Active engagement of University’s students towards green campus initiatives: assessment study of utilization / Nurul Amni Asri and Suriati Ahmad

A campus’s contribution towards a sustainable development for future will be always continue, driven by the support and awareness from the community and its perceptions. Green campus is an initiatives program to answer these challenges. The establishment of sustainable campus in UiTM Perak Branch is to realize the idea of sustainable development. Participation of students in each university’s programs really pitch in a sense of responsibility to the student themselves especially as they take up the key roles in education in the area of sustainable development. In this context, the assessment study being carried out to the engagement of university student in UiTM Perak towards Green Campus initiatives. This article aims to come out with an evaluation of student’s response to the applications of green initiatives. This includes to develop a survey to gain the response from the students and analyse to come out with a new approach to promote this concept. The data gained were based on quantitative supported with qualitative approach which is spread out the questionnaires to students inside the campus. The overall findings revealed that students in UiTM Perak were actively engaged in these sustainable practices. However, there are difference in the result due to some obstacle as the involvement of activities are vary. The most significant finding is the 3R practices where it become their habit in their routine. The university’s administration also plays important roles in encouraging the students to engage in their green initiatives.