The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education through exploration of the rich notion of the sustainable university. Drawing on a wealth of experience, it provides reflective critical analysis on the potential of the sustainable university concept and offers advice for its implementation to researchers, professionals, students and policy makers.
The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education through exploration of the rich notion of the sustainable university. Drawing on a wealth of experience, it provides reflective critical analysis on the potential of the sustainable university concept and offers advice for its implementation to researchers, professionals, students and policy makers.
Stephen Sterling is Professor of Sustainability Education and Head of Sustainability Education at Plymouth University, and former Senior Advisor on ESD to the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He is a member of the UNESCO Expert Reference Group for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) and was a founder of the Education for Sustainability Programme at London South Bank University. Larch Maxey is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Sustainable Futures at Plymouth University and the founding Chair of Plymouth Incredible Edibles, a student, staff and community food initiative. He has co-run several sustainable education projects, was founding Chair of Swansea University's Sustainability Forum and is currently Director of Research with the Ecological Land Cooperative. He is the co-founder of the Transition Research Network. Heather Luna is a freelance education for sustainability consultant, having worked with the HEA as a project coordinator from 2005 to 2011. She is a Tutor on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and University of Bradford Postgraduate Certificate in the Circular Economy. She founded Sustainable Thornbury, a Transition Initiative, and is active in the collapsonomics and Dark Mountain dialogue and explorations.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part 1: Context 1. The Sustainable University 2. ESD: Contesting the Market Model of Higher Education? 3. Higher Education and Sustainable Development - an International Perspective Part 2: Aspects 4. Promoting Sustainable Communities, Locally and Globally 5. Leadership 6. The Sustainable Community of a Sustainable University? 7. Curriculum and Pedagogies for ESD 8. Research at the Sustainable University: Fostering New Understandings 9. The Student Experience: Campus, Communities and Transition 10. Wellbeing Part 3: Institutional Change 11. Whole Institutional Change 12. Bottom(s) Up for Sustainability: The Kingston Experience 13. On the Journey - the Green Academy and HEA 14. The Sustainable University - Prospects
Introduction Part 1: Context 1. The Sustainable University 2. ESD: Contesting the Market Model of Higher Education? 3. Higher Education and Sustainable Development - an International Perspective Part 2: Aspects 4. Promoting Sustainable Communities, Locally and Globally 5. Leadership 6. The Sustainable Community of a Sustainable University? 7. Curriculum and Pedagogies for ESD 8. Research at the Sustainable University: Fostering New Understandings 9. The Student Experience: Campus, Communities and Transition 10. Wellbeing Part 3: Institutional Change 11. Whole Institutional Change 12. Bottom(s) Up for Sustainability: The Kingston Experience 13. On the Journey - the Green Academy and HEA 14. The Sustainable University - Prospects
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