| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.21 |
| Liaison | Feletia Lee |
| Submission Date | June 28, 2024 |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 1.00 |
Casey
Shotton Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution conduct an assessment of sustainability culture?:
Which of the following best describes the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered to::
Which of the following best describes the structure of the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered::
A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:
With the creation of the Sustainability Peer Educator program along with interest from students in the Environmental Sciences graduate program, students combined efforts to assess the most important facets of sustainability according to the student population.This transformed into a yearly survey conducted by the Office of Sustainability to gauge what the overarching sustainability values and beliefs are on campus.
A copy or sample of the questions related to sustainability culture:
A sample of the questions related to sustainability culture or the website URL where the assessment tool is available:
A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:
The survey is administered through a random sampling of students, faculty, and staff provided by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. This random sampling ensures that we do not reach only poeple in certain departments or colleges. After receiving the random sampling, each person was emailed a link to the Qualtrics survey to complete.
A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:
UNCW students generally think sustainability is important to their lives. Over time, we have seen that the major priorities are natural area preservation, clean energy installation, and waste minimization. In 2023, we found that the three top priorities were waste diversion, energy efficiency, and water conservation as the most important for the university to take part in. In terms of sustainable practices, the respondents tend to participate in energy conservation methods, water conservation, and waste reduction the most. The majority of respondents reported using a single-occupancy vehicle to get to and from campus, emphasizing the need for more accessible alternative transportation. 46% of respondents said they had not taken a single course at UNCW that presented any topics discussed in the survey. This result emphasizes the need to interdisciplinary courses that introduce sustainability topics. This is the first year that we have asked this question, and it will be interesting to see how this data changes over time through the expansion of the sustainability minor program.
Website URL where information about the assessment of sustainability culture is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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