Durão, AnabelaBorralho, TeresaRaposo, Albertina2025-07-092025-07-092025-01-222071-1050PURE: 121462790PURE UUID: 4fca72fd-aea9-4604-a8cc-301d6f1dc093Scopus: 85217862966WOS: 001419476500001http://hdl.handle.net/10362/185017Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the academic community and partnership entities; CREATE—Center for Sci-Tech Research in EArth sysTem and Energy; FinEnTech-Fibrous Materials and Environmental Technologies; and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal), through the strategic projects UIDB/04292/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04292/2020, accessed on 25 November 2024) and UIDP/04292/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/04292/2020, accessed on 25 November 2024) granted to MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, and the project LA/P/0069/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020, accessed on 25 November 2024) granted to the Associate Laboratory ARNET—Aquatic Research Network. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.The existing environmental imbalances and the need to promote actions that minimize the impact and promote awareness and behavioral change are now primary needs. As a reflection of this situation, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are faced with the need for more sustainable development practices in their environmental, social, and economic aspects both in curricular and non-curricular spaces. This paper aims to show how the activities developed under the International University Sports Federation (FISU)’s Healthy Campus (HC) program can be an asset in promoting the environment, sustainability, and social responsibility in an HEI in Portugal. The methodology reflects a case study at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja) and includes (1) diagnosis, (2) drawing up the action plan, and (3) preparation, development, and monitoring of activities. The methodology approach adopted to analyze the activities uses the following: (1) the Mentimeter tool; (2) a mind map; and (3) a SWOT analysis. The results show that when activities are designed in a collaborative and participatory way, they end up geared towards the aspirations of the participants, allowing for greater involvement of people and growth of the institution in the aspects of the environment, sustainability, and social responsibility. The HC program is an asset program to align HC requirements, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), integrated and transdisciplinary approaches, and people’s environmental awareness and sustainable mindset. In political terms, this case study contributes to what is recommended in the institutional strategic plan.202804998engEducation for sustainabilityGood practicesMind mapWell-beingComputer Science (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyHardware and ArchitectureComputer Networks and CommunicationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energyjournal article10.3390/su17030862https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85217862966https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001419476500001