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Sustainability on campus : stories and strategies for change /

Stories both practical and inspirational about environmental leadership on campus. These personal narratives of greening college campuses offer inspiration, motivation, and practical advice. Written by faculty, staff, administrators, and a student, from varying perspectives and reflecting divergent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barlett, Peggy F., 1947-, Chase, Geoffrey W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Peggy F. Bartlett and Geoffrey W. Chase
  • Part I: Laying the cornerstones
  • Process and practice: creating the sustainable university / Christopher Uhl
  • The green task force: facing the challenges to environmental stewardship at a small liberal arts college / Abigail R. Jahiel and R. Given Harper
  • No longer waiting for someone else to do it: a take of reluctant leadership / Peggy F. Barlett
  • Part II: Redesigning the curriculum / Geoffrey W. Chase and Paul Rowland
  • Transdisciplinary shared learning / Richard B. Norgaard
  • Place as the nexus of a sustainable future: a course for all of us / Laura B. DeLind and Terry Link
  • Building political acceptance for sustainability: degree requirements for all graduates / Debra Rowe
  • Part II: Building buildings, building learning communities
  • Can educational institutions learn? The creation of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College / David W. Orr
  • The development of Stanford University's guidelines for sustainable buildings: a student perspective / Audrey B. Chang
  • Part IV: Engaging communities, engaging students
  • Maintaining a college-community ecotourism project: faculty initiative, institutional vision, student participation, and community partnerships / Richard D. Bowden and Eric Pallant
  • Teaching for change: the leadership in environmental education partnership / Paul Faulstich
  • Restoring natural landscapes: from ideals to action / Allen Franz
  • Part V: Building system-wide commitment
  • South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative / Patricia L. Jerman [and others]
  • Challenges of greening a decentralized campus: making the connection to health / Polly Walker and Robert S. Lawrence
  • Sustaining sustainability: lessons from Ramapo College / Michael R. Edelstein
  • Cultivating a shared environmental vision at Middlebury College / Nans Jenks-Jay.