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Thought this might be of interest to some people -----Original Message----- From: Prof. Walter Leal Filho [mailto:leal@tu-harburg.de] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:20 AM To: eeen@realworld.de Subject: [SUSTAINABLE_DEVELOPMENT] New book: Sustainability and University Life Dear Colleagues, A new publication titled "Sustainability and University Life" (edited by Walter Leal Filho, 270pp. US ISBN 0-8204-4367-0. European ISBN 3-631-35297-2) is now available. The book has been prepared based on the fact that the international debate on the merits of introducing sustainable approaches at universities can be greatly assisted by means of examples illustrating what can be done and, as importantly, how. There are many higher education institutions which still see sustainability as "theoretical" or disconnected to the reality, failing to recognise the institutional benefits that may be brought about by pursuing sustainable development. The book "Sustainability and University Life", as the title implies, tries to show various ways via which sustainability may be brought closer to a university´s routine. By means of critical analyses, case studies and examples from North American, European and African universities, the book not only discusses the problems faced with the promotion of sustainability at institutional level, but also shows how sustainability is being put into practice by a number of higher education institutions. Be it via curriculum greening, networking, energy-saving projects, awards or via special teaching programmes, universities may gain a great deal by paying attention to sustainability and the book leaves no doubt that even the most sceptical institutions will see advantages in pursuing this path. Published by Peter Lang Scientific Publishers (New York, Berlin, Bern, Vienna), as Volume 5 of the "Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability Series". Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Sustainability and University Life: some European Perspectives Walter Leal Filho Chapter 2- Critical Dimensions of Sustainablity In Higher Education Richard Clougston and Wynn Calder Chapter 3: Driving Environmental Strategy with Stakeholder Preferences - A Case Study of the University of Surrey Andy Davey, Graham Earl and Roland Clift Chapter 4: Technology and Sustainable Development: Sustainability as a challenge for engineers Dr.ir. Karel F. Mulder Chapter 5: Sustainability Through Incremental Steps? The Case of Campus Greening at Rensselaer Steve Breyman Chapter 6: Managing U.S. Campuses with an Ecological Vision Alberto Arenas Chapter 7: Institutional change and leadership in greening the campus Aaron Allen Chapter 8: "ECOCAMPUS": a "Practice-What-You-Preach" European collaboration J. Roturier, A. de Almeida, E. Apostolidou, D. Berbecaru, J.F. Bonnet, R. Cazanescu, P. Faucher, S. Gabriel, A. Gula, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Laine, Th. Lamouche, J. Norgard, Ph. Outrequin Chapter 9: Institutional Commitment to the Environment and Sustainability: A Peak of Excellence at Middlebury College Nan Jenks-Jay Chapter 10: University support to local and regional agenda initiatives for sustainable development Dr. Andreas Megerle, Heidi Megerle Chapter 11: Sustainability and Higher Education in Asia-Pacific Jacob Park and Ted Tschang Chapter 12: Promoting Environmental Citizenship and Sustainability in Regional Campuses: Experiences from a Consortium of 15 Colleges and Universities Robert S. Whyte Chapter 13: The Dutch Sustainability Award for Higher Education 1998 Hanno Lans Chapter 14: Transformation or Irrelevance: The Challenge of Academic Planning for Environmental Education in the 21st Century David W. Orr Chapter 15: Greening Campuses: An overview of student activism and progressive administration Scott Cole Chapter 16: Sustainable agriculture and land management in the liberal arts: A case study Eugene B. Bakko Appendix 1: University and Sustainability: an African perspective Samson Katikiti Appendix 2: The Need for Student Inputs: oikos - International Student Organization for Sustainable Economics and Management Alexander Barkawi The book may be ordered from Peter Lang Scientific Publishers´ web site (www.peterlang.de), via e-mail from peterlang@access.ch, or by post from: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers Jupiter Strasse 15 CH- 3015 Bern Switzerland Tel: +41-31-9402-121 Fax: +41-31-9402-131 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> Archives: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar
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