Overview: Green education, also known as the green university, is a modern approach focused on sustainable development, leveraging technological advancements to enhance the educational process with high efficiency and environmentally friendly standards.

Two Aspects of Green Education:

• Environmental Programs: This aspect includes initiatives related to buildings, energy, afforestation, and services, which have been implemented in many countries worldwide for several years.
• Educational Process: Involves the integration of technologies, applications, strategies, and practices that align with green education. Many countries have started adopting these practices in their educational systems.

• Key Benefits:
  • Adoption of energy-efficient technologies.
  • Environmentally sound use of educational technologies.
  • Shift towards electronic services to reduce paper and textbook usage.
  • Activation of distance training to reduce the need for physical training centers.
• Initial Foundations for Iraqi Universities:
  • Expand green spaces on campuses.
  • Encourage research on clean energy and environmental conservation.
  • Conduct awareness campaigns for green environment care.
  • Develop plans for treating environmentally harmful waste.
  • Integrate green education topics into university curricula.
  • Activate green university education departments.
  • Establish partnerships with relevant ministries and private sector companies.
  • Hold workshops on climate and environmental change risks.
  • Finance projects supporting green education.

• Educational Re-engineering:
  Through the previous points, education will be re-engineered to align with global scientific and economic developments, such as using smart computing systems, iPads, and virtual labs.
• Example: Bologna Process:
  The Bologna process, currently adopted in engineering and science colleges in most Iraqi universities, exemplifies this re-engineering.
• Ministerial Statements:
  • National Green Education Conference: Iraqi officials and UNESCO representatives emphasized the importance of higher education in achieving sustainable development goals and addressing environmental challenges.
  • Achievements: Iraqi academic institutions were praised for their progress in scientific research, capacity building, and global classification platforms.