This book attempts to give guidelines as to:
• why we need to speed up innovation and sustainability implementation and why universities should lead the way and are positioned superbly for this role
• what sustainability is (in a nutshell) and what Living Labs are
• where to combine sustainability, Living Labs and university campuses into the approach of ‘Campus as Living Lab‘
• how to start and run a Living Lab and run a process and stakeholder approach
• when the vision of global sustainable campuses will come true.
The booklet takes a pragmatic approach; therefore, we have limited references to those necessary and given a mix of theoretical and scientific papers, workshop reports, websites and more experience-based books to guide interested readers and practitioners. While writing the booklet, we have assumed that your university already has some sustainability program in place. This booklet is the first version. The authors are fully aware of the wealth of experiences generated in universities around the world. Therefore, all remarks, comments and suggestions will be gathered through our website www.campusaslivinglab.org and will be discussed and used by practitioners and co-writers. As experience grows, we envision this handbook becoming part of the standard material for university sustainability coordinators around the world, staying up-to-date through their input and acknowledging the value of that co-creation process. We hope that it helps university sustainability offices as well as all stakeholders involved in sustainability education, innovation and implementation.