Üniversitelerin Yeşil Üniversiteye Geçiş Çabaları

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 413 - 424, 07.08.2025

Ayşenur Tarakcıoğlu Altınay , Abidin Kemeç

https://doi.org/10.53478/yuksekogretim.1514904

Abstract

Küresel ısınma ve iklim değişikliği dünyayı tehdit eden en önemli riskler arasında yer almaktadır. Üniversiteler bu riskleri sonlandırmak veya azaltmak için farklı politikalar geliştirmektedir. Özellikle 2015 yılından sonra Kalkınma Gündemi’nin kabul edilmesiyle birlikte üniversitelerin sürdürülebilirlik konusundaki çalışmaları hız kazanmıştır. Üniversitelerin sürdürülebilirlik konusundaki girişimleri arasında sürdürülebilirlik raporlarının hazırlanması, düşük karbon stratejilerinin benimsenmesi, sürdürülebilirlik merkezlerinde yürütülen faaliyetler, en etkili tez ve yayın ödülleri, uluslararası sürdürülebilirlik sıralamalarında yer alma, farklı topluluklar ve paydaşlarla işbirlikleri kurma yer almaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, üniversitelerin Greenmetric sıralamasındaki yerini incelemek ve yeşil kampüs ile ilgili faaliyetlerini bütüncül bir yaklaşımla ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmada, GreenMetric sıralamasındaki ilk on üniversiteyi analiz etmek ve değerlendirmek için keşifsel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Keşifsel araştırma yöntemi için; kitaplar, üniversite raporları, makaleler, konferans bildirileri ve web siteleri gibi ikincil kaynaklardan yararlanılmıştır. Yeşil üniversitelerin sürdürülebilirlikteki rolü, yeşil olmayan üniversitelere göre daha yüksektir. Yeşil üniversite uygulamaları genel olarak üniversitelerin sürdürülebilirlik yolunda attıkları ilk adım olarak kabul edilmektedir. Ancak üniversitelerde sürdürülebilirlik konusunda kapsamlı ve çok boyutlu çalışmaların yapılması da gerekmektedir.

Keywords

Yeşil Üniversite, Üniversite Sıralaması, Greenmetric, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri

Efforts of Universities to Transition to Green University

Abstract

Global warming and climate change are among the most important risks threatening the world. Universities are developing different policies to end or reduce these risks. Especially after 2015, with the adoption of the Development Agenda, the efforts of universities on sustainability have accelerated. The initiatives of universities on sustainability include the preparation of sustainability reports, adoption of low carbon strategies, activities carried out in sustainability centres, most effective thesis and publication awards, inclusion in international sustainability rankings, and establishing collaborations with different communities and stakeholders. The aim of the study is to examine the position of universities in the Greenmetric ranking and to present their activities related to green universities with a holistic approach. In the study, exploratory research method was used to analyse and evaluate the top ten universities in the GreenMetric ranking. For the exploratory research method, secondary sources such as books, university reports, articles, conference papers and websites were utilised. The role of green universities in sustainability is higher than non-green universities. Green universities practices are generally accepted as the first step taken by universities towards sustainability. However, it is also necessary to carry out comprehensive and multidimensional studies on sustainability in universities.

Keywords

Green University, University Ranking, Greenmetric, Sustainable Development Goals

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