How Leuphana Became a Sustainable University: Gerd Michelsen Looks Back

How does a university become a sustainable university, and what can others learn from the process? In the Earth Charter Magazine, Gerd Michelsen, the first holder of the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana, shares personal reflections on how Leuphana University Lüneburg has gradually developed into a sustainable university since the early 1990s. He traces the path from early sustainability projects to the establishment of the UNESCO Chair in 2005, the introduction of the Leuphana Semester with its sustainability module, and Leuphana’s role in the UNITWIN Network on Education for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation, which it currently coordinates.

Bibliographic reference:
Michelsen, G. (2023). Learnings from the Road to a Sustainable University – The Case of Leuphana University. Earth Charter Magazine, 2, 5–16.