“My idea of Sustainability”: outlines from an experiment with students at the University of Trento (Italy)

Sustainability is still an elusive and fluid concept which requires to be better defined and explained in its key dimensions. In this regard, the role of higher education is of crucial importance today. A critical prerequisite when trying to integrate sustainability-related topics into university courses is to understand students' opinions and needs in this regard. The paper illustrates an experiment conducted with students of the bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering at the University of Trento. Based on her own teaching experiences and on the activity within a university working group on sustainability, the author makes some considerations on the challenging task of designing an interdepartmental course on sustainability at the University of Trento