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Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems

Author : Will Focht
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351171585
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems written by Will Focht and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems (SHES) education is to prepare students to facilitate social learning in communities that builds knowledge of, capacity for, and commitment to sustainability to facilitate the emergence of sustainable societies. The SHES approach to sustainability education relies on complexity-based systems thinking that transcends disciplinary boundaries. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the SHES approach, including its rationale and theoretical foundation, its pedagogy and practical applications in curricula, and ways to support the approach through institutional administration. This book will be of great interest to academics and students of education, environmental sciences and studies, sustainability and sustainable development, natural resource management, conservation, environmental policy, environmental planning, and related fields in higher education. Educators can use this book as a guide to SHES pedagogy, curriculum design, sustainability, environmental studies, sustainable development, and sustainable well-being. Administrators will find the book useful in establishing, evaluating, staffing, and promoting programs based on the SHES approach.

Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education

Author : Justin W. Cook
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331978580X
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education written by Justin W. Cook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and human well-being. For much of the twentieth century, Western education systems prepared students to enter the workforce, contribute to society and succeed in relatively predictable contexts. Today, people are at the controls of the planet—making decisions that are dramatically reshaping social, economic, and environmental systems at a global scale. What is education’s purpose in this new reality? What and how must we learn now? The volatility and uncertainty caused by digitalization, globalization, and climate change weave a common backdrop through each chapter. Using case studies drawn from Finland and the US, chapter authors explore various aspects of learning and education system design through the lenses of sustainability and human well-being to evaluate how our understanding and practice of education must transform. Using their scholarly research and experience as practitioners, the authors propose new approaches to preparing learners for a new frontier of the human experience fraught with risks but full of opportunity.

Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education

Author : Justin W Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013271441
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education written by Justin W Cook and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and human well-being. For much of the twentieth century, Western education systems prepared students to enter the workforce, contribute to society and succeed in relatively predictable contexts. Today, people are at the controls of the planet-making decisions that are dramatically reshaping social, economic, and environmental systems at a global scale. What is education's purpose in this new reality? What and how must we learn now? The volatility and uncertainty caused by digitalization, globalization, and climate change weave a common backdrop through each chapter. Using case studies drawn from Finland and the US, chapter authors explore various aspects of learning and education system design through the lenses of sustainability and human well-being to evaluate how our understanding and practice of education must transform. Using their scholarly research and experience as practitioners, the authors propose new approaches to preparing learners for a new frontier of the human experience fraught with risks but full of opportunity. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Education for Sustainable Development Goals

Author : Rieckmann, Marco
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231002090
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Education for Sustainable Development Goals written by Rieckmann, Marco and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sustainability

Author : Tom Theis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680921533
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability written by Tom Theis and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With "Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation," first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowldege - including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.

Sustainability Education

Author : Stephen Sterling
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136531580
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Education written by Stephen Sterling and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we equip learners with the values, knowledge, skills, and motivation to help achieve economic, social and ecological well-being? How can universities make a major contribution towards a more sustainable future? Amid rising expectations on HE from professional associations, funders, policy makers, and undergraduates, and increasing interest amongst academics and senior management, a growing number of higher education institutions are taking the lead in embracing sustainability. This response does not only include greening the campus but also transforming curricula and teaching and learning. This book explains why this is necessary and - crucially - how to do it. Bringing together the experience of the HEFCE funded Centre for Sustainable Futures (CSF) at the University of Plymouth and the Higher Education Academy's Education for Sustainable Development Project, the book distills out the curriculum contributions of a wide range of disciplinary areas to sustainability. The first part of the book provides background on the current status of sustainability within higher education, including chapters discussing interdisciplinarity, international perspectives and pedagogy. The second part features 13 chapter case studies from teachers and lecturers in diverse disciplines, describing what has worked, how and why - and what hasn't. Whilst the book is organised by traditional disciplines, the authors and editors emphasise transferable lessons and interdisciplinarity so that readers can learn from examples outside their own area to embed sustainability within their own curricula and teaching. Subject areas covered include: geography, environmental and Earth Sciences, nursing/health, law, dance, drama, music, engineering, media and cultural studies, art and design, theology, social work, economics, languages, education, business and built environment.

Shaping the future we want

Author : Buckler, Carolee
Publisher : UNESCO
ISBN 13 : 9231000535
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Shaping the future we want written by Buckler, Carolee and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Education for Sustainable Development

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231003941
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Education for Sustainable Development written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental and Sustainability Education Policy

Author : Katrien Van Poeck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351401386
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Environmental and Sustainability Education Policy written by Katrien Van Poeck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely collection surveys and critiques studies of environmental and sustainability education (ESE) policy since the mid-1990s. The volume draws on a wide range of policy studies and syntheses to provide readers with insights into the international genealogy and priorities of ESE policy. Editors and contributors call for renewed attention to the possibilities for future directions in light of previously published work and innovations in scholarship. They also offer critical commentary on the evolution of research trends, approaches and findings. Including a wide range of examples of ESE policy and policy research, the book draws on studies of educational initiatives and legislation, policy making processes and rhetoric, ideological orthodoxy and critique, curriculum making and educational theory, globalisation and neoliberalism, climate change and environmental worldviews, and much more. In addition, introductory commentary from the editors traces how ESE researchers have dealt with key trends, complexities and issues in the policy-practice-research nexus both conceptually and empirically. Throughout the collection, contributions illustrate how researchers might reimagine and reinvigorate policy research on ESE, including how working with other fields and diverse perspectives, ideas and expertise will aid the cross-fertilisation of a complex terrain of ideas, policy and practice. This book is based on a special issue of Environmental Education Research.

Teaching Sustainability at Universities

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Sustainability at Universities written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2002 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now beyond any doubt that higher education institutions around the world are beginning to recognize that they have a unique responsibility towards the goal of sustainability. Universities are an integral part of the global economy and since they prepare most of the professionals who are occupying key positions today and who will do so in the future, they are uniquely positioned to influence the direction we choose to take as a society. This book, published in cooperation with the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF), documents a wide range of works undertaken in respect of sustainability teaching, with inputs from various authors from countries as varied as Brazil, Mexico, Latvia, South Africa, UK, Spain, The Netherlands, Canada and the United States. Via the descriptions of approaches, methods and projects, it shows how different universities in various parts of the world are facing the challenge of sustainability in respect of teaching. It is a state-of-the-art publication, with a strong technical substance distributed over 31 chapters and in excess of 570 pages. It is a valuable tool to university lecturers, researchers, administrators, university students and other professionals concerned with the implementation of a sustainable development dimension as part of university curricula.

Sustainability Management

Author : Steven Cohen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231152590
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Management written by Steven Cohen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a former analyst and consultant for the EPA, this book sketches out a unique plan to combine sustainable efforts in water, agriculture, urban, and power management to achieve -- in practice, not just in theory -- a sustainable planet and economy. Steven Cohen begins with the technical, financial, managerial, and political challenges of such a project, and then assesses possible sustainable practices in the manufacturing and service industries. He also addresses renewable and carbon-free energy production; water sustainability, especially with regard to energy issues involving filtration, distribution, and changing rainfall patterns; food cultivation and distribution; and ways to maintain the interdependent systems on which we rely on to live. Taking examples from New York City, one of the most sustainable and sustainability-minded metropolises in the world, Cohen explains how everything from construction to waste management can be designed to facilitate a sustainable environment. He concludes with the global efforts necessary to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, and the impact of war, terrorism, and human conflict on sustainability.

Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030633993
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to yield the expected benefits, sustainability initiatives need to be undertaken by means of a close cooperation between universities on the one hand, and societal partners on the others. The principle of co-creation and co-execution of sustainability initiatives increases the value for all by mutual learning, and the sharing of expertise and resources. But pursuing sustainability initiatives with a community and societal involvement is not simple. There is a perceived need for a better understanding of how universities can interact with society, in order to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book is an attempt to address this need, by a novel approach which focuses on current potentials and challenges, across a wide range of fields and expertise. The book focuses on how the theory and practice of sustainable development interact and shows the need for a continuation of the dialogue among sustainability academics and practitioners, so as to address the issues, matters and problems at hand. The spectrum of themes addressed on this book also entails how environmental values and ethics are applied and the relationship between social, biological and cultural diversity. It also includes a broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including education, research and case studies, and the links with human–environment relations in a sustainable development context.

Issues and trends in education for sustainable development

Author : Leicht, Alexander
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231002449
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Issues and trends in education for sustainable development written by Leicht, Alexander and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is globally acknowledged as a powerful driver of change, empowering learners to make decisions and take actions needed to build a just and economically viable societ y respect ful of both the environment and cultural diversit y.

Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet

Author : Ockie Bosch
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038427896
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet written by Ockie Bosch and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet" that was published in Systems

The Natural World and Science Education in the United States

Author : Ajay Sharma
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319761862
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Natural World and Science Education in the United States written by Ajay Sharma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States. Given the importance of our relationship with the nonhuman world for the fate of our planet, this work gives special attention to the representation, instruction, and understanding of the relationship between the social and the natural world. It also proposes an alternative, sustainability science-based conceptual framework for ecology and environmental science topics in science education, which is compatible with the current social-ecological understanding of life in the Anthropocene epoch.

Environmental Learning

Author : Mark Rickinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048129559
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Learning written by Mark Rickinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and dynamics of students’ environmental learning. The authors show how careful analysis of students’ environmental learning experiences can provide powerful pointers for future practice, policy and research. Environmental Learning will be a key resource for educators, teacher educators, decision-makers and researchers involved in education and sustainable development.

Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development

Author : William Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000208028
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development written by William Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development – about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence. It charts the long arc of human–environment relationships through the specific lens of human learning, putting on record many of the people, ideas and events that have contributed, often unwittingly, to the global movement for sustainable development. Human learning has always had a focus on the environment. It’s something we’ve been engaged in ever since we began interacting with our surroundings and thinking about the impacts, outcomes and consequences of our actions and interactions. This unique story told by the authors is episodic rather than a connected, linear account; it probes, questions and re-examines familiar issues from novel perspectives, and looks ahead. The book is of particular interest to those studying (and teaching) courses with a focus on socio-economic and environmental sustainability, and non-governmental organisations whose work brings them face-to-face with the general public and social enterprises.