Qatar University Current Sustainable Practice

There should be a holistic view of the sustainability issue that affects all aspects of life inside the university campus, and there should be a sustainable perspective to handle issues inside the university. This concept and the actions build based on it should be stated clearly in the sustainable plan of the university. There should be aims that the university targets with its sustainable plan, there should be targets to be met, and most importantly is that there should be indicators to define where the university has been on a sustainable scale, what it has accomplished and where it’s going.
In the current plan for Qatar University  this holistic concept is missing. Sustainability is looked at as moving towards more green solutions. So the only aspect being targeted in the plan is the environmental issues. The economic and social aspects are not targeted at all.
Another important thing is that there is no involvement for the students and staff in this plan, which in a university is a very negative thing. The strength of the university and consequently its sustainable plan and solutions is in its society, because these students and staff are the conveyers of this culture into the community. They should be the people in the community who lead the change. So their involvement is essential and a very important part of the plan.
One of the most important issues is that there is no committee to track and make sure that all parts of the university is complying with the universities concept of sustainability and to monitor the unsustainable practices inside the university. This committee should also be responsible for raising the awareness inside the university about the sustainable practices and encourage people to adopt it. There should be events organized specially to promote the sustainability inside campus, and the students and staff should be involved in this events.