The Sustainable University Progress and prospects
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- Hardcover ausgewählt
- Taschenbuch
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Sprache:Englisch
259,99 €
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
08.02.2013
Abbildungen
schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
Herausgeber
Sterling Stephen + weitereVerlag
Taylor and FrancisSeitenzahl
334
Maße (L/B/H)
24/16,1/2,4 cm
Gewicht
680 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-415-62774-0
‘This is a must-read for every Vice-Chancellor, President and University Trustee of the world's 17,000 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). While less than two percent of the world's population will graduate from an HEI, these graduates will form the vast majority of the future decision makers in the private and public sectors and civil society at large. As such, our HEIs are crucial entry points in the global attempt to create a more sustainable future. Our current global HEI leaders and their respective professional organizations have a major new responsibility-addressing sustainability. Here is their handbook to "the University of the Future".’ – Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Education for Sustainable Development, York University, Canada ‘If we choose to survive, and come to live in tune with the biosphere’s processes and limits, then universities will have made an indispensible contribution. But, to do this, they will first need to change and evolve. This is a welcome book about such processes, and one that all involved in higher education should read.’ – William Scott, Professor Emeritus, University of Bath, UK ‘This book is of great importance as it clearly illustrates which path universities still need to follow towards sustainability. However, the book also indicates how much progress has already been made by some universities, and this is encouraging!’ – Gerd Michelsen, UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany ‘Universities have two responsibilities in relation to sustainability. The first is to educate their students, whatever their disciplines, so that they can be informed future citizens and promote sustainability in their personal and professional roles. The second is to deliver on their role as beacons of social responsibility and lead through example in their pursuit of sustainability as organisations. This book contributes substantially to the understanding of university leaders and policy makers in ensuring their organisations fulfil both these roles.’ – Nick Foskett, Professor and Vice Chancellor of Keele University, UK ‘The Sustainable University is an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about how higher education in all its aspects can transform to help create a sustainable future.’ – Geoff Chase, Dean, Undergraduate Studies and Director of the Center for Regional Sustainability, San Diego State University, USA ‘The contributors to this book are the people I believe in. They are the honest, courageous, humble, smart and tenacious agents of change toiling at the front lines in humankind’s epic struggle to save itself. The quality of mind and heart woven into these pages is beautiful in its authenticity and ambition. The effect is a chorus of shared vision, shared struggle and shared insight worthy of any reader’s time.’ – Leith Sharp, Founding Director of Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability and Founding Chair of the Sustainable Futures Academy, USA ‘This volume contains a wealth of experiences and ideas that will help higher-education institutions make a necessary and greater contribution to creating a more sustainable society. Universities should not only act as agents of change, but need to change themselves if they are to be sufficiently effective in this regard. This book shows us how.’ – Pamela S. Chasek, Professor, Government Department, and Director, International Studies Program, Manhattan College, USA ‘Like few other social institutions, universities have the freedom and the power to choose to be models of sustainable practices and relationships, and to make it part of their core business. The Sustainable University provides the rationale, strategies and exemplars for acting upon a positive choice.’ – John Fien, Professor of Sustainability, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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