Universidade Federal de Lavras

Student community operating and learning from a circular campus approach

Institution

Universidade Federal de Lavras

Region

South America

COuntry

Brazil

founding year

1908

student body

14637

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Institutional Approach

The Universidade Federale de Lavras is an agricultural university in Brazil with a green campus approach. A 2008 university environmental planning reorganisation at the university led to the implementation of a wholistic campus-as-a-living-lab for sustainability approach. The academic community and students participate in the actual operation (as well as study of) water treatment, land management and carbon-free energy transformation projects.

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