Sustainability at University of Botswana
Innovation in higher education curriculum is a viable vehicle to promote sustainable world economies and natural resources conservation for future generations. The University of Botswana curriculum, like in other institutions of higher education worldwide is expected to respond to global environmental discourses. Thus, the Change Project.
The University of Botswana (UB) aims at promoting research to develop and generate knowledge on sustainable development. This project aims to strengthen the academic environment for our students by focusing on education for sustainable development. On a collaborative basis, the project promotes departmental and institutional networking/partnerships and encourages local collaboration and/or partnerships to enable the university academic staff members to be more proactive in addressing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) principles.
The Change Project, a research project conducted in 2010, focuses on higher education curriculum innovation to mainstream environment and sustainability issues. This encompasses strengthening the existing programs, courses and praxis on environmental sustainability. The aim of the project was to collaboratively work with faculties and departments to strengthen what already existed and to initiate further projects addressing environmental and sustainability concerns.