University Engagement and Environmental Sustainability

Herausgeber: Osborne, Michael; Robinson, Diana; Inman, Patricia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is part of a series sponsored by the PASCAL International Observatory. PASCAL is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to transforming universities through meaningful engagement in regional issues and generating collaborative knowledge to address those issues. PASCAL draws on cross-disciplinary and trans-national ideas to enhance place management, social capital, and lifelong learning. Transcending political boundaries and the associated funding streams requires innovative policy development and implementation. This book is a collection of international case studies representing the four PASCAL centers. Four continents are represented in this collective: RMIT University in Australia, University of South Africa in Africa, University of Glasgow in Europe and Northern Illinois University in North America). Universities are well positioned to not only influence but participate in social change. This book is a product of an organization whose mission is to transform universities so that they can better serve in this way. By honoring place in the context of bioregions, listening to communities as they identify their issues, and generating knowledge with these communities, we develop healthier spaces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780719091629
• ISBN-10: 0719091624
• Artikelnr.: 41199587

Autorenporträt

Patricia Inman is Senior Research Associate for International Engagement Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University Diana Robinson is Director for the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: Laying the foundation 1. University responsibility in
a world of environmental catastrophe: cognitive justice, engagement and an
ethic of care in learning - Steve Garlick and Julie Matthews 2. Unbounded
organization and the unbounded university curriculum - Howard Richards 3.
Indigenous and Western knowledge: a false dichotomy? - Margaret Sutherland
4. Guerrilla geography: describing and defending place for a living (or the
renaissance of 100-mile geographers) - Briony Penn 5. Universities in
transition: overcoming barriers and creating pathways for sustainability -
Jesús Granados Sánchez PART II: Studies of environmental sustainability 6.
Sustainable local food systems and environmental sustainability - Sandra
Streed 7. Higher education intervention in the management of soil erosion
and agricultural practice in Nigeria - Idowu Biao and Roseline Tawo 8. The
importance of women's leadership programmes in developing a sustainable
economy - Morgan Chawawa and Wapula Raditloaneng 9. Becoming part of the
solution: engaged research on sustainability - Linda Silka 10.
University-community outreach: case study of the Illinois Institute for
Rural Affairs - Norman Walzer and Christopher D. Merrett 11. Initiating
ecological restoration and community relationships at a satellite campus -
Roberta Lammers Conclusion Index