Martínez-Buján, RaquelSantiago-Gómez, ElviraDiz, CarlosCortés Vázquez, José AntonioGolías, Montserrat2025-01-102025-01-102020Martínez-Buján, R., Santiago-Gómez, E., Diz, C., Cortés, J.A., Golías, M. (2020). Campus greening from social sciences: emerging formulas of social responsibility and teaching innovation. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(7): 1545-1561. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-04-2020-01341758-6739http://hdl.handle.net/2183/40653[Abstract] This paper aims to show how the Green Campus Program has been implemented at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of A Coruña (Spain). It describes the criteria used to create teaching sustainability actions related to community engagement to introduce education for sustainable development into college curricula. Drawing on a human-centered design model approach, as well as on transformative teaching theories, this study explores the criteria used to build the Free Classroom based on a participatory model. The authors argue that the success of this activity depends on how it relates to the theme-based specialization of the different academic degrees through which they are managed. Equally important is the creation of permanent spaces that enable the collaboration of other organizations, such as non-governmental associations and local public administrations. The findings provide valuable insights into how the social dimension of sustainability in higher education institutions can be emphasized. A model of implementation of the activities is offered under which academic, political, student and community agents are coordinated to favor the change of attitudes and behaviors to strengthen SD.engAtribución-NoComercial 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/SustainabilityCampus greeningSocial responsibilityHuman-centered design modelLearningSocial responsibilityjournal articleopen access