Description
Book SynopsisDetails the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability
Table of ContentsIntroduction
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
