FW: New book: Sustainability and University Life

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-----Original Message-----
From: Prof. Walter Leal Filho [mailto:leal@tu-harburg.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:20 AM
To: eeen@realworld.de
Subject: [SUSTAINABLE_DEVELOPMENT] New book: Sustainability and
University Life


Dear Colleagues,

A  new publication titled "Sustainability and University Life" (edited
by Walter Leal Filho, 270pp.
US ISBN 0-8204-4367-0. European ISBN  3-631-35297-2) is now available.

The book has been prepared based on the fact that the international
debate on the merits of introducing sustainable approaches at
universities can be greatly assisted by means of examples illustrating
what can be done and, as importantly, how. There are many higher
education institutions which still see sustainability as "theoretical"
or disconnected to the reality, failing to recognise the institutional
benefits that may be brought about by pursuing sustainable development.

The book "Sustainability and University Life", as the title implies,
tries to show various ways via which sustainability may be brought
closer to a university´s routine.  By means of critical analyses, case
studies and examples from North American, European and African
universities, the book not only discusses the problems faced with the
promotion of sustainability at institutional level, but also shows how
sustainability is being put into practice by a number of  higher
education institutions. Be it via curriculum greening, networking,
energy-saving projects, awards or via special teaching programmes,
universities may gain a great deal by paying attention to sustainability

and the book leaves no doubt that even the most sceptical institutions
will see advantages in pursuing this path.

Published by Peter Lang Scientific Publishers (New York, Berlin, Bern,
Vienna), as Volume 5 of the "Environmental Education, Communication and
Sustainability Series".

Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Sustainability and University Life: some European
Perspectives
Walter Leal Filho

Chapter 2- Critical Dimensions of Sustainablity
In Higher Education
Richard Clougston and Wynn Calder

Chapter 3: Driving Environmental Strategy with Stakeholder Preferences -

A Case Study of the University of Surrey
Andy Davey, Graham Earl and Roland Clift

Chapter 4: Technology and Sustainable Development: Sustainability as a
challenge for engineers
Dr.ir. Karel F. Mulder

Chapter 5: Sustainability Through Incremental Steps? The Case of Campus
Greening at Rensselaer
Steve Breyman

Chapter 6: Managing U.S. Campuses with an Ecological Vision
Alberto Arenas

Chapter 7: Institutional change and leadership in greening the campus
Aaron Allen

Chapter 8: "ECOCAMPUS": a "Practice-What-You-Preach" European
collaboration
J. Roturier, A. de Almeida, E. Apostolidou, D. Berbecaru, J.F. Bonnet,
R. Cazanescu, P. Faucher, S. Gabriel, A. Gula, M. Kwiatkowski, T. Laine,

Th. Lamouche, J. Norgard, Ph. Outrequin

Chapter 9: Institutional Commitment to the Environment and
Sustainability: A Peak of
Excellence at Middlebury College
Nan Jenks-Jay

Chapter 10: University support to local and regional agenda initiatives
for sustainable development
Dr. Andreas Megerle, Heidi Megerle

Chapter 11:  Sustainability and Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
Jacob Park and Ted Tschang

Chapter 12: Promoting Environmental Citizenship and Sustainability in
Regional Campuses: Experiences from a Consortium of 15 Colleges and
Universities
Robert S. Whyte

Chapter 13: The Dutch Sustainability Award for Higher Education 1998
Hanno Lans

Chapter 14: Transformation or Irrelevance: The Challenge of Academic
Planning for Environmental Education in the 21st Century
David W. Orr

Chapter 15: Greening Campuses: An overview of student activism and
progressive administration
Scott Cole

Chapter 16: Sustainable agriculture and land management in the liberal
arts: A case study
Eugene B. Bakko

Appendix 1: University and Sustainability: an African perspective
Samson Katikiti

Appendix 2: The Need for Student Inputs: oikos - International Student
Organization for Sustainable Economics and Management
Alexander Barkawi


The book may be ordered from  Peter Lang Scientific Publishers´ web
site  (www.peterlang.de), via e-mail from peterlang@access.ch, or by
post from:

Peter Lang Scientific Publishers
Jupiter Strasse 15
CH- 3015 Bern
Switzerland

Tel: +41-31-9402-121
Fax: +41-31-9402-131



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