Estrategias de gestión ambiental en las Instituciones de Educación Superior. El caso del Centro Universitario de los Valles

Abstract

The environmental management of water is part of the objectives of sustainable development and its importance lies in being an essential element for life. Being the Institutions of Higher Education (HEIs) a work with a relevant role and its work impacts in two aspects: in the operative action and in the way of acting of the individuals that make it up. The objective of this article is to analyze the strategies that the HEIs mobilize to consolidate as a sustainable campus and that may be applicable to other institutions, taking the taking the University Center of the Valleys of the University of Guadalajara as a case study. The methodology was based on an international framework that takes into account several axes where HEIs intervene, for this the "Survey for the Diagnosis of the Institutionalization of the Environmental Commitment of Colombian Universities" was used, the information was supplemented and validated through consultation of institutional websites, platforms, reports, gazettes and interviews (Münch and Ángeles, 2015). The research aims to generate strategies for the proper use and management of water resources in HEIs impacting their substantive axes, to ensure responsible consumption and promote environmental culture in the university community.