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FIGUEIREDO, Mara Lúcia; JUNKES, Márcia Maria; ZUNINO, Heloisa Maria Wichern  e  AIUB, George Wilson. The process of Greening at the Centro Universitário de Brusque: The application of a System of Sustainability Indicators. Contrapontos [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.2, pp.185-203. ISSN 1984-7114.  https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v15n2.p185-203.

With the objective of contributing to the processes of greening in Higher Education Institutions (HEI), this article presents one of the stages in this process at the Centro Universitário de Brusque - UNIFEBE: the application of a system of sustainability indicators, made possible by the participation in the project Definition of indicators for evaluating sustainability in Latin American Universities, which is part of the Network of Sustainability Indicators in Universities (RISU) project. The main aim of the project was to apply a system of indicators to enable the evaluation of commitments to the dimensions of sustainability in universities, offering a reflection about its fragilities or potentials related to the insertion of this theme. At UNIFEBE, the research was characterized by a quantitative and qualitative focus, with the application of interviews, using a questionnaire composed of 114 sustainability indicators. The resulting process of this investigation, and its results, enabled the identification of indices on the incorporation of the dimensions of sustainability in the administration, teaching, research and extension activities, as well as the fragilities, difficulties and challenges posed by this insertion. It also led to some advances in the process of greening, such as: broadening the discussion of this theme in HEIs, strengthening the partnership, and promoting integration and collaboration among administrators, teachers, employees and students, for the construction of a Policy of Greening and the approval of is Regulation. We consider the system of indicators proposed by the RISU project to be an essential tool in the construction of the Institutional Policies on Greening and Sustainability in HEIs.

Palavras-chave : Sustainability Indicators; Institutional Policies of Greening; Higher Education; Sustainable Educational Spaces.

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