scholarly journals A path to decolonization? Reducing air travel and resource consumption in higher education

2022 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Joseph Nevins ◽  
Stephen Allen ◽  
Matt Watson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Resource Consumption

scholarly journals Workshop: Greening the European Public Health conferences, and beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Climate change is real; and its health implications are numerous and serious. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include responsible consumption (SDG 12) and climate action (SDG 13). Scientific conferences are significant and regularly recurring components of professional life. They represent major opportunities, e.g., of information exchange, networking and quality assurance. At the same time, they involve major amounts of traveling as well as other resource-intensive activities. For several years now, based on a perspective of sustainability and professional credibility, EUPHA has taken steps of caring about the impact on environment and health, especially of “greening” the EPH conferences. This includes efforts to learn from other associations and institutions. Within EUPHA, a “Green Club” was formed to develop suggestions and to promote the issue. The intention is to reduce the “ecological footprint”, including less resource consumption and fewer emissions. But “greening” our conferences turns out to be no trivial task. In some respects (e.g. air travel), the environmental and health implications are obvious, but to establish benign alternatives is challenging. In other respects (e.g. catering/regional food), the implications of different alternatives can be much harder to identify. An important element of current debate on climate protection is “climate compensation”, i.e. paying for compensation measures in proportion to the approximate production of CO2, e.g. from travel activities. This is offered by various providers), and often can be included during the booking procedure. There is, however, a debate questioning the rationale, pointing at technical and/or ethical difficulties implied in this approach. Given the state of climate change, it is urgent to continue the debate and to intensify practical action. Key issues for this workshop include the following: What has been achieved so far? What experiences were made, e.g. concerning usability of tools? Can quantification of emissions from our conferences (especially from air travel) contribute to increasing awareness and to moving towards solutions? What tasks lie ahead? What specific suggestions can be given, e.g., for the 2020 World Congress Public Health in Rome? Clearly, in tune with the SDGs, the same “footprint” metaphor applies - beyond our conferences - to regular work (in offices, labs, fieldwork and duty travel), private travel, recreation, and daily life at large. It is an open question if it is better to integrate such issues into one “integrative” (and complex) approach, or to deal with these issues “one by one”, which might take ages to achieve; or what other ways towards “greening” our lives should be taken. For such discussion, it will be useful to continue cooperation with other professional associations and/or institutions, facing similar challenges. Key messages For reasons of responsibility and credibility, professional associations need to care about their ecological footprint; EUPHA created a “Green Club” and explores practical measures for “greening”. Both resource consumption and emissions from EPH conferences are considerable, calling for intensified action, e.g. provision of evidence, awareness-building, and promotion of eco-friendly options.

scholarly journals Kicking the Habit

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (S1) ◽  
pp. 86-107
Author(s):  
Max Crumley-Effinger ◽  
Blanca Torres-Olave
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Professional Mobility

Examining the hypermobility of many “elite” academic workers, this article situates mobility within the context of higher education and sustainability, decoloniality, and institutionalized expectations for academic travel. The mobility of HEI workers is described in relation to Anthropogenic climate change (ACC), which highlights the need for: (a) critical examination of and responses to the carbon footprint of academic workers; (b) exerting pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) production associated with expected mobility; and (c) deliberate changes to professional mobility approaches that take into account issues of equity vis-à-vis knowledge production, the effects of ACC, and GHG production from academic air travel. We offer an instrument—in the form of queries—to provide starting points for individual deliberations and collective actions to begin addressing these three issue areas.

scholarly journals University air travel and greenhouse gas mitigation: An analysis of higher education climate policies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
Doctoral Institutions

Higher education institutions have been involved with environmental and sustainability issues since at least the 1970s. More recently, efforts have shifted to a specific focus on climate change. Numerous institutions have created policies that aim to reduce their carbon footprints, with an emphasis on energy production and consumption and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. One area that has received less attention has been greenhouse gas emissions from university air travel. The present research used qualitative document analysis to examine the climate policies of 46 public doctoral institutions to understand how they address university air travel greenhouse gas mitigation. Five major themes emerged in this research: no consideration of air travel, lack of quality data for accurate consideration, recommendations to offset air travel emissions, support for videoconferencing, and other suggestions for mitigation. These themes are discussed in detail, as are practical suggestions and implications stemming from this and related research.

Cluttering in the Communicative Disorders Curriculum

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
John A. Tetnowski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Opportunities For Learning ◽  
Communicative Disorders ◽  
Theoretical Issues

Abstract Cluttering is discussed openly in the fluency literature, but few educational opportunities for learning more about cluttering exist in higher education. The purpose of this manuscript is to explain how a seminar in cluttering was developed for a group of communication disorders doctoral students. The major theoretical issues, educational questions, and conclusions are discussed.

Systems of Oppression in Geriatric Clinical Service Delivery

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Diane L. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Clinical Service ◽  
Meaningful Change ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Medical Institutions

Purpose The purpose of this article was to extend the concepts of systems of oppression in higher education to the clinical setting where communication and swallowing services are delivered to geriatric persons, and to begin a conversation as to how clinicians can disrupt oppression in their workplace. Conclusions As clinical service providers to geriatric persons, it is imperative to understand systems of oppression to affect meaningful change. As trained speech-language pathologists and audiologists, we hold power and privilege in the medical institutions in which we work and are therefore obligated to do the hard work. Suggestions offered in this article are only the start of this important work.

Outcomes Measurement in Higher Education: Graduate Program Admission Issues

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Linda Cleeland ◽  
Ellen Meyer Gregg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Outcomes Measurement
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