Persepsi komuniti kampus terhadap inisiatif dan amalan kelestarian di Universiti Sains Malaysia (Campus community’s perception of sustainability initiatives and practices in Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Mohd Fairus Abu Bakar, Nadhrah A Kadir

Abstract


Pembangunan lestari merupakan asas yang penting dalam dalam memastikan kesejahteraan hidup masyarakat yang holistik dan situasi ini bukan sahaja boleh dilaksanakan di sesebuah bandar namun ia juga harus dipraktikkan di sesebuah kampus universiti. Dalam konteks ini, kampus universiti juga dianggap sebagai “bandar kecil” yang mana membentuk satu komuniti yang menjalankan aktiviti harian. Tujuan penyelidikan ini dilakukan adalah untuk memahami persepsi komuniti kampus terhadap inisiatif dan amalan kelestarian yang dilaksanakan di Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Ini kerana belum ada kajian yang bertujuan untuk melihat sejauh mana penglibatan dan penghayatan amalan kelestarian di kampus USM. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan kaedah temubual bersama 20 orang responden yang dipilih menggunakan persampelan bertujuan. Data di analisis secara tematik dan hasil kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa komuniti USM beranggapan bahawa kelestarian adalah sangat penting dan secara umumnya mereka sangat mengambil berat tentang kelestarian serta turut terlibat dalam inisiatif dan aktiviti kelestarian di kampus. Kajian ini merumuskan bahawa penting untuk memahami persepsi dan amalan tentang kelestarian kampus terutamanya untuk mereka yang bertanggungjawab terhadap isu kelestarian di USM.

Kata kunci: Amalan lestari, inisiatif kelestarian, kampus lestari, kelestarian, persepsi

Sustainable development is an important foundation in ensuring the well-being of a holistic society and this situation should not only be implemented in a city, but it should also be practiced on a university campus. In this context, the university campus is also considered as a "small town" which forms a community to carry out daily activities. The purpose of this research is to understand the perception of the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) community on the sustainability initiatives and practices in USM. No previous studies have been done to see the extent of involvement and appreciation of sustainable practices in USM campus. This qualitative study employed interviews with 20 respondents who were chosen using purposive sampling. The data were analysed thematically, and findings show that the USM community perceived sustainability as very important and in general they care about sustainability and were involved in the sustainable initiatives and practices in campus. This study concludes that it is pertinent to understand the perception and practice of campus sustainability especially for those responsible on sustainability issues in USM.

Keywords: Sustainable practice, sustainability initiative, sustainable campus, sustainability, perception

 


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