Performance measurement in local sustainability policy, Opp, Susan M. (colorado State Unversity, Usa) Mosier, Samantha L. (missouri State University, Usa) Osgood, Jeffery L., Jr. (west Chester University, U
Описание: Provides critical insights about how US policymaking is likely to be imperiling America`s future, and how only the most efficient and productive organisations and governments will reap globalization`s greatest rewards. Vital areas such as vocational training, manufacturing, infrastructure, sustainable debt creation and the STEM worker shortage crisis are examined and solutions proposed.
Our behaviour in our own homes - our recycling habits, consumer choices and transport preferences - all have a huge impact on the environment locally and globally. Governments across the world are trying to formulate and implement policies to encourage and enforce more sustainable household actions. Yet so often these policies fail to have the desired effects because of a lack of understanding of the complex interplay of policy and individual behaviour.
This book examines this interplay, looking at the role of values, attitudes and constraints in the links between policy and changing behaviour at the household level. The first part of the book explores the theoretical background looking at the politics of lifestyles and lifestyle change, policy legitimacy and barriers and facilitators for pro-environmental behaviour. The second part is made up of in-depth case studies from Sweden - one of the fore-running countries in this area - examining three main types of household behaviour: waste and recycling; consumption and labelling; and transportation choices. Within these case studies, the contributors examine what policy initiatives have and haven't worked and the role of values and constraints in those processes.
This is the first inter-disciplinary, in-depth look at how environmental policy enters the private, domestic sphere. The theoretical insights and policy guidance the book offers will be vital in the drive to generate behaviour change at the household level and the move towards sustainable societies.
Название: Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability ISBN: 1138296503 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138296503 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This unique compilation examines environmental policy through empirical case studies, demonstrating how environmental policies are formed, how they operate, what they do in terms of shaping behaviours and future trajectories, and how they intersect with other social dynamics such as politics, power, social norms, and social organization.
Автор: Maria Anna Jankowska Название: Focus on educating for sustainability : ISBN: 1936117614 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781936117611 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Without question, few directors have had such a powerful influence on the film industry and the moviegoing public as Steven Spielberg. Often referred to as the most successful American filmmaker of all time, Spielberg has been nominated for the Academy Aw
Автор: Sanders Jeffrey Craig Название: Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability ISBN: 0822962101 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822962106 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11380.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Sanders examines the rise of environmental activism in Seattle amidst the "urban crisis" of the 1960s and its aftermath. Seattle`s activists came to influence everything from industry to politics, planning, and global environmental movements.
Campus leaders describe how community colleges, publicly funded universities, and private liberal arts colleges across America are integrating sustainability into curriculum, policies, and programs.
In colleges and universities across the United States, students, faculty, and staff are forging new paths to sustainability. From private liberal arts colleges to major research institutions to community colleges, sustainability concerns are being integrated into curricula, policies, and programs. New divisions, degree programs, and courses of study cross traditional disciplinary boundaries; Sustainability Councils become part of campus governance; and new sustainability issues link to historic social and educational missions. In this book, leaders from twenty-four colleges and universities offer their stories of institutional and personal transformation.
These stories document both the power of leadership -- whether by college presidents, faculty, staff, or student activists -- and the potential for institutions to redefine themselves. Chapters recount, among other things, how inclusive campus governance helped mobilize students at the University of South Carolina; how a course at the Menominee Nation's tribal college linked sustainability and traditional knowledge; how the president of Furman University convinced a conservative campus community to make sustainability a strategic priority; how students at San Diego State University built sustainability into future governance while financing a LEED platinum-certified student center; and how sustainability transformed pedagogy in a lecture class at Penn State. As this book makes clear, there are many paths to sustainability in higher education. These stories offer a snapshot of what has been accomplished and a roadmap to what is possible.
Colleges and Universities Covered Arizona State University - Central College, Iowa - College of the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin - Curriculum for the Bio-region Project, Pacific Northwest - Drury University, Missouri - Emory University, Georgia - Florida A&M University - Furman University, South Carolina - Green Mountain College, Vermont - Kap'olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii - Pennsylvania State University - San Diego State University - Santa Clara University, California - Slippery Rock State University, Pennsylvania - Spelman College, Georgia - Unity College, Maine - University of Hawaii--Manoa - University of Michigan - University of South Carolina - University of South Florida - University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh - Warren Wilson College, North Carolina - Yale University
Автор: Achilles Manuela Название: Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective ISBN: 1137334479 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137334473 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany.
Описание: Written by a former analyst and consultant for the EPA, this book sketches out a unique plan to combine sustainable efforts in water, agriculture, urban, and power management to achieve--in practice, not just in theory--a sustainable planet and economy. Steven Cohen begins with the technical, financial, managerial, and political challenges of such a project, and then assesses possible sustainable practices in the manufacturing and service industries. He also addresses renewable and carbon-free energy production; water sustainability, especially with regard to energy issues involving filtration, distribution, and changing rainfall patterns; food cultivation and distribution; and ways to maintain the interdependent systems on which we rely on to live. Taking examples from New York City, one of the most sustainable and sustainability-minded metropolises in the world, Cohen explains how everything from construction to waste management can be designed to facilitate a sustainable environment. He concludes with the global efforts necessary to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, and the impact of war, terrorism, and human conflict on sustainability.
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