Welcome To Sustainable Campus Initiatives

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Brundtland Commission Report (1987)

Sustainability is not just an environmental issue; it also is concerned for social equity and economic development. Sustainability encourages the actions and decisions in terms of environmental, social, and human impact for long-term, rather than on short-term gains. It is a holistic approach that considers ecological, social and economic dimensions as recognizing that all aspects must be considered together to find solutions.

A Sustainable University Campus is one that has promoted carbon neutral energy uses, conservation of natural ecosystems, reduces the natural resource consumption and recycle or reuse the wastes into a meaningful manner. Hence, reducing the fossil fuel based energy consumption, increase the uses of non-carbon based energy sources, adopting energy efficient technology, waste recycling, increase the greenery within the campus are immediate steps towards sustainable campus initiative. The Higher Learning Institutes also has societal responsibility to improve the public’s understanding towards the concept of sustainability.

Tezpur University, being a leading higher learning institution, is committed towards sustaining the natural ecosystems, lowering ecological footprint and adopting mitigation strategies towards climate change and to do so with an institutional practice that respects and acts to protect the natural resource system.