The impact of green university on students sustainable lifestyles

Sustainability orientation at universities impacts on students in choosing sustainable lifestyles as future leaders of green management. The present research aimed to investigate the effect of the green university on the sustainable lifestyle of postgraduate students of Sistan and Baluchestan University in Iran. The research method was correlational which was performed on a sample of 332 postgraduate students in Sistan and Baluchestan University by stratified random sampling. The results showed that the role of university in sustainable development is effective on students' sustainable lifestyles. Furthermore, Campus sustainability, environmental information, student’s participation, university self-representation variables were also, directly and indirectly, effective on the students' sustainable lifestyles through the role of the university in sustainable development. It can be said that students' perception of green university is an effective stimulus of students' sustainable lifestyle. In turn, factors such as changing consumption, recycling, changing transportation, education, using alternative energy, political activities, nature conservation and saving water and energy from sustainable lifestyles are influenced by Green University factors.