The Sustainable University - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sustainable University write by Stephen Sterling. This book was released on 2013-02-11. The Sustainable University available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education by exploring the rich notion of the sustainable university and illustrating pathways through which its potential can be realised. Based on the experience of leading higher education institutions in the UK, the book outlines progress in the realisation of the concept of the ‘sustainable university’ appropriate to the socioeconomic and ecological conditions facing society and graduates. Written by leading exponents of sustainability and sustainability education, this book brings together examples, insight, reflection and strategies from the experience of ten universities, widely recognised as leaders in developing sustainability in higher education. The book thus draws on a wealth of experience to provide reflective critical analysis of barriers, achievements, strategies and potential. It critically reviews the theory and practice involved in developing the sustainable university in a systemic and whole institutional manner, including the role of organisational learning. While remaining mindful of the challenges of the current climate, The Sustainable University maps out new directions and lines of research as well as offering practical advice for researchers, students and professionals in the fields of management, leadership, organisational change, strategy and curriculum development who wish to take this work further.
Making the Sustainable University
Making the Sustainable University - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making the Sustainable University write by Katie Leone. This book was released on 2021-05-21. Making the Sustainable University available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book documents strategies for universities engaging sustainability challenges through the education of global citizens on topics such as climate change, habitat alteration, species loss, resource depletion and contamination, food access and sovereignty, economic equity, and energy use. Different disciplines and operational units often have disparate ideas in mind when they work toward advancing sustainability. For example, some disciplines focus on environmental challenges (identifying impacts to ecosystems, mitigation and remediation strategies), some on greening of industrial and commercial practices while others address social equity—often there is little effort to connect these pieces especially while considering economic impacts. This book examines how Florida Gulf Coast University has attempted to infuse sustainability across curricula and operations as an integrated concept and our successes and shortcomings are instructional for sustainability practitioners on college campuses and other industries in a wide audience.
The Sustainable University
The Sustainable University - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sustainable University write by James Martin. This book was released on 2012-03-14. The Sustainable University available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Colleges and universities are at the forefront of efforts to preserve the earth’s resources for future generations. Carbon neutrality, renewable energy sources, green building strategies, and related initiatives require informed and courageous leaders at all levels of higher education. James Martin and James E. Samels have worked closely with college and university presidents, provosts, and trustees to devise best practices that establish sustainable policies and programs in the major areas of institutional operations. While almost seven hundred chief executive officers have signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, several thousand have yet to do so. This book identifies four of the most formidable challenges facing these presidents and leadership teams along with solutions to address them: effectively institutionalizing sustainability thinking; developing an efficient, flexible system of sustainability benchmarks; implementing an accountable university budget model; and engaging boards of trustees in the campus sustainability agenda. The volume’s contributors, including recognized authorities on sustainability as well as campus executives with broad-ranging experience, consider these challenges and discuss specific action plans, best practices, and emerging trends in sustainability efforts. They offer sustainability solutions for almost every major operational area of campus and consider what sustainability means for colleges and universities—and the legacy of those entrusted with shaping their future. The meaning of sustainability is evolving, and it differs from one campus to the next. This timely and comprehensive volume guides institutional leaders past the myths and misconceptions to the sustainable university.
The Sustainable Learning Community
The Sustainable Learning Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sustainable Learning Community write by John D. Aber. This book was released on 2009. The Sustainable Learning Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Case studies from the University of New Hampshire explore all the dimensions of sustainability in campus life, combining frugality and creativity
The Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education
The Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education write by Wendy Steele. This book was released on 2021-08-26. The Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the role universities have to play in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the heart of “sustainable development” is the legacy of unsustainable development with its roots in modernity and colonialism. Critical engagement with the SDGs involves recognising these roots are shared by universities and the reciprocal need for maintenance, repair and regeneration. Universities are not just enablers of change, but also important targets of change. By focusing on the role of education about, for and through the SDGs, the authors seek to advance critical engagement with higher education that is both progressive and meaningful. We are all responsible for bearing witness to our age. This book will appeal to all those who hope that more sustainable future worlds are still possible.
