Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability

✍ Scribed by J. Paulo Davim, Walter Leal Filho (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 320
Series: Management and Industrial Engineering
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Different aspects such as the environmental, economic and social are here discussed. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be found in this book. Case studies include institutions from Kosovo, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Canada and USA.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Sustainability as a Catalyst for Change in Universities: New Roles to Meet New Challenges....Pages 1-14
Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Sustainability Education: The Case of the CLIMASP-Tempus Minor....Pages 15-33
Reading the Signs of Sustainability in Christian Higher Education: Symbolic Value Claims or Substantive Organizational Change?....Pages 35-102
Sustainable Development, the Significance of Culture: Foundations of Present Practices and Indigenous Reflections....Pages 103-118
The Performance of Brazilian Government Toward Sustainability in the Context of RIO+20 (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development): An Analysis of the Brazilian Programs and the Importance of Education for Sustainability....Pages 119-146
Institutionalizing Ethics of Sustainability in American Universities....Pages 147-158
Toward Sustainability Through Higher Education: Sustainable Development Incorporation into Portuguese Higher Education Institutions....Pages 159-187
Sustainability in Higher Education: Linking Teacher Education with Labor Market in Kosovo....Pages 189-197
Academic Freedom, Bureaucracy and Procedures: The Challenge of Curriculum Development for Sustainability....Pages 199-215
Sustainability and Performativity....Pages 217-229
Cool Breezes, Cool Classes: Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum at California State University Monterey Bay....Pages 231-246
Confronting the Challenges in Integrating Sustainable Development in a Curriculum: The Case of the Civil Engineering Department at Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)....Pages 247-263
The University of Northern British Columbia’s Green Fund: Crafting a Tool for Sustainability Transformation....Pages 265-282
Grass Roots and Green Shoots: Building ESD Capacity at a UK University....Pages 283-297
Achieving Sustainability Through Rooftop Solar Electricity Generation on the College Campus: A Case Study....Pages 299-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-318

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Higher Education; Sustainable Development

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