International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 8 Issue 2

Building the requisite capacity for stewardship and sustainable development

The purpose of this paper is to provide a menu of instruction methods for educators to increase engagement in sustainable practices. The paper also aims to assist those increasing…

The role of environmental engineering education in sustainable development in Iran: AUT experience

The aim of this paper is to explain the strategies and activities of a main technical University in Iran (Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT)) toward sustainable development…

A methodology for teaching industrial ecology

To describe a way of teaching industrial ecology (IE) and to show some tools that may help for the IE teaching.

Creative activity in conception of sustainable development education

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the stages in the development of creative activity considering the distinctive features of all stages and the modes of dynamics of the…

Adoption of sustainable development schemes and behaviours in Italy: Barriers and solutions – what can educators do?

The purpose of this paper is to investigate issues and concerns associated with sustainable development (SD) in Italy for different stakeholders, with a focus on the role of…

Sustainable development cognitive map: a new method of evaluating student understanding

Owing to its complexity, sustainable development (SD) cannot be simply integrated as a supplementary course within the engineer's curricula. The first aim of this paper is to…

Sustainability for the Americas: building the American network of sustainability consortia

To build awareness of an emergent global network of sustainability consortia, the network's Sustainability for the Americas (SFTA) regional cluster, its pilot US‐Brazil…

Experimental educational networking on open research issues: Studying PSS applicability and development in emerging contexts

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the hypothesis that it is fruitful to study new areas within research for sustainability, through experimental education courses, that…

Why go native? Landscaping for biodiversity and sustainability education

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that campus and urban landscaping has important connections to biodiversity conservation, perceptions of natural heritage…

Education and research related to organic waste management at agricultural engineering schools

The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of the Agriculture Engineering School of Barcelona (ESAB), where undergraduate students were involved in field research…

Rural‐based universities in South Africa: Albatrosses or potential nodes for sustainable development?

The purpose of this paper is to focus on how two rural‐based universities in South Africa can contribute towards sustainable development especially in their immediate rural…

The Center for Coastal Studies: sustainable development education in México

The purpose of this paper is to present The School for Field Studies‐Center for Coastal Studies (SFS‐CCS) as a success story in sustainable development education. This success is…

Wider Europe. Nordic and Baltic Lessons to Post-Enlargement Europe

The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Consumption

"Tomorrow's England" - new project web site

EU expands climate awareness campaign to schools

IIED opinion papers on climate change available on-line

ChangeStar behaviour change report

The Biomass Assessment Handbook

Governing Global Desertification Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation

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UNH office of sustainability launches newsletter

Power firms set sustainability agenda

Sustainability: new insights for education

Ireland bids for sustainable energy leadership