Hopeful Globe: Universitas Indonesia operationalizing of sustainability

Universitas Indonesia’s global UI GreenMetric World University ranking system Sustainability is a global shared goal that is, nevertheless, realized in localized actions. Sometimes finding ways to make sustainability actionable in the immediate environment and activities is challenging also for the universities. In 2010, Universitas Indonesia initiated UI GreenMetric World University ranking system to respond to this challenge. In this episode, Doctor Mustika Sari introduces the UI GreenMetric ranking systems and how Universitas Indonesia has put it in practice in its sustainable campus development ranging from infrastructural solutions to campus community engagement and awareness building. The system has also significant global impact as it has helped the university leaders in over 1000 universities in 84 countries to operationalize sustainability in their campuses. Pilvi Posio is a senior researcher at the University of Turku, Finland. She works as a senior researcher in the project MOOC for Sustainability: Empowering Global Campuses coordinated by the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies. Doctor Mustika Sari is a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development at the Department of Civil Engineering in Universitas Indonesia. She’s the representative of Universitas Indonesia in developing a joint MOOC course on campus sustainability in the project MOOC for Sustainability: Empowering Global Campuses. Want to become a Future Sustainability Champion within your institution? Learn more about our MOOC here: https://www.asianet.fi/projects/ Transcripts: https://www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/podcast/hopeful-globe