Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities: Working Across Disciplines

595 Pages·2015·9.666 MB·English

by  Walter Leal Filho (eds.)

World Sustainability Series
Walter Leal Filho
Editor
Transformative
Approaches
to Sustainable
Development
at Universities
Working Across Disciplines
World Sustainability Series
Series editor
Walter Leal Filho, Hamburg, Germany
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Walter Leal Filho
Editor
Transformative
Approaches
to Sustainable
Development
at Universities
Working Across Disciplines
123
Editor
Walter Leal Filho
HAW Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
and
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
UK
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Preface
Sustainabilityinhighereducationisafastgrowingfield.Fromaslowstartbackin
the late 1990s, where only a handful of people and institutions were engaged, this
particular domain has evolved considerably over the past decades, and has now
becomemainstream.Movingonfromamarginalarea,withonlyafewresearchers,
sustainability as a whole and sustainability at university level in particular, has
taken a central place in the scientific arena. As a result of this evolution, many
peopleworkingwithenvironmentaleducationinthe1990shavechosentoembark
on sustainabilityresearch, a trend which has been positive in the sense that a wide
critical mass has now become available, across the continents, and many
researchers are now following careers in this area.
Buteventhoughtherearemanyactorsnowworkinginandaroundsustainability
matters,andthatmuchhasbeenwrittenaboutsustainabilityatuniversities,thereis
still a perceived need for forward looking, international publications, which go
beyond thetrivial andpushthefrontiersof thisexcitingfield. Therefore,this book
intends to fill in this gap and at the same time provide a timely contribution to the
global debate on how to permeate sustainability across disciplines.
Consistent with this goal, this book presents a set of papers which show the
effectiveness of transformative approaches towards sustainability in higher educa-
tion, moving away from the theoretical discourse, and more into practice, illus-
trating how sustainability may be implemented within and between disciplines.
With inputs from re-known experts and from emerging researchers from a wide
range of higher education institutions across the world, the book demonstrates the
value of transformative approaches to sustainable development, and the many
benefits they may yield.
This book is structured along three parts:
(cid:129) Part I: Deals with Integrative Processes and Concepts
(cid:129) Part II: Handles Integrative Approaches in Teaching and Learning
(cid:129) Part III: Discusses Problem-Solving and Integrative Practices
Papers in this book have derived from the “2nd World Symposium on Sus-
tainable Development at Universities” (WSSD-U-2014), organised by Manchester
MetropolitanUniversity(UK)andtheResearchandTransfer Centre“Applications
of Life Sciences” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany),
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in cooperation with the United Nations University initiative “Regional Centres of
Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development” (RCE).
TheWorkshop,heldinManchesterduring3–5September2014andattendedby
over120delegatesfrom26countries,wasoneofthelasteventstobeheldaspartof
the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD), with a
focus on “transformative approaches to sustainable development across disci-
plines”, contributing to the further development of this field.
Iwouldliketothanktheauthorsfortheirinputsandfortheopportunitytoaccess
theirexperienceandtheirwisdom.Ihopethisbookwillhelptoaddresstheneedfor
truly international works on integrative approaches to sustainability in higher
education, and inspire further works in this still developing area.
Autumn 2014 Walter Leal Filho
Contents
Part I Integrative Processes and Concepts
Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education:
Reviewing Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Walter Leal Filho
The Matter of Geography in Education for Sustainable
Development: The Case of Danish University Geography . . . . . . . . . . 13
Thomas Skou Grindsted
James Cook University’s Holistic Response to the Sustainable
Development Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Colin J. Macgregor
Triple Bottom Line: An Academic Perspective on Sustainability
Practices and Accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mohamed Saeudy
Engineering Education for Sustainable Industries: Approach,
Implementation and Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis and Eglė Katiliūtė
Sustainable University for Regional Development: Quality
Management Model that Integrates Employer
and Social Partner Attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Eglė Katiliūtė and Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis
Investigating the Relationship of Wellbeing with Sustainable
Values, Attitudes and Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mark Giltrow
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Green Fever EcoCycle and Sustainability in Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Kirsten Davies and Elisabeth Blik
The Processes of Integrating Sustainability in Higher Education
Curricula: A Theoretical-Practical Experience Regarding Key
Competences and Their Cross-Curricular Incorporation
into Degree Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
M. Novo and MªÁ. Murga-Menoyo
Integrating a Triple Bottom-Line Approach into the Management
System: A Framework for Institutions and Businesses Alike . . . . . . . . 137
Claire Bennett and Geoffrey Lewis
Sustainable Development at Universities in the Sultanate
of Oman: The Interesting Case of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU). . . 151
Sadiq Hussain and Thuwayba Al Barwani
Enhancing and Monitoring Sustainability Culture
at the University of Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Robert W. Marans, John Callewaert and Michael Shriberg
Walking the Dead: The Systemic Premises Explaining Missed
Opportunity for Sustainability Initiatives in Canadian
Higher Education Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Phil Cook and Anshuman Khare
Maximising Sustainability Outcomes by Amalgamating
Dimensions of Sustainability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Dianne Chambers
Driving the Energy Transition at Maastricht University?
Analysing the Transformative Potential of the Student-Driven
and Staff-Supported Maastricht University Green Office . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Felix Spira and Alexander Baker-Shelley
The Institutional Dimension of Sustainability: Creating
an Enabling Environment for Sustainability Transformation
at USM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Omar Osman, Kamarulazizi Ibrahim, Kanayathu Koshy
and Marlinah Muslim
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Development, Structure and Impact of a Ten Year Outreach
and Study Abroad Program in Sustainability and Environmental
Health Disparities: University of Northern Iowa, the Iuliu
Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Romani
of Pata Rat with a Report on a Cross-Sectional, Romani
Environmental Footprint Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Catherine L. Zeman, Jennifer Hall, Diane Depken and Ioan Bocsan
Perspectivaction: A New Educational Framework to Include
Sustainability in Responsible Management Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Norman de Paula Arruda Filho
Student Perceptions on the First Masters in Education
for Sustainable Development in Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Mark C. Mifsud
Part II Integrative Approaches in Teaching and Learning
eLearning and the Sustainable Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Brian Stewart and Anshuman Khare
Every End Is a New Beginning—a Realignment and Relaunch
of an Environmental Management System at a German University
Following a 15 Years Maintaining Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Markus Will, Anke Zenker-Hoffmann, Jana Brauweiler,
Bernd Delakowitz and Sebastian Riedel
Toward Temporal Conceptions of Education as Sustainability:
Contributions from Complexity and Process Thinking. . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Sarah Chave
Multicultural Constructive Community Learning Course
for Education in Sustainable Development Applying Backcasting. . . . . 337
Jordi Segalàs and Gemma Tejedor
Assisting Sustainability Through Achievement of an Integrated
Health, Safety and Environmental Management System
at Cardiff University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Lara Hopkinson and Julie Gwilliam