The green office model as a form of a grassroots initiative to introduce sustainable development principles at universities

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop recommendations and guidelines for establishing the Green Office Model at universities in Poland, based on the example of the University of Warsaw. The Green Office is a network of university student initiatives aimed at motivating the university community to act for sustainable development. The basis for the development of recommendations and guidelines were the results of research carried out according to the original method of assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of Green Office initiatives at universities in the Netherlands and Belarus, as well as the comparison of the results of these assessments. The developed recommendations and guidelines may contribute to the effective establishment of the Green Office Model at the Polish Universities.