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Nowadays, the principles of sustainable development are becoming increasingly important and universities are acting as agents in promoting these principles within society. In the future, universities will inevitably play crucial role in propagating these principles. This paper highlights important documents and discusses definitions of the term education for sustainable development. Elements, based on continuous feedback loop (Deming spiral) are discussed, in order to incorporate sustainability principles into university activities. The University of Maribor has been used as a case study to test the effectiveness of the proposed integration of sustainable development principles.
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The authors of this paper wish to thank the reviewers of the manuscript. We wish to acknowledge with great appreciation their scientific expertise, as well as their very helpful feedback and assistance regarding this paper. We also wish to thank to the Slovenian Research Agency of providing financing for this research within the Young Researcher Programme.
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Lukman, R., Glavič, P. What are the key elements of a sustainable university?. Clean Techn Environ Policy 9, 103–114 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-006-0070-7
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