Awarding Sustainability Excellence
Since 2004
Green Gown Awards are sponsored by
Awarding Sustainability Excellence
Since 2004
The results are live! We are delighted to present the winners, highly commended and finalists of the highly anticipated 2023 International Green Gown Awards Ceremony, held as part of the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on 17 July 2023. We would like to thank Allianz Global Investors for their support, as the Headline Partner for the International Awards.
Matt Christensen, Global Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing at Allianz Global Investors, says:
“It’s encouraging to witness another successful year for the International Green Gown Awards since our partnership began last year, with very clear examples of ideas and projects from so many universities and colleges. We will continue to support and encourage more brilliant minds to innovate ground-breaking ideas, inspire each other, and motivate others to focus efforts on a more sustainable future.”
Charlotte Bonner, CEO, EAUC and Green Gown Awards Secretariat, says:
“We are delighted to announce our 2023 winners! Their stories demonstrate considerable impact showing how institutions are taking sustainability action, equipping learners for their futures and shaping society for the better. We can all take inspiration from their work to progress and accelerate sustainability action. Our winners of course demonstrate impactful, innovative practice and have provided an honest narrative about what’s worked well but also recognised the ‘bumps in the road’ and the lessons learned along the way. That takes bravery and confidence and humility. From India to Colombia to Malaysia and Canada and many more, our winners show how important it is for higher, further, and technical and vocational education and training institutions to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. With such fantastic projects, we are already looking forward to hearing from many more institutions in 2024!”
From a shortlist of 93 Finalists representing 25 countries, we were pleased to announce 12 Winners and 14 Highly Commended, whose sustainability successes are transforming education around the world. You can read all about their innovative sustainability initiatives below, their top 3 project learnings and what the judges thought about the winning projects.
Read the joint press release available from the foot of this page.
Missed the Ceremony? Don't worry, you can catch up on it here. It includes short videos of all the amazing winners.
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(Previous years' winners can be found here)
The International Green Gown Awards are endorsed by United Nations Environment Programme and are supported by The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), L’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), International Association of Universities (IAU) and Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI).
Highly Commended
Weather monitoring stations for sustainable agriculture and livestock in Nicaragua
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Green Campus Master Plan – Red Deer Polytechnic’s journey to net zero
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IoT-Based Smart Net Energy Meter with advanced billing feature for residential buildings including solar PV system
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Measurement of soil organic carbon storage of Sundarban Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh
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Campus, City, Community – A holistic approach to carbon management
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The net zero energy building with carbon credits for sustainable future: A case study in Chandigarh, India
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Conserve to preserve for a cleaner and greener earth
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Environmental commitment first: King Faisal University's dedication to local nature
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Carbon sequestration for net zero emission and climate smart agriculture technologies in vision of climate action 2030
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Greening Education: Empowering Sustainable learning with our Management System
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Highly-efficient and flexible integration of biomass and renewable hydrogen for low-cost combined heat and power generation to the energy system: Bio-FlexGen
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Winner
Trash to treasure – A journey towards becoming a zero-waste community
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YSM Agroprenuers – Empowerment of youth and single mothers through sustainable agriculture
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Curious Climate program: student and community-led conversations with scientists on climate change
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Real time dementia care and fall detection device for the elderly
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Development of outdoor plastic pavement tiles from plastics waste
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Design and development of a Robo Medical Assistant
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Real-time online and offline data monitoring of a greenhouse farm, based on Internet of Things and a secure local database
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Design of upper limb exoskeleton for partially paralyzed patients
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Transformative sustainable learning – Our garden, our future
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Tirkah Rimba: Reviving remnants of the Jakun Tribe
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Sustainable Wellness in Tembeling
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Pendekar Siber (Cyber Warrior): Empowering youth to combat cyber threats
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Establishing a scholarly scientific research chair to advance knowledge and benefit society
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King Faisal University's contribution towards agriculture among local community
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International Songket Run - Marathon, with a traditional twist
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A novel approach for sustainable and quality drying to deal with the aflatoxin in cash crops
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Flood relief and rehabilitation drive in the hill torrent, flood affected region of Dera Ghazi Khan
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i-DOSS: IoT based Dissolved Oxygen Sensory System
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Seeing dementia through their eyes (Living with Dementia)
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Winner
USIL´s alliances and leaderships against hunger
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IoT-Based Smart Classroom and Security System
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One Planet, One Penn: creating academic climate commitments for the 12 University of Pennsylvania Schools
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Nguragaingun, Ngara, Pemulian – our Curriculum Garden and Biodiversity Management Plan
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Winner
Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship
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EM-Power for Women Welfare and Development
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FESIC information campaign for the recognition of student caregivers
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Communiversity – Actioning for diversity, equity and inclusion in the community
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Snoezelen Therapy at school for special needs children
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Women's Empowerment in Academic Environment
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Myopia Screening, Prevention, and Intervention Management: A National Eye Health Studies (MySPINES)
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Different Abilities, Equal Opportunities
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Winner
Recovering an almost lost ecosystem: The tropical dry forest of the Universidad del Norte
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MyCoral Ecomarine Project - Underwater Seascape
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Tree plantation through seed – A community interactive approach
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First frozen zoo in Malaysia – Rescuing endangered wildlife species
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Winner
USIL´s sustainability skills for the professional world
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Crossing borders to dismantle the boundary stones
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Sustainable Educator Award – Changemakers Celebration
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Aula Viva Uniminuto – An educational garden to address climate change through action
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Massive online courses delivering individual and community sustainability country wide
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Designing and development of a sustainable charging station for electric cars
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Course Capstone Project and Open-Ended Laboratory activities in microprocessor and embedded systems course towards sustainable development
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Outcome-Based Education in Engineering
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A new Bachelor's degree, based on a multidisciplinary and a skills-based approach, to give young people the ability to be ACTors of change
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Women Entrepreneurship Program for economic growth of Pakistan
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Engaging students in enhancing achievement of Education for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals
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Collaboration: Field to fork project - schools
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The MedEd Matrix: Unlocking the secrets to professional mastery
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UQ Carbon Literacy Program delivers impactful climate education
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Winner
From Campus To Community (FCTC) – Students leading the way in social impact
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Te Oraka – The Good Space
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TBS National Student Conference on Sustainable Development
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The Volunteer Marathon: Student engagement to future responsible citizens
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Strathclyde’s Climate Education Kick-Off [pronounced StrathSEEKO]
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Highly Commended
UniLaSalle established Uni4change - for an ecological and societal transformation
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GREENUS - GREEN waste management new edUcation System for recycling and environmental protection in Asia
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Adoption and Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Educational Institutions
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Making your university go green with an Eco-Campus
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Youth-ability: Algorithm for sustainability
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Beyond Education: King Faisal University’s institutional identity towards food security and environmental sustainability
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