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Sustainability in Canadian post-secondary institutions: The interrelationships among sustainability initiatives and geographic and institutional characteristics
Dan Beveridge, Marcia McKenzie, Philip Vaughter, Tarah WrightThis paper aims to report on a census of high-level sustainability initiatives at all accredited post-secondary institutions in Canada by documenting the institutions that have…
Integrating social sustainability in engineering education at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Karin Edvardsson Björnberg, Inga-Britt Skogh, Emma StrömbergThe purpose of this paper is to investigate what are perceived to be the main challenges associated with the integration of social sustainability into engineering education at the…
Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues
Lynne Eagle, David Low, Peter Case, Lisa VandommeleThis paper aims to report on findings from the first phase of a longitudinal study of undergraduate business students’ attitudes, beliefs and perceptions concerning sustainability…
Energy efficiency of higher education buildings: a case study
Nelson Soares, Luísa Dias Pereira, João Ferreira, Pedro Conceição, Patrícia Pereira da SilvaThis paper aims to propose an energy efficiency plan (with technical and behavioural improvement measures) for a Portuguese higher education building – the Teaching Building of…
Experiential learning for sustainability leadership in higher education
Emma Savage, Tara Tapics, John Evarts, Jeffrey Wilson, Susan TironeThe purpose of this paper is to compare the program design of a sustainability leadership certificate to participants’ perceptions of their in-program learnings and competencies…
Do, but don’t tell: The search for social responsibility and sustainability in the websites of the top-100 US MBA programs
Timothy A. Hart, Corey J. Fox, Kenneth F. Ede, John KorstadThe purpose of this study is to investigate the degree to which business schools, in particular MBA programs, have developed academic programs and centers specifically focused on…
How an entry-level, interdisciplinary sustainability course revealed the benefits and challenges of a university-wide initiative for sustainability education
Nicholas C Coops, Jean Marcus, Ileana Construt, Erica Frank, Ron Kellett, Eric Mazzi, Alison Munro, Susan Nesbit, Andrew Riseman, John Robinson, Anneliese Schultz, Yona SiposDelivery of sustainability-related curriculum to undergraduate students can be problematic due to the traditional “siloing” of curriculum by faculties along disciplinary lines. In…
Participatory processes in sustainable universities – what to assess?
Antje Disterheft, Ulisses M Azeiteiro, Walter Leal Filho, Sandra CaeiroThis paper aims to connect participatory sustainability implementation with sustainability assessment, exploring learning theories, the principles of Higher Education for…
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