmental management
system.
• Environmental audit carried out
(conformance of environmental
procedures documented).
• Green investment mechanisms
established.
Year 2: Jan- Dec 2014 Year 3: Jan- Dec 2015

10. EcoCampus Roadmap (2013-2017)
• Continual improvement reviewed.
• EcoCampus status declared
• Environmental solutions to other
institutions of higher education
to achieve EcoCampus® status
provided.
• Procurement policy in place.
• Continual improvement reviewed.
Year 4: Jan- Dec 2016 Year 5: Jan- Dec 2017

11. Places of Interest in UMS
UMS Jetty

12. Sustainability & Teaching/Curriculum
Why teach sustainability?
Long ago Now
Interconnectednessamongsystems
Human History
Importance – ever-increasing
(e.g world economics, climate change,
social issues, health, etc)
Understanding – increasing but low
Leadership capacity – lower

13. Sustainability & Teaching/Curriculum
• Enhances knowledge, understanding and leadership skills
• Enhance student employability demand (increase trend for green jobs)
• increases chances for external funding and awards
• saves cost over the long run (for the university)
• opportunity to engage the local and international communities
• enhances interdisciplinary connections and opportunities
• increases depth of understanding by students & quality of education
Our Perspective?

14. Sustainability & Teaching/Curriculum
• Review of existing courses – to ensure significant consideration is given to
the environment and sustainability issues
• Enhance number of research proposals in the field of environment and
sustainable development for seeking research funding
• Integrate environment and sustainability into the curriculum, making it part
of the educational experience
• Introduction of environmental perspective in curriculum
What we do?

15. Environmental Sustainability Research
10
(Internal
Funding)
13
(External
Funding)
4
(internal
funding)
1
(external
funding)
2013-2105
2008-2012
2013-2015
• External Funding (13 Projects)
• RM 2,417,302.21
2013-2015
• External Funding (1 Project)
• RM 56,000.00
2008-2012
• Internal Funding (4 Projects)
• RM185,500.00
2008-2012
• Internal Funding (4 Projects)
• RM185,500.00

16. Sustainability: Energy and Water
• Review of our energy and water consumption
• Carried out audit on electricity and water used
• Installation of electricity use data logger – pilot project at Chancellery
Building (South Block) – Operational at the end of September 2015
• Designing and installation of solar power and rain water harvesting at
EcoCampus Recycling Centre (UMS EcoCampus-BinaPuri Learning
Centre)
• Enhancing awareness program within UMS community
• Enhance partnership with outside community
What we do?

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20. ConnectingwithStakeholders

21. SolarFarm
TransferStationComposting
Solar Farm
UMS EcoCampus-BinaPuri Learning Centre

22. Sustainability: Wastes Management
• Encourage recycling activities within campus
• Provision of recycling bins
• To be implemented soon:
- Establish recycling center for paper, can and plastci bottles
- Improve waste management procedure:
- standardise mechanisms on collection, transport and recycling
- Establish waste museum/gallery
- Establish conference room, seminar room and exhibition hall
- Establish workshop room, training room
- Establish composting fields – restaurant and garden wastes
• Enhance partnership with outside community
What we do?

24. SolarFarm
TransferStationComposting
Solar Farm
UMS EcoCampus-BinaPuri Learning Centre
Composting Field
Transfer Station

25. Side view – no roofing – main building View from above- with roofing – main building
UMS EcoCampus-BinaPuri Learning Centre
Conceptual Design

29. The effects of ocean
minerals on microalgae
Microalgae culture without
Ocean Minerals collapsed
by day 5 while microalgae
cultured with Ocean
Minerals were at its peak
growth by day 5!
Experiment conducted by Borneo
Marine Research Institute
OCEA Nm i n e r a l s
The sea containsthe full spectrum of minerals that
human, animalsand plantsneed...but the main salt,
sodium chloride prevents the access to these full
spectrum minerals. Borneo Marine Research
Institute, UMS, in June 2013, has successfully
defined the protocols and preliminirally verified its
effectiveness, even outperforming some of the best
mineral supplement product in themarket!
Ocean Miner al s ar e good f or
Soil r eminer al izat ion, animal f eed r eminer al izat ion,
human consumpt ion, wat er r eminer al izat ion...which
ul t imat el y l eads t o
El iminat ion of miner al def iciency pr obl ems,
t he maj or cause of al l disesase and
l et har gicness!
R e p o r t p r e p a r e d b y n e o h s e o n g l e e - 11t h A u g u s t 2 0 13
StudentActivities

30. Sustainable Leadership
COURSESTRUCTURE
Day1 -SustainabilityLeadership
SustainabilityAwareness:TheChanging
Mindset
EffectiveSustainabilityLeadership
GreenOperationsManagement
EconomicValuationsinPromoting
Sustainability
Day2 -SustainableEnvironmentExperience
SustainabilityTransformation
EthicsforSustainability
Day3 -SustainabilityManagement
Experience
IndustrialRelations
GreenStewardship TowardsCommunity
When: ByRequest
Where: UniversitiMalaysiaSabah
JalanUMS
88400 KotaKinabalu
SabahMALAYSIA
Time: 9am -5pm for 3 days
Organised by:
EcoCampusManagement Centre
BiologyTropicaland ConservationInstitute
CentreforIndustryRelations
CourseFee:
RM1,500.00*
*Inclusive of course materials,field trip and meals
For further information,please email usat
ecocampus@ums.edu.my
SUSTAINABILITY
LEADERSHIPCOURSE

32. EcoCampus Tourism
Main Campus
• 5 km from KK City
• 10 km from KKIA
• Width : 999-acre

33. EcoCampus Tourism
• Inline with sustainable development concept- another initiative is to
establish UMS EcoCampus Tourism Centre which is to promote
campus tourism
• It is expected top be in operation in October 2015 – located at the
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources

35. UMS Tourist Arrival
(2014-2015)
Places 2014 2015
IPMB Aquarium/Museum 34,404 5,600 (Mac)
IBTP Museum* 731 181 (June)
Medical Museum 1,704 288 (May)
* Unrecorded tourist of more than 10,000

36. UMS Places of Interest (The View)

37. UMS Places of Interest (The View)

38. UMS Places of Interest (The Gardens)

39. UMS in “Spring”

40. UMS Tourism Attractions
(UMS Waterfalls)

41. UMS Places of Interest (The Beach)

42. Places of Interest in UMS
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation

43. UMS Places of Interest
(Tropical Biodiversity Gallery)

44. UMS Places of Interest
(Tropical Biodiversity Gallery)

45. UMS Places of Interest (The Aquarium)

46. UMS Places of Interest
Hatchery & Aquarium

47. Places of Interest in UMS
UMS Pink Mosque

48. UMS Places of Interest
UMS Clock Tower

49. Places of Interest in UMS
UMS Jetty

50. Places of Interest in UMS
UMS Sports Complex

51. UMS Places of Interest
UMS Chancellor Hall

52. UMS Places of Interest
UMS Medicine Museum

53. UMS Places of Interest
Chancellery Building

54. UMS Places of Interest
UMS Research Gallery

55. Scenery in UMS

56. Scenery in UMS

57. UMS Places of Interest (FSSA Lake)

58. Scenery in UMS

59. Conservation Fees
Type of Package Price rate
Whole day
package
Half day package
Citizen Non-citizen
Adult
(12
years
and
above)
Child
(4-12
years)
Adult
(12
years
and
above)
Child
(4-12
years)
UMS Mosque TBD TBD TBD TBD
UMS Gallery TBD TBD TBD TBD
Aquarium and Marine Museum,
Marine Borneo Research Institute (IPMB)
RM5.00 RM2.00
RM10.0
0
RM4.0
0
UMS Museum TBD TBD TBD TBD
Chancellor Hall TBD TBD TBD TBD
Green House, Institute for
Tropical Biology and
Conservation (IBTP)
TBD RM8.00 RM3.00
RM15.0
0
RM6.0
0
UMS Peak TBD RM8.00 RM3.00
RM15.0
0
RM6.0
0

60. UMS EcoCampus Tourism Plan
EcoCampus Tourist Information Centre

61. Tourist Ticket
 Centralised Ticketing Office

62. Tourist Guide and Transport
- - Training for Student as Tourist Guide
- - Implementation of low carbon tourist transport

63. Tourist Map and Tourist Guide Apps
 Interactive Information on:
 Places of interest
 Tourist information
 Tourist toilets
 Café

64. Thank You
https://www.ums.edu.my
https://www.facebook.com/UMS.official
https://twitter.com/UMS_EcoCampus