The
international debate on the merits of introducing sustainable
approaches at universities can be greatly assisted by means of
examples illustrating what can be done and, as importantly, how.
There are many higher education institutions which still see sustainability
as theoretical or disconnected from reality, failing to recognise
the institutional benefits that may be brought about by pursuing
sustainable development.
This
book, Sustainability and University Life, as the title
implies, identifies various ways by which sustainability may be
brought closer to a university´s routine. By means of critical
analyses, case studies and examples from North American, European
and African universities, the book not only discusses the problems
faced with the promotion of sustainability at institutional level,
but also shows how sustainability is being put into practice by
a number of higher education institutions. Be it through curriculum
greening, networking, energy-saving projects, awards or through
special teaching programs, universities may gain a great deal
by paying attention to sustainability, and the book leaves no
doubt that even the most sceptical institutions will see advantages
in pursuing this path.
Published
by Peter Lang Scientific Publishers (New York, Berlin, Bern, Vienna),
as Volume 5 of the Environmental Education, Communication and
Sustainability Series.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Sustainability and University Life: Some European
Perspectives; Walter Leal Filho
Chapter
2: Critical Dimensions of Sustainablity in Higher Education;
Richard Clugston and Wynn Calder
Chapter
3: Driving Environmental Strategy with Stakeholder Preferences
- A Case Study of the University of Surrey; Andy Davey, Graham
Earl and Roland Clift
Chapter
4: Technology and Sustainable Development: Sustainability as
a Challenge for Engineers; Karel F. Mulder
Chapter
5: Sustainability through Incremental Steps? The Case of Campus
Greening at Rensselaer; Steve Breyman
Chapter
6: Managing U.S. Campuses with an Ecological Vision; Alberto
Arenas
Chapter
7: Institutional Change and Leadership in Greening the Campus;
Aaron Allen
Chapter
8: "ECOCAMPUS": a "Practice-What-You-Preach"
European Collaboration; J. Roturier, A. de Almeida, E. Apostolidou,
D. Berbecaru, J.F. Bonnet, R. Cazanescu, P. Faucher, S. Gabriel,
A. Gula, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Laine, Th. Lamouche, J. Norgard,
Ph. Outrequin
Chapter
9: Institutional Commitment to the Environment and Sustainability:
A Peak of Excellence at Middlebury College; Nan Jenks-Jay
Chapter
10: University Support to Local and Regional Agenda Initiatives
for Sustainable Development; Andreas Megerle, Heidi Megerle
Chapter
11: Sustainability and Higher Education in Asia-Pacific; Jacob
Park and Ted Tschang
Chapter
12: Promoting Environmental Citizenship and Sustainability in
Regional Campuses: Experiences from a Consortium of 15 Colleges
and Universities; Robert S. Whyte
Chapter
13: The Dutch Sustainability Award for Higher Education 1998;
Hanno Lans
Chapter
14: Transformation or Irrelevance: The Challenge of Academic
Planning for Environmental Education in the 21st Century; David
W. Orr
Chapter
15: Greening Campuses: An Overview of Student Activism and Progressive
Administration; Scott Cole
Chapter
16: Sustainable Agriculture and Land Management in the Liberal
Arts: A Case Study; Eugene B. Bakko
Appendix
1: University and Sustainability: An African Perspective; Samson
Katikiti
Appendix
2: The Need for Student Inputs: oikos - International Student
Organization for Sustainable Economics and Management; Alexander
Barkawi
This
book may be ordered from Peter Lang Scientific Publishers' website
www.peterlang.de, via e-mail
from peterlang@access.ch,
or by mail from:
Peter
Lang Scientific Publishers
Jupiter Strasse 15
CH- 3015 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41-31-9402-121
Fax: +41-31-9402-131
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