ASN Global Pioneers // In connection with our studies abroad at Bond University and San Diego State University respectively, as exchange students and ASN Global Pioneers, we will blog about the interest in and knowledge about sustainability at these two educational institutions. This blog takes outset in three general topics: 1) sustainable initiatives at the respective educational institution, 2) student interest and initiative as regards sustainability, and 3) a company visit which serves to provide knowledge about how local corporations deal with the issue of sustainability. Follow our journey and experiences here on this blog and participate in the debate about sustainability by commenting on our posts.
Awakening the Dreamer
Sustainable Development Student Association (SDSA) is a new and upcoming student union at Bond University. Currently, only people from the sustainability faculty are members of the union, but the goal is clearly to get the other faculties on track and spread the worth of sustainability around campus. We are now heading towards the end ...
Campusustainability
Many international organizations exist with the purpose of creating awareness, developing environmental friendly and corporately responsible education plans and combining goals with others to work towards sustainability. Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) are an example of this with their mission to encourage business schools and universities to target their teaching, research and strategies to ...
Woolworths Sustainability Strategy – doing the right thing
I have been looking for different interesting firms working with sustainability, and I stopped by to visit one of them today. Woolworths is one of the largest super markets in Australia and they have a separate sustainability strategy called our planet, where they make some commitments to the environment. Woolworths produced their first CSR report in 2005, launced ...
The Story Of Plastic
The American way of thinking is different when it comes to use and waste of resources since they just have MORE to consume. Recently, I was told a story by my Danish friend’s dad, who traveled to one of the major National Parks in the US to go hunting. On the trip the Danish group ...
BYD – build your dreams
If you have not heard of it yet, please check out this exciting and upcoming Chinese company called BYD. It used to be a battery producer, but has now gone into different other markets as well – especially the electric transport industry. The company is growing and it signals a step forward into sustainable solutions ...
One building and a whole lot of sustainability!
Today I had the pleasure to exploring the sustainable building at Bond University, and I really want to share some facts and pictures with you guys Minimizing energy consumption through an innovative design, the building makes maximum use of natural light and mixed mode ventilation. Water tanks and a grey water recycling system means less ...
“Everything has sustainability, but in a different context”
In my research about sustainability at Bond University, I decided to start by setting up a meeting with George Earl, who is chairman of the Sustainable Committee at Bond University and dean of the institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture. Much of the information that I have used in the following pages is based on ...
Simon, San Diego And a Pursuit of Sustainability
I’m sitting in the same room as 14 students my age and we’re are getting ready for the meeting. Everyone has recyclable bottles and reusable pens, but besides that they seem like regular American students and not hippies as I could have feared. I shook hands with people around the table and, as in common ...
ASN Global Pioneer – 1,2,3 go!
It’s time! Tomorrow I leave for Australia – more specifically Bond University where I will be spending the next 4 months doing my 5th semester in Business Administration and Sustainability. During my stay, I have (along with Simon) been assigned to investigate how the university, the students and the local businesses work with sustainability. The purpose of ...
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