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- 1. Increasing student participation and engagement in Sustainability projects in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) through Kampus Sejahtera and WSU101: Sustainability course for undergraduates NOOR ADELYNA MOHAMMED AKIB; SUZYRMAN SIBLY; MOHD SAYUTI HASSAN RADIEAH MOHD NOOR; KANAYATHU CHACKO KOSHY; KAMARULAZIZI IBRAHIM CENTRE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, PENANG, MALAYSIA
- 2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION WSU 101 – SUSTAINABILITY COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATES KAMPUS SEJAHTERA PROGRAM CONCLUSION
- 3. • 2008 - Universiti Sains Malaysia was awarded the APEX programme • A fast track program that would help the university to achieve its world-class status • In this APEX charter we aim to mainstream sustainability within the campus INTRODUCTION
- 4. INTRODUCTION
- 5. SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT DEFINE “ Sustainable development is the development that meets the social, economic, and environmental needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ” Brundtland’s Commission Report 1987 “Our Common Future” INTRODUCTION
- 7. Our believe: • Increase students participation and engagement through problem base student centred learning (PBSCL) in educating the students in Sustainability Introducing co-curricular and extra-curricular activities 1. WSU101 : Sustainability Course for Undergraduates, 2. Kampus Sejahtera programmes INTRODUCTION
- 8. Offered in 2011/2012 academic session Undergraduate course offered as an elective sustainability course to all USM students. Aims to expose students to the latest developments in the sustainability studies agenda while nurturing the skills needed toward developing sustainable-oriented programs. The students were familiarised with the Concept of Sustainability WSU 101 Sustainability Issues, Challenges and Prospects
- 9. 500 students registered in this program
- 10. Student projects under WSU 101 Tree diversity in USM Use of air conditioner in USM Waste Production in USM Parking Lot Assessments
- 11. DEFINITION Kampus is a malay word for Campus Sejahtera means "peace, tranquility, harmony, wellness and health". Kampus Sejahtera covers sustainability of which will put the community in a balance with their natural environment and it is complementary. Introduced by the former Vice-Chancellor, The Hon Prof. Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak in 2001. Conceptually, the Kampus Sejahtera means a comprehensive guideline to the USM community, including the university administrations, academic, supportive staffs and also students in supporting and consistently upholds the tradition of this unique campus. KAMPUS SEJAHTERA PROGRAMMES
- 12. White coffin referred to the white container made from polystyrene A flagship for environmental activism on the USM campuses Started in 2007 by USM students 1. White Coffin Project
- 14. Why it started? •between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. •they are used for a short period time, but take hundreds of years to break in landfill because most of them are not biodegradable. Plastic bag threatens/kills wild life 2. SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAG campaign
- 15. 2. SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAG campaign •Aug 2008 - SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAG CAMPAIGN : campaign to lessen the use of plastic bag in the campus •To discourage the USM family in using plastic bags for many purposes HEALTHY CAMPUS USM
- 17. 3. Green Lung & Tobacco Free-USM • Dec 2009 - initiated by students from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences • Empowering youths as the agents of change in advocating a tobacco-free environment
- 18. • Feb 2010 – Official Lauched in USM • 6 universities share the same vision and joined USM to advocate for a tobacco-free environment. 1. Universiti Malaya 2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 3. Universiti Teknologi Mara 4. International Islamic University Malaysia 5. Multimedia University 6. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 3. Green Lung & Tobacco Free-USM
- 19. Tobacco free means an environment that is smoke free and free from any form of tobacco advertisement, promotion, sponsorship, sales and use of tobacco products 3. Green Lung & Tobacco Free-USM
- 20. • PBSCL should become the essence as one of the learning tools for all students. • By learning from examples from the two programs - it has captured the skills and capabilities of the students to solve problems. • Through multiple observation and recording of information, they generated ideas and feelings about a certain topic. • As the University with the Research University (RU) and Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX) status we set ourselves to ‘Dare to be Different’ • We chose to become a world renowned university in sustainability and embrace the PBSCL as a way of teaching our students about sustainability. CONCLUSION
Editor's Notes
- In 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) which re-aligned its major and long term focus towards sustainability was selected by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia to participate in the Accelerated Program for Excellence (APEX), a fast track program that would help the university achieve world-class status. In order to mainstream sustainability within the campus, increased student participation and engagement in sustainability projects are essential. One of the easiest ways to encourage student participation and engagement in sustainability is through co-curricular and extra curricular activities. These activities involve students to participate in the problem base student centred learning which was initiated by USM to encourage students to learn about sustainability and practice sustainability in their everyday lives.
- Sustainability is such a broad and wide ranging issue, it covers from all aspects of the sciences and the social sciences. Thus, when we discuss on sustainability issues, we will relate these issues to sustainable development. Sustainable development is to achieve development by alleviating poverty and narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor without causing adverse effects on the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystem. It is an important concept that requires integration in the country's economic, environmental and social components through the practice of limitation and balance. If there is no integration within all the factors, we will be left with a country with excellent economic development, but with devastating environment, thus affecting the livelihood of the community especially the poor.
- “Sustainable development is the development that meets the social, economic, and environmental needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ” It is an important concept that requires integration in the country's economic, environmental and social components through the practice of limitation and balance. If there is no integration within all the factors, we will be left with a country with excellent economic development, but with devastating environment, thus affecting the livelihood of the community especially the poor.
- It is an important concept that requires integration in the country's economic, environmental and social components through the practice of limitation and balance. If there is no integration within all the factors, we will be left with a country with excellent economic development, but with devastating environment, thus affecting the livelihood of the community especially the poor.
- As a means to assert our paradigm to be in line with ‘sustainable development’, we believe in educating our future generations to be fully refined on this subject. Thus, it is essential to mainstream sustainability within the campus by increasing student participation and engagement in sustainability projects through Problem Base Student Centred Learning (PBSCL). By introducing co-curricular and extra-curricular activities specifically the WSU101 Sustainability Course for Undergraduates and the Kampus Sejahtera programmes, we are determined to mainstream sustainability in our campus.
- WSU 101 – ‘Sustainability Issues, Challenges and Prospects’ Offered in 2011/2012 academic session Undergraduate course offered as an elective sustainability course to all USM students. aims to expose students to the latest developments in the sustainability studies agenda while nurturing the skills needed toward developing sustainable-oriented programs. The skills include holistic and systematic approaches, forming critical judgments on real life issues and finally they are able to collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment to achieve their goals towards sustainable development. The students were familiarised with the Concept of Sustainability By guiding the students with the outline of the course, they are expected to demonstrate their level of understanding on sustainability issues through group projects and present their project at the end of their course. Some of the projects that the students undertook is looking at the diversity of trees in USM, the use of air-conditioner in USM, amount of waste produced in USM, parking lot assessments in USM and many more.
- These are some of the projects undertaken by the students:- looking at the diversity of trees in USM, the use of air-conditioner in USM, amount of waste produced in USM, parking lot assessments in USM and many more.
- The white coffin project is one the projects under Kampus Sejahtera Programme :- The white coffin referred to the white container made from polystyrene. This program became a flagship for environmental activism on the USM campuses. It started in 2007 when a group of USM students put up an idea originally targeted at eliminating polystyrene containers on the campuses.
- Through this programme, we have succeeded in banning the use of polystyrene containers on all three campuses both at the cafeteria and for all events involving catering on the campuses. The then, USM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Razak banned all 32 cafeteria operators from using non-biodegradable styrofoam food containers as part of the university's green campaign. The cafeteria operators must use eco-friendly biodegradable containers made of oil palm waste instead of the harmful Styrofoam.
- Realising the negative impacts of plastic on health and environment, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) launched the ‘Say No to Plastic’. Why it started? Between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. They are used for a short period time, but take hundreds of years to break in landfill because most of them are not biodegradable. Plastic bag threatens/kills wild life - More than 100,000 animals die every year after ingesting or becoming entangled in them
- The campaign involved the three USM campuses. All 22,000 people in the campus community, including staff, students and cafeteria operators, were involved in the Campaign. This campaign aims to discourage the USM family in using plastic bags for many purposes and it is hoped that plastic bags will be treated similarly to polystyrene containers. For this purpose, a total ban on using plastic bags at USM canteens was enforced on August 1st, 2008.
- Subsequent from this, the No Plastic Bag Day was initiated on January 1st, 2011 by the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism (MTDCC) with the objective to reduce the excessive consumption of plastic bags and save the environment (MTDCC, 2012). The campaign imposes a MYR 0.20 cents (USD 0.05) charge per plastic bag. Succeeding from this too, some of the state governments in Malaysia also took the initiatives in banning the total use of plastic bags e.g. Penang State Government while the resy of the state banned plastic bags on the weekends.
- The Green Lung is a Youth Grassroots movement empowering youths as the agents of change in advocating a tobacco-free environment not only on campuses but also in the Malaysian community as a whole. This group was initiated by USM students from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in December 2009 and officially launched in USM on 23rd February 2010. Their mission is to create and support a tobacco-free campus through mobilizing, engaging and empowering other undergraduates as an agent of change. Collaborating with other departments in the university, the Green Lung has embarked on a number of tobacco control activities in the campus such as awareness campaign, capacity building workshops, recruitment of new volunteers and cigarette butt inspections around the campus.
- After that, a total of four universities in Malaysia - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi MARA, International Islamic University Malaysia, Multimedia University and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka has shared the same vision and have joined forces to advocate for a tobacco free environment.
- Subsequent from the ‘Green Lung Project’ USM started a ‘Tobacco-Free USM’ - a collaborative effort between the Division of Industry and Community Network (BJIM) and the National Poison Centre (PRN) in ensuring all four USM campuses implement the Tobacco-Free Policy starting from January 1, 2013. Tobacco free - means an environment that is smoke free and free from any form of tobacco advertisement, promotion, sponsorship, sales and use of tobacco products; We also held a ceremony celebrating Tobacco Free USM. The ceremont was officiated by Deputy Minister of Health Malaysia in September 2013 and starting from that day, USM was officially a tobacco free campus. We have a big billboard at the entrance announcing the ban on tobacco on all campus ground.
- Problem base student centered learning should become the essence as one of the learning tools for all students. By learning from examples from the two programs - it has captured the skills and capabilities of the students to solve problems by engaging them in an activity and triggering them to explore many dimensions of the environmental using all their senses. Through multiple observation and recording of information, they generated ideas and feelings about a certain topic, in this case in achieving sustainable development. As the University with the Research University (RU) and Accelerated Programme for Excellence (APEX) status we set ourselves to ‘Dare to be Different’ because catching-up with established universities in the world is a tough challenge. We chose to become a world renowned university in sustainability and embrace the PBSCL as a way of teaching our students about sustainability.