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University engagement and environmental sustainability / edited by Patricia Inman and Diana L. Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Universities and lifelong learning series.
- Universities and lifelong learning series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Social aspects.
- Universities and colleges.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects.
- Education, Higher.
- Universities and colleges--Environmental aspects.
- Education, Higher--Environmental aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Universities have a key role to play in contributing to environmental development and combating climate change. The chapters within this volume detail the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability, and provide both a broad view of university engagement and a detailed examination of various projects.
- Contents:
- UNIVERSITIES and lifelong learning: University engagement and environmental sustainability: Patricia Inman and Diana L. Robinson; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: Darlene E. Clover and Kathy Sanford; 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 Sutherland4 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 Raditloaneng9 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 8, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781847799548
- 184779954X
- 9781847799555
- 1847799558
- OCLC:
- 960164712
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