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The role of project‐based learning in the “Political and Social Sciences of the Environment” curriculum at Nijmegen University
Pieter Leroy, Saskia Ligthart, Herman van den Bosch, Saskia LigthartSince the end of 1996, teachers at the Faculty of Policy Sciences at Nijmegen University, The Netherlands, have been working on a new educational programme called “Political and…
Distance education, environmental education and sustainability ‐ An overview of universities in Commonwealth Asia
Farrukh TahirCommonwealth countries in Asia are a mixed group, small in number but varying in size from Singapore to India. This paper starts by looking briefly at the current status of…
City networks and sustainability ‐ The role of knowledge and of cultural heritage in globalization
Alessio Jan D’AuriaSustainable development has clearly taken on a global dimension, even if in recent years it has increasingly been acknowledged that there is a close mutual interaction between…
Institutional ecological footprint analysis ‐ A case study of the University of Newcastle, Australia
Kate FlintWith documented declines in the biophysical state of the planet, there is a need to develop indicators of sustainability. Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) can be considered an…
Backcasting the future
Niko RoordaIn this feature article, sustainable development will be discussed, and it will be explained why eco‐efficiency will have to be raised with a factor of 20 to achieve…
Transition to sustainability in the twenty‐first century: the contribution of science and technology ‐ Report of the World Conference of Scientific Academies held in Tokyo, Japan, 15‐18 May 2000
Mohamed HassanFollowing the World Conference of Scientific Academies, held in Tokyo, Japan in May 2000, this report focuses on the issues of sustainability and what the scientific and…
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