Protecting the future : stories of sustainability from RMIT University /

Protecting the Future showcases tangible examples of the practical implementation of global sustainability and the triple bottom-line plus one (comprising environmental, social and cultural economic and governance dimensions) in the scholarship and operations of RMIT University.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Other Authors: Holdsworth, Sarah, Caswell, Tricia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2004.
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Australia > Victoria.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Australia > Victoria.
Développement durable > Australie > Victoria.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Australie > Victoria.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Victoria
RMIT University
Civil engineering
Environmentalism
Social change
Teaching
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1 Learning about sustainability in the field: 'Farming the Future'; 2 Queen Victoria Market
  • communicating sustainable; 3 Shifting the ground
  • sustainable engineering at RMIT; 4 Home among the gum trees: RMIT Hamilton; 5 Melbourne Youth Learning Opportunities project
  • sustainability story; 6 Solving salinity with the power of the sun; 7 Supermodern Gorgeous!; 8 Memory and an artist's view; 9 Mercury stole my fire; 10 Facilitating sustainable building: turning observation to practice; 11 Rats in the labyrinth: a sustainability story from Vietnam.

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