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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 More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13384 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 ISSN 2199-7373 ISSN 2199-7381 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-08836-5 ISBN 978-3-319-08837-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08837-2 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014948757 SpringerChamHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2015 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Exemptedfromthislegalreservationare brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for thepurposeofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaser ofthework.Duplicationofthispublicationorpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsof the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. 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Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) 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), v vi Preface 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 vii viii Contents 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 Contents ix 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
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