Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula: Innovative Approaches, Methods and Tools

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Preparing Teachers for Sustainable Development in Higher Education....Pages 3-19
A Minor Programme on Sustainability for the Engineering Curriculum at the University of Chile....Pages 21-29
Food for Thought: A University-Wide Approach to Stimulate Curricular and Extracurricular ESD Activity....Pages 31-47
Sustainability and Employability: Alliances at the University of Bedfordshire....Pages 49-62
The Environmental Sustainability of Brazilian Universities: Barriers and Pre-conditions....Pages 63-74
Implementing a Sustainability Strategy: A Case Study from the University of Leeds....Pages 75-88
It’s Contagious! Developing Sustainability Perspectives in Academic Life at a UK University....Pages 89-102
A Strategic Framework for Developing Interdisciplinary Minors on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy: The CLIMASP-Tempus Example....Pages 103-115
Sustainable Development Integration Strategies in Higher Education: Case Study of Two Universities and Five Colleges in Quebec....Pages 117-130
Making Money and Saving the World: Empowering Students for Sustainability Through Social Enterprise....Pages 131-137
Promoting Education for Sustainable Development at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo....Pages 139-151
Increasing Global Environmental Literacy via Faculty Experiential Learning....Pages 153-168
What Does the Concept of Responsibility Contribute to the Teaching of Sustainability in Universities?....Pages 169-181
The Road Less (Sustainably) Traveled: A Case Study of Academic Travel at Franklin University Switzerland....Pages 183-195
One Metaphor—Several Meanings: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development....Pages 197-213
Campus Ecological Footprint Versus the Global Influence of Sustainability Related Campus Activities: How Do They Compare?....Pages 215-230
Developing Action Strategies for Sustainable Living Amongst Employees....Pages 231-245
An Instructor’s Experience: Implementing Sustainable Development in the Curriculum....Pages 247-263
Sustainability into the University of Sao Paulo (USP), São Carlos Engineering School (EESC)—Brazil....Pages 265-279
Quality Air Monitoring in a Brazilian University: The Use of Passive Samplers....Pages 281-292
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Embedding Environmental Sustainable Development Within Social Enterprise at the University of Northampton....Pages 295-308
Improvements for a Sustainable Distance Education with the New UNED On-Site System for Virtualization of Exams: Malaga Region (Andalucía, Spain) as Case Study....Pages 309-317
Overview of the Sustainability in Brazilian Information and Communications Technology Market....Pages 319-333
Virtual Learning Environments for Transformation to Sustainability: A Case Study from the “South”....Pages 335-348
The Deployment of Sustainability in the Higher Education Business Studies Curriculum: Centrality, Pervasiveness and Practical Teaching and Learning....Pages 349-359
A Sustainable Development Management System for the University of Coimbra....Pages 361-373
Encouraging Engineering Students to Question Technological Solutions for Complex Ecological and Social Problems....Pages 375-386
Sustainability and Service-Learning: Creating a Rubric for Stewardship Across Courses....Pages 387-397
University Networks in Italy and Their Intellectual Contribution to Implement Sustainable Development Issues in the CV....Pages 399-411
What Are the European Legal Duties to Conserve Biodiversity in University Campuses?....Pages 413-424
The Benefits and Challenges of Developing and Implementing an Environmental Management System Using a Participatory Approach: A Case Study of Manchester Metropolitan University, UK....Pages 425-438
Introducing Sustainability Values: The Case of Ibri College of Applied Sciences (Sultanate of Oman)....Pages 439-451
Social Feasibility in the Adoption of Renewable Energy: A Case Study of REGSA Project....Pages 453-471
An Innovative Model of Student-Led Sustainability in Higher Education. Green Dragons, City University London Students’ Union....Pages 473-495
Revealing Complexity in Educating for Sustainability: An Update on the Work of the Roundtable on Environment and Sustainability....Pages 497-512
Embedding Sustainability Across the Curriculum via Collaboration: A Review of Progress in the University of the West of England....Pages 513-525
Developing a Holistic Approach to Implementing Education for Sustainable Development Across a Higher Educational Institute: A Longitudinal Study of the University of the West of England, Bristol....Pages 527-541
Environmental Education for Staff at the University of São Paulo, Brazil: Capillarity and Critical Environmental Education Put into Action....Pages 543-558
Values, Behaviors, and Economic Outcomes: Sustainability in the Teaching of Economics....Pages 559-567
Elaboration and Implementation of a Waste Management Policy at the University of São Paulo (USP)....Pages 569-578
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Incorporating an Ethos of Sustainability into the Conceptualisation and Development of an Academic Building: The Kings Cross Development in London....Pages 579-590
Implementing a Holistic and Student Centered Outreach Programme Towards Integrated Sustainable Development of the Campus—A Case Study of a Residential School from South India....Pages 591-612
Thinking Differently About Sustainability: Experiences from the UK Open University....Pages 613-630