North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education / edited by Walter Leal Filho, Julie Newman, Amanda Lange Salvia, Laís Viera Trevisan, Laura Corazza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leal Filho, Walter, Editor.

Newman, Julie, Editor.

Lange Salvia, Amanda., Editor.

Viera Trevisan, Laís., Editor.

Corazza, Laura, Editor.

Series:

World Sustainability Series, 2199-7381

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability.

Education, Higher.

Environmental education.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Higher Education.

Environmental and Sustainability Education.

Citizenship Education.

Local Subjects:

Sustainability.

Higher Education.

Environmental and Sustainability Education.

Citizenship Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 1342 p. 272 illus., 217 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

The scientific, cultural and diplomatic relations between Europe and its partners in North America are very strong. From a scientific point of view, this long-standing cooperation has taken place across a wide range of areas. They include the field of sustainability, where North America and Europe are working hand in hand, seeking solutions to the many regional and global problems currently faced. Against this backdrop and in order to facilitate a broad discussion on the contribution of higher education institutions from both sides of the Atlantic towards a more sustainable future, this book is being produced. The book gathers inputs from universities and research organizations on the one hand, but also from companies and enterprises on the other, from Europe and North America, working on matters related to sustainable development in a higher education context. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives, paving the way for technology transfer and networking. Furthermore, the book intends to provide a fertile basis upon which European and North American organizations may cooperate more closely in this key area. Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability in North America and in Europe may be enhanced in practice.

Contents:

Principles for Climate Justice Action Planning

Driving Just Transitions within higher education. Individual and institutional transformations using relational and justice-oriented learning at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

Reimagining Universities as Change Agents for Climate & Economic Justice and Ecological Health

Interdisciplinary, Team-taught Urban Sustainability Pedagogy in a Stove-piped University

From Pathological Bifurcations to Meaningful Planetary Change Agents

Major Challenges to Education for Sustainable Development

Emergent Findings From a Multisystem Partnership to Advance and Sustain Climate Change Literacy and Action in California PK-12 Schools

Commoning towards Sustainability and the Common Good: Between Epistemic Strategy and Visual Boundary Object

A systematic approach to repositioning the focus of research centers toward sustainability – A case study from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences

Sustainable Futures – Collaborating on Education for a Sustainable and Net Zero Economy Through Inter-Institutional and Enterprise-Informed Curriculum Development and Delivery

Sustainability labelling of courses and study programs – experiences, dilemmas and possible way forward. A case-study from University of Gothenburg

Exploring Sustainable Development from a Social-Ecological Perspective: A Tri-Nation Study

Design Thinking in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education in Germany

Active Learning to Raise Sustainability Awareness

From subject matter experts to problem solving experts for sustainable development: The challenge of higher education

A green community for change, through sustainable development and entrepreneurship in the fashion business curriculum

Transformative learning for a sustainable world. A European experience in higher education

Reflexive Praxis in Curriculum Transformation in Engineering Education in Global South

Challenges of integrating sustainability into software engineering education – experiments on building European Software Engineers for the Green Deal programme

Everything Everywhere All at Once": A Methodological Framework Proposal to Ensure No One Is Left Behind in the Ecological Transition Pathway. Lessons from the PHOENIX H2020 project

Sustainable Development from Research and Outreach: contributions from a sustainability research center in southern Brazil

Small-town Climate Action: Establishing a Climate Action Plan in Meadville

TUM Nexus Lab (Nexus@TUM): TUM as a frontrunner university with a targeted research and teaching agenda on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus

Accelerating Sustainability Innovation Through a Living Lab Research Framework

Crowd-mapping Building Porosities

Expanding Sustainability to Include our Non-Human Partners: The Role of College Campuses in Supporting Wildlife Habitat

Sustainable Development Research as a Driver for Collaboration: A faculty database at the University of Pennsylvania

Long-term and short-term education in Institutes of Higher Education positively impact sustainability knowledge and attitudes

Driving forward the UN Sustainable Development Goals through transatlantic collaborations

Systematic Integration of Sustainable Development into Curriculum; Insights from a Baseline Study at the University of Gothenburg

Integrating environmental justice and sustainability into social work education and professional training: Case studies of pedagogical initiatives from Western and Eastern Canada

Understanding Social Sciences Students' Perceptions of Environment and Nature: Implications for Critical Thinking and to Reimagine Socioecological Futures

The societal impact of research: third mission assessment in an Italian university

Be the change - How peer-to-peer and project-based seminars open communicative arenas and possibilities to provoke institutional change at universities

Campus operations: towards a conceptual framework aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals

Investigating the Potential of Informal Student-Led STE(A)M Learning Spaces within Higher Education Institutions to Develop Students’ Competencies for Sustainable Development Goals

Curriculum Design and the Integration of Sustainability – the Case of the reorganised Master in Business Management

Providing environmentally responsible design experience in architecture education with the integration of multiple courses: A holistic curriculum study for teaching on, about and for sustainable development of built environment

Nudging as a tool to raise awareness for ESD among distance learning students using the example of learning with digital study materials

Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange

Practising Students’ SDG Strategies through Fieldwork: – Conflictual landscapes or sustainable land transformations in a Nature Park?

From Living Labs on Campus to the Campus as a Living Lab - A tool to support the Sustainability Transformation of Universities

The Integration of Sustainability into Teaching - Findings and Best Practice from a Study on the Implementation of Sustainability at Universities in Rhineland-Palatinate

Advancing Sustainable Development: Transformative Higher Education

Creating an interprofessional consortium on climate and health for higher education

National collaboration guiding the higher education institutions in Finland to a more sustainable and responsible future

Exploring Climate Change and Emotions on Campus: From Distress to Action

Designing Collaborative European Projects for Remanufacturing Education: Lessons Learned from Experimentation with Universities and Companies

Organizational Educational Potentials for Regional Sustainable Development: A Transatlantic Comparative Perspective on Multi-Stakeholder-Partnerships, Networking and Consulting

The role of government policy on sustainability integration in the Finnish ICT Industry

Parallels Among Competencies of STEM Education and Education for Sustainability

Eco-centered Design - Academic Projects for Efficiency, Consistency and Sufficiency

North-South Cooperation of Higher Education Institutions for Sustainability, the Benefits of Contrast

Franco-Quebec collaboration in the maritime sector – The Institut France Quebec Maritime and the ARICO coastal risk program

The contribution of university economics teaching to sustainability

Sustainability competence at BarcelonaTECH university

Transition teams as an innovative tool in higher education institution on the road to sustainability: A case study in Belgium

Circular Economy Implementation: From Selective Measures to Absolute Environmental Sustainability

Certified B Corporations as a Driver for Sustainable Development: An Analysis of Innovative Sustainable Business Models in the US

Occupants Perception of Indoor Environmental Quality Factors: A Comparison of a LEED versus Non-LEED Certified Campus Building

Review of Italian higher education energy consumption: Towards an Energy Plan

Introducing Participatory Design Elements into Secondary Classroom Assessment through a University Engineering and Education Collaboration

From theory to practice: the importance of implementing sustainable practices by students at universities

Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs

Sustainability Education in Software Engineering: Experiences from Requirement Engineering Curriculum

Sustainability Reporting in Higher Education: perspectives from universities and enterprises

Air Travel-related Scope 3 Emissions Across all Employee and Student Groups at a Small Canadian University

Sustainability Assessment of Higher Education Institutions According to Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

Investigating the extent and depth of sustainability principles in continuing education programmes’ content and design

Assessing the impact of European University alliances: the case of UNITA

How Sustainability Education and Achieving SDGs are Interconnected: A Systems Thinking Perspective

Sustainability in Architectural design education.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-031-80434-1

OCLC:

1523375047