2026-05-05T10:26:48Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/693522024-08-20T07:11:09Zcom_10324_1145com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1254
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Fontalvo Buelvas, Juan Camilo
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Eugenio-Gozalbo, Marcia
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Cruz Elizondo, Yadeneyro de la
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Escalona Aguilar, Miguel Ángel
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2023
The aim of this study was to define a protocol for evaluating university gardens as innovative practice in Education for Sustainability and to apply it to a Latin-American study case, that of the Agroecological Garden in the Faculty of Biology at the Veracruzana University (Mexico). A comparative evaluation was conducted between two different moments (December 2018 and January 2021) based on sustainability indicators that were adapted from the SAEMETH-G methodology, using three levels of increasing complexity. These levels were the selection of sustainability dimensions, the individuation of the components, and the selection of the appropriate indicators. At the beginning of 2021, the selected Agroecological Garden showed high sustainability, with an accumulated score of 84.04 out of a total of 100 points, with the agro-environmental dimension being the best positioned (93.74), followed by the socio-educational (91.99) and the economic-administrative (66.4) domains. A significant robustness at the socio-environmental level was evidenced. However, it is necessary to address the substantial deficiencies evidenced at the economic-administrative level, especially in relation to financing and institutionalization, in order to make this innovative didactic resource sustainable and thus contribute to education for sustainability among university students.
Sustainability, 2023, Vol. 15, Nº. 5, 3975
2071-1050
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/69352
10.3390/su15053975
3975
5
Sustainability
15
2071-1050
Education
Sustainability
Gardens
Huertos
Sustainability - Education
Educación ambiental
Sustainable development
Desarrollo sostenible
Environmental indicators
Indicadores ecológicos
Ecology
Ecología
Higher education
Enseñanza universitaria
Educational innovations - Evaluation
Innovaciones educativas - Evaluación
Latin America
América Latina
Evaluating university gardens as innovative practice in Education for Sustainability: a Latin-American case study