07-11-2019
José Ferreira Machado, Vice Rector of NOVA
NOVA is one of 28 public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that made a commitment to sustainability during the 1st Sustainable Campus Conference (CCS 2019).
The FCT NOVA team, formed by Julia Seixas, Joana Santos and Antje Disterheft, presented Sustainability at FCT NOVA. Joana Santos, representing Sustainable FCT NOVA, was one of the speakers with the lecture “Sustainable FCT NOVA - Involvement of Masters Finalist Students in the Diagnosis of Sustainability of FCT NOVA Campus". Antje Disterheft, CENSE researcher, was present with the communication “From ideas to a vision - experiences of a participatory approach to FCT NOVA's sustainability strategy using a story-telling perspective”.
Joana Santos (left) and Antje Disterheft (right)
The HEIs responded to the invitation launched by the Sustainable Campus Network to promote cooperation between institutions and to make teaching correspond to institutional practice. In total, 12 out of 14 universities, 12 out of 15 polytechnic institutes and 4 out of 5 non-integrated higher schools have signed a Letter of Intent that constitutes a public commitment to sustainability principles and practices in higher education.
Representing NOVA at the signing of the Letter of Intent was the Vice-Rector of NOVA, José Ferreira Machado.
The conference took place at the School of Engineering of the University of Porto, on October 31st, and was attended by representatives of 28 of the 34 Portuguese public HEIs.
Representatives of the signatory HEIs present at CCS 2019
