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Building sustainability competences in a small island context: lessons from the SISSTEM program at the University of Aruba
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Location research
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2025-09-14
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Education for Climate Day 2025
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When we talk about building sustainability competences, integrating the GreenComp Framework in tertiary curricula, much of the focus often lies on large countries and continental universities. But what does it mean to integrate the 12 competences for sustainability as defined by the GreenComp Framework in the context of a small island state (SIS)? In Aruba, the Sustainable Island Solutions through STEM (SISSTEM) program offers an inspiring example of how higher education curricula can be designed to equip its students with a sound background in science as well as with the competences to apply this knowledge to address the complexity of sustainability challenges typical for a small island context.
https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/Day2025group/topic/building-sustainability-competences-small-island-context-lessons-sisstem-program
https://web.archive.org/web/20250923124910/https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/Day2025group/topic/building-sustainability-competences-small-island-context-lessons-sisstem-program
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Mertens, A. (September 14, 2025). Building sustainability competences in a small island context: lessons from the SISSTEM program at the University of Aruba. Education for Climate Day 2025. https://education-for-climate.ec.europa.eu/community/Day2025group/about