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University engagement and environmental sustainability /
Universities have historically generated knowledge outside of specific local contexts. These pure research methodologies produce knowledge that is carefully partitioned from the practical realities of a phenomenon. This book suggests a world in peril requires us to question this approach, particular...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a University engagement and environmental sustainability / |c edited by Patricia Inman and Diana Robinson. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 Sutherland 4. 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 -- Jesï½s Granados Sï½nchez 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 Raditloaneng 9. 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. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Universities have historically generated knowledge outside of specific local contexts. These pure research methodologies produce knowledge that is carefully partitioned from the practical realities of a phenomenon. This book suggests a world in peril requires us to question this approach, particularly in the field of environmental sustainability. | |
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Environmental Economics. |2 bicssc | |
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