Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities: Working Across Disciplines

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Reviewing Needs....Pages 3-12
The Matter of Geography in Education for Sustainable Development: The Case of Danish University Geography....Pages 13-24
James Cook University’s Holistic Response to the Sustainable Development Challenge....Pages 25-40
Triple Bottom Line: An Academic Perspective on Sustainability Practices and Accountability....Pages 41-53
Engineering Education for Sustainable Industries: Approach, Implementation and Accreditation....Pages 55-74
Sustainable University for Regional Development: Quality Management Model that Integrates Employer and Social Partner Attitudes....Pages 75-89
Investigating the Relationship of Wellbeing with Sustainable Values, Attitudes and Behaviour....Pages 91-102
Green Fever EcoCycle and Sustainability in Action....Pages 103-118
The Processes of Integrating Sustainability in Higher Education Curricula: A Theoretical-Practical Experience Regarding Key Competences and Their Cross-Curricular Incorporation into Degree Courses....Pages 119-135
Integrating a Triple Bottom-Line Approach into the Management System: A Framework for Institutions and Businesses Alike....Pages 137-150
Sustainable Development at Universities in the Sultanate of Oman: The Interesting Case of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)....Pages 151-163
Enhancing and Monitoring Sustainability Culture at the University of Michigan....Pages 165-179
Walking the Dead: The Systemic Premises Explaining Missed Opportunity for Sustainability Initiatives in Canadian Higher Education Organizations....Pages 181-194
Maximising Sustainability Outcomes by Amalgamating Dimensions of Sustainability....Pages 195-206
Driving the Energy Transition at Maastricht University? Analysing the Transformative Potential of the Student-Driven and Staff-Supported Maastricht University Green Office....Pages 207-224
The Institutional Dimension of Sustainability: Creating an Enabling Environment for Sustainability Transformation at USM....Pages 225-238
Development, Structure and Impact of a Ten Year Outreach and Study Abroad Program in Sustainability and Environmental Health Disparities: University of Northern Iowa, the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Romani of Pata Rat with a Report on a Cross-Sectional, Romani Environmental Footprint Study....Pages 239-255
Perspectivaction: A New Educational Framework to Include Sustainability in Responsible Management Education....Pages 257-270
Student Perceptions on the First Masters in Education for Sustainable Development in Malta....Pages 271-287
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eLearning and the Sustainable Campus....Pages 291-305
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Every End Is a New Beginning—a Realignment and Relaunch of an Environmental Management System at a German University Following a 15 Years Maintaining Period....Pages 307-324
Toward Temporal Conceptions of Education as Sustainability: Contributions from Complexity and Process Thinking....Pages 325-336
Multicultural Constructive Community Learning Course for Education in Sustainable Development Applying Backcasting....Pages 337-347
Assisting Sustainability Through Achievement of an Integrated Health, Safety and Environmental Management System at Cardiff University....Pages 349-363
Creating Sustainable Homes and Environmental Minds at Staffordshire University—GreenPad: A Student’s Green Fund Project....Pages 365-376
The Role of the University in Promoting Photovoltaic Usage in Brazil....Pages 377-389
Sustainable Development as a Local and Regional Goal in Natural Science Education in Central Asia....Pages 391-411
Institutional Practices Versus Student Needs and Its Implications for the Development of a Holistic Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD) Framework....Pages 413-433
The Role of Geography in Multi-inter-trans-disciplinary Study Programmes for Environmental Sustainability....Pages 435-448
Education and Sustainable Development in Oman: The Contribution from Higher Education....Pages 449-467
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Environment and Social Sustainability Approaches in Policy and Practice: A Case Study of Symbiosis International University, Pune, India....Pages 471-488
Problem-Based Learning in Developing a MSc Curriculum on Sustainable Development....Pages 489-501
ECOPUMA, the Strategy for a Sustainable University at UNAM....Pages 503-511
Reducing Carbon Emissions in a Third Level Educational Institution in Sub-Sahara Africa....Pages 513-524
Students’ Views of Environmental Issues: The Experience of a Federal Brazilian University....Pages 525-540
Experiences of ‘Reflective Action’: Forging Links Between Student Informal Activity and Curriculum Learning for Sustainability....Pages 541-557
School Gardens and Ecovillages: Innovative Civic Ecology Educational Approaches at Schools and Universities....Pages 559-570
Overcoming Obstacles to Classroom Based Cross-Border Environmental Education in Universities....Pages 571-582
The Digital Studio: A Case Study of an Online Sustainable Design Studio....Pages 583-592
The Application of Systems Thinking to the Sustainable Design Process....Pages 593-603