ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF FEDERAL AND STATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Abstract

Some Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are becoming a reference in environmentally sustainable practices, thus contributing not only to the training of their academics from a theoretical and practical point of view, but also to sustainable development, as they have sustainability as a guideline for managing the campuses of the Institutions. This study aimed to investigate the correlation of research published on the topic of environmental sustainability in the scientific journals of HEIs located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the period 2016-2021. The methodology was quantitative and descriptive based on the bibliometrics technique and carried out on the platforms of the scientific journals of the selected HEIs, using the keywords: "Sustainability"; "Environmental Management"; "Sustainability and Higher Education". The results show the presence of 293 scientific journals, of which 143 have publications, and 1,065 articles related to the theme of sustainability, in 16 HEIs with the category of University, with UFU, UFV, UFMG, PUC Minas, being those with the largest publications. It was found that there is no specific publication for the theme. The research was carried out by 3,039 authors, with little presence of individual research, and an average of 3.1 authors per research. It was observed that the evolution of academic learning obtained by the experience of researchers has been bringing a maturity in the works, which already present a history of research, concepts and results that are being added over time, thus building knowledge in the area.