Jelena Andreja Radakovic

• University of Belgrade

Universities are pivots not only of knowledge but also of their practices, which must be sustainable in an age of environmental crisis and thus set an example for others because the academy has always been a beacon and guide, even in the most difficult times. Universities should also educate and "shape" the students who will be our future and the d...

This paper aims to investigate the outlook of energy generation by means of transformation within the context of sustainable energy development. An analysis is conducted to assess the stability of energy systems so to implement cutting-edge energy production models at the national level, with a focus on a contemporary approach to energy modeling. C...

Universities serve as hubs for the creation and dissemination of knowledge – through educating future leaders, fostering scientific research and encouraging development – they pose perfect vessels for sustainable change. These institutions frequently participate in outreach activities, environmental projects, and partnerships to actively interact w...

For all of history, mankind built their cities in disaster-prone areas - the foothills of volcanoes with their fertile ground, the deltas of rivers that provided transport and fishing possibilities, but also earthquakes and floods. With changing weather patterns and climate change, natural disasters will only be more frequent and severe than they h...

Young people play a pivotal role in instigating and driving significant changes. The impact of individuals’ involvement in environmental conservation, community development, and social change initiatives for sustainable value creation is of considerable importance in the pursuit of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The objective of this stu...

The potential connection between environment and happiness is a relatively novel and understudied topic. This paper aims to contribute to this new research trend by investigating the long-term association between environmental protection and happiness by studying the correlation between the environment and students’ attitudes. There have been two t...

This paper highlights the direct link between libraries in the implementation of sustainable development and their key role in the achievement of the 17 goals of sustainable development. The authors emphasize each of the specific objectives of sustainable development and the role and possible contributions that libraries and their employees have in...

In the last 50 years of human development, waterrelated hazards have been dominating among the disasters, that have caused both human casualties and economic damage. Floods are among the top ten worst types of natural disasters, positioning on an unenviable third place, when taking in account, above all, the number of human lives that have been los...

Nowadays, great attention is paid to the role of libraries in sustainability. Their role is especially given in promoting not only sustainable development goals (SDGs) but their achievements, too. The reason for this is in their part in necessary promotion of literacy and offering free access to information about environment, environmental protecti...

Sustainable development goals are used as a guidance for strategies development on local, regional and national levels. The importance of including young people in this complex process is recognized in all relevant documents (i.e. Agenda 21), however it is not an easy task to elicit opinions and preferences from the youth. Furthermore, the assessme...

Having in mind that the growing body of research and case studies have predefined environmental education and its objectives in non-traditional education that rely on relevant modern teaching models such as project-based learning, this paper will focus on the scientific research of organized academic environmental activities in a climate-change ori...

Providing an efficient and reliable system of medical waste management is one of the key environmental issues not only for health-care institutions but for a wider range of organizations and communities. Medical waste produced in health care is a special kind of waste, which, if inadequately treated, can cause numerous possible health and safety ha...