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The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation, 2022
Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1989
The Direct/Delayed Response Project (DDRP) is estimating the number of lakes and streams in three... more The Direct/Delayed Response Project (DDRP) is estimating the number of lakes and streams in three US regions that might become acidic due to current or altered levels of acidic deposition, and the long-term time scales involved. Because of the influence of soils on ...
Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit / Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, 2015
Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defi... more Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defining for our future. However, the learning and teaching in this field is perceived by students as complex and contradictory, and it leaves them with uncertainties with respect to their professional practice. This paper describes a solution to flaws observed in university programmes. The concept of the Lived Experience explains the existence of several perspectives at the same time. It connects abstract and distant scientific knowledge with personal, local and cultural diversity. It treats epistemological diversity as a resource for social learning and holistic knowledge. The authors consider this concept to be important and perhaps even crucial for the domain of sustainability, where it can be used to expand knowledge and linking academia with professionals and citizens. In an open access Masters track called the 'Lived Experience of Climate Change', the learning goals and outcomes are operationalised using the concept of 'competence'. Complementing Transboundary Competence, this paper focuses on Intervention Competence. Intervention Competence combines strategic-political thinking with personal goaldirectedness, formulating solutions and actions for climate change issues, in awareness of societal aspects. Thus the studentʼs ability to transform academic knowledge to sustainable solutions is developed. By adding Intervention Competence to university programmes, students are encouraged to engage with each other and their teachers to propose realistic and sustainable solutions to sustainability challenges. They use their diversity as a resource, a process that may be enhanced by virtual mobility arrangements between several universities.
One of the key recommendations of the 2012 report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future W... more One of the key recommendations of the 2012 report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing, is “empowering people to make sustainable choices.” Prepared by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (2012), this landmark report reframes sustainability while—like other reports before it—challenging those in the conservation community to consider how to create the pathways to empower people to make sustainable choices, to change their future, to be resilient. The hope of empowering people to make sustainable choices is not new, but the approaches and tools by which improved decision-making is facilitated and supported are changing rapidly. This article examines emerging, successful trends in communication and its link to change management. It explores contextualizing a problem or challenge, influencing policy through strategic communication, engaging stakeholders, and managing change. To better describe these linkages, this art...
Contributors. Forward. Preface. 1. Introduction K. Wheeler. 2. Education for Sustainability and E... more Contributors. Forward. Preface. 1. Introduction K. Wheeler. 2. Education for Sustainability and Environmental Education M. Paden. 3. Global Change Education L. Mortenson. 4. Education for a Sustainable Future J. Byrne. 5. Educating Sustainability in American High Schools M. Dimaggio. 6. The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development Education B. Smith. 7. Teacher Education for Sustainability J. Fien, R. Maclean. 8. Education for Understanding Science and the Earth System for Long-Term Sustainability M.P. Morse. 9. The Role of IUCN in Shaping Education for Sustainability F. Heselink. 10. Exploring Sustainable Communities M. Paden. 11. Facilitating Education for Sustainable Development J. Perras. 12. Democracy and Education R. Benjamin, S. Hanes. 13. Learning Communities J. MacGregor. 14. Sustainable Development: Visioning and Planning A. Sandler. 15. Understanding Sustrainable Communities L. Peterson.16. General Motors' Role in Education for Sustainability L. Wingerter. ...
Planning for higher education, 2003
SCIENCE-NEW YORK THEN WASHINGTON-, 2007
College and University Actions Sustainability is being integrated into US institutions' miss... more College and University Actions Sustainability is being integrated into US institutions' mission and planning, curricula, research, student life, operations and purchas-ing, and community partnerships. Students and staff at hundreds of campuses are engaged in sustainability ...
During his lifetime as educator, author, lecturer, editor, scientist, conservationist, leader, fr... more During his lifetime as educator, author, lecturer, editor, scientist, conservationist, leader, friend, mentor, and humanitarian, Paul F. Brandwein entered the minds and hearts of many who had the opportunity to work and learn with him as well as many others who knew and learned from him through his published works and presentations. With his wife and partner, Mary, he transformed
Trends in ecology & evolution, Feb 18, 2016
Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not... more Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of synthetic biology, which is capable of altering natural genomes with extremely precise editing, might offer the potential to resolve some intractable conservation problems (e.g., invasive species or pathogens). However, it is our opinion that there has been insufficient engagement by the conservation community with practitioners of synthetic biology. We contend that rapid, large-scale engagement of these two communities is urgently needed to avoid unintended and deleterious ecological consequences. To this point we describe case studies where synthetic biology is currently being applied to conservation, and we highlight the benefits to conservation biologists from engaging with this emerging technology.
Review of Environmental Education Developments, 1983
Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defi... more Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defining for our future. However, the learning and teaching in this field is perceived by students as complex and contradictory, and it leaves them with uncertainties with respect to their professional practice. This paper describes a solution to flaws observed in university programmes.
Planning For Higher Education, 2003
EJ669841 - K-12 Sustainability Education: Its Status and Where Higher Education Should Intervene.
Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 2015
ABSTRACT
Beyond The Carbon EconomyEnergy Law in Transition, 2008
The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation, 2022
Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1989
The Direct/Delayed Response Project (DDRP) is estimating the number of lakes and streams in three... more The Direct/Delayed Response Project (DDRP) is estimating the number of lakes and streams in three US regions that might become acidic due to current or altered levels of acidic deposition, and the long-term time scales involved. Because of the influence of soils on ...
Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit / Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, 2015
Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defi... more Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defining for our future. However, the learning and teaching in this field is perceived by students as complex and contradictory, and it leaves them with uncertainties with respect to their professional practice. This paper describes a solution to flaws observed in university programmes. The concept of the Lived Experience explains the existence of several perspectives at the same time. It connects abstract and distant scientific knowledge with personal, local and cultural diversity. It treats epistemological diversity as a resource for social learning and holistic knowledge. The authors consider this concept to be important and perhaps even crucial for the domain of sustainability, where it can be used to expand knowledge and linking academia with professionals and citizens. In an open access Masters track called the 'Lived Experience of Climate Change', the learning goals and outcomes are operationalised using the concept of 'competence'. Complementing Transboundary Competence, this paper focuses on Intervention Competence. Intervention Competence combines strategic-political thinking with personal goaldirectedness, formulating solutions and actions for climate change issues, in awareness of societal aspects. Thus the studentʼs ability to transform academic knowledge to sustainable solutions is developed. By adding Intervention Competence to university programmes, students are encouraged to engage with each other and their teachers to propose realistic and sustainable solutions to sustainability challenges. They use their diversity as a resource, a process that may be enhanced by virtual mobility arrangements between several universities.
One of the key recommendations of the 2012 report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future W... more One of the key recommendations of the 2012 report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing, is “empowering people to make sustainable choices.” Prepared by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (2012), this landmark report reframes sustainability while—like other reports before it—challenging those in the conservation community to consider how to create the pathways to empower people to make sustainable choices, to change their future, to be resilient. The hope of empowering people to make sustainable choices is not new, but the approaches and tools by which improved decision-making is facilitated and supported are changing rapidly. This article examines emerging, successful trends in communication and its link to change management. It explores contextualizing a problem or challenge, influencing policy through strategic communication, engaging stakeholders, and managing change. To better describe these linkages, this art...
Contributors. Forward. Preface. 1. Introduction K. Wheeler. 2. Education for Sustainability and E... more Contributors. Forward. Preface. 1. Introduction K. Wheeler. 2. Education for Sustainability and Environmental Education M. Paden. 3. Global Change Education L. Mortenson. 4. Education for a Sustainable Future J. Byrne. 5. Educating Sustainability in American High Schools M. Dimaggio. 6. The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development Education B. Smith. 7. Teacher Education for Sustainability J. Fien, R. Maclean. 8. Education for Understanding Science and the Earth System for Long-Term Sustainability M.P. Morse. 9. The Role of IUCN in Shaping Education for Sustainability F. Heselink. 10. Exploring Sustainable Communities M. Paden. 11. Facilitating Education for Sustainable Development J. Perras. 12. Democracy and Education R. Benjamin, S. Hanes. 13. Learning Communities J. MacGregor. 14. Sustainable Development: Visioning and Planning A. Sandler. 15. Understanding Sustrainable Communities L. Peterson.16. General Motors' Role in Education for Sustainability L. Wingerter. ...
Planning for higher education, 2003
SCIENCE-NEW YORK THEN WASHINGTON-, 2007
College and University Actions Sustainability is being integrated into US institutions' miss... more College and University Actions Sustainability is being integrated into US institutions' mission and planning, curricula, research, student life, operations and purchas-ing, and community partnerships. Students and staff at hundreds of campuses are engaged in sustainability ...
During his lifetime as educator, author, lecturer, editor, scientist, conservationist, leader, fr... more During his lifetime as educator, author, lecturer, editor, scientist, conservationist, leader, friend, mentor, and humanitarian, Paul F. Brandwein entered the minds and hearts of many who had the opportunity to work and learn with him as well as many others who knew and learned from him through his published works and presentations. With his wife and partner, Mary, he transformed
Trends in ecology & evolution, Feb 18, 2016
Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not... more Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of synthetic biology, which is capable of altering natural genomes with extremely precise editing, might offer the potential to resolve some intractable conservation problems (e.g., invasive species or pathogens). However, it is our opinion that there has been insufficient engagement by the conservation community with practitioners of synthetic biology. We contend that rapid, large-scale engagement of these two communities is urgently needed to avoid unintended and deleterious ecological consequences. To this point we describe case studies where synthetic biology is currently being applied to conservation, and we highlight the benefits to conservation biologists from engaging with this emerging technology.
Review of Environmental Education Developments, 1983
Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defi... more Within sustainability issues climate change is recognised as one of the most challenging and defining for our future. However, the learning and teaching in this field is perceived by students as complex and contradictory, and it leaves them with uncertainties with respect to their professional practice. This paper describes a solution to flaws observed in university programmes.
Planning For Higher Education, 2003
EJ669841 - K-12 Sustainability Education: Its Status and Where Higher Education Should Intervene.
Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 2015
ABSTRACT
Beyond The Carbon EconomyEnergy Law in Transition, 2008