Promoting A Sustainable Future

Author : David B. Abraham,Seema D. Iyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030591731

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Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in North American Cities by David B. Abraham,Seema D. Iyer Pdf

This volume presents North American best practices and perspectives on developing, managing and monitoring indicators to track development progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in local communities and cities. In 4 main sections, the book presents and frames the many ways in which community indicator programs are either integrating or retooling to integrate the SDGs into their existing frameworks, or how they are developing new programs to track and report progress on the SDGs. This is the first volume that focuses on SDG adoption within the context of North Americans cities and communities, and the unique issues and opportunities prevalent in these settings. The chapters are developed by experienced academics and practitioners of community planning and sustainable development, and will add broad perspective on public policy, organizational management, information management and data visualization. This volume presents a case-study approach to chapters, offering lessons that can be used by three main audiences: 1) teachers and researchers in areas of urban, regional, and environmental planning, urban development, and public policy; 2) professional planners, decision-makers, and urban managers; and 3) sustainability activists and interested groups.

Author : Dr.Shalini Choithrani
Publisher : SHREE VINAYAK PUBLICATION
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789387899193

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Building a Sustainable Future: Roadmap for India 's Progress & Prosperity by Dr.Shalini Choithrani Pdf

Author : Goi, Chai Lee
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668498606

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Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future: Innovative Strategies and Best Practices by Goi, Chai Lee Pdf

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future: Innovative Strategies and Best Practices delves into the critical global challenges of sustainability and the indispensable role of education in forging a sustainable future for generations to come. This interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral endeavor embraces themes ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to social justice, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. By integrating environmental, social, and economic dimensions, the book offers a holistic approach to teaching and learning for sustainability, presenting innovative strategies and best practices that can be adapted across diverse disciplines, levels of education, and contexts. Drawing upon a rich tapestry of pedagogical approaches, the book illuminates experiential learning, inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning, and project-based learning as powerful tools for addressing sustainability challenges and opportunities. Additionally, it showcases cutting-edge teaching tools and technologies, including online platforms, social media, virtual and augmented reality, and gamification, revolutionizing the dissemination of sustainability education. The book serves as a platform for educators, academics, researchers, policy makers, and students to share experiences, insights, and best practices, propelling the evolution of sustainability education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0195531914

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Our Common Future by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz,Heinz Gutscher
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034883146

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Changing Things — Moving People by Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz,Heinz Gutscher Pdf

This book results from a pioneering effort to organize a productive interdisciplinary research program on sustainable development policy in a small country not previously recognized as a world leader in environmental social science. The results are very promising, considering the short time frame and the high barriers to success for such an enterprise - differences in concepts and terminology, disciplinary myopia, and the inherent difficulty of the problem. In the USA, where I work, these barriers continue to pose major challenges after some 30 years of effort. Switzerland has made noteworthy progress in only five. I hope this book represents the beginning of a long term effort at problem-oriented interdisciplinary collaboration among Swiss researchers and prac titioners. The Swiss group has succeeded in developing a unifying framework that makes a major contri bution to environmental policy analysis. The framework broadens policy thinking by giving se rious treatment to underutilized strategies that rely on communication and informal influence as well as to well-studied ones that rely on technological change, regulation, and economic forces. This broad typology makes it easier for an analyst to escape the tendency to presume that the po licy instrument currently in fashion, whether it be market-based instruments, voluntary measures, or whatever, is the right strategy for all problems. It also encourages discipline-based analysts to consider how their favored strategies might be combined with other strategies less familiar to them, and thus to craft strategies that can take advantage of the strengths of various policy instruments.

Author : Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031192562

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Prospects and Policies for Global Sustainable Recovery by Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer Pdf

This book presents economic policies to combat the challenges posed by financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. How the role of the markets, the state, and social cohesion have come into question is explored, alongside broader issues, such as inequality. Particular attention is given to policies relating to the funding and financing of investment to confront the climate emergency, enhancing productivity and technical innovation, the significance of the commons in the context of the state, and macroeconomic policies to underpin sustainability. This book aims to present a framework for a sustainable future, with policy suggestions that promote both environmental and economic sustainability. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the political economy and sustainable development.

Author : Canada. Department of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Economic development
ISBN : MINN:31951D015619875

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Sustainable Development Strategy by Canada. Department of Justice Pdf

This strategy has been prepared to meet the challenge facing the federal Dept. of Justice to understand, develop, and implement ways to integrate the concept of sustainable development (SD) into its work and decision-making. Strategic objectives, their rationale, and actions to achieve those objectives are presented in six categories: enhancement of the Dept.'s capacity to promote SD; improve understanding of linkages between SD and the Dept.'s legal, policy, and programmatic services; identify and advise on the legal status and significance of the federal government's SD obligations; support of law reform to promote SD; ensuring consistent and high quality legal advice related to SD; and improving the Dept.'s physical stewardship (reduction of pollution, waste, and resource consumption, and implementing an environmental management system). Performance measures related to the objectives are also listed. Appendices include a departmental profile.

Author : Justyna Karakiewicz,Audrey Yue,Angela Paladino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317701569

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Promoting Sustainable Living by Justyna Karakiewicz,Audrey Yue,Angela Paladino Pdf

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction. Moving away from negative portrayals of sustainability, this book identifies the factors that motivate people to aspire towards sustainable living. It introduces the notion of sustainability as an "object of desire" that will allow people not to be scared of the future but rather to dream about it and look forward to a better quality of life. Tracing the history of major changes in our society that have dramatically altered our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes about sustainability, the book analyses the role of communications in persuading people of the benefits of sustainable living. It describes our current desires and dreams and explains why we need to change. Finally, the book suggests what could be done to not only make sustainability an object of desire, but also introduce hopes and dreams for a better future into our everyday lives. This inspiring and interdisciplinary book provides innovative insights for researchers, students and professionals in a range of disciplines, in particular environment and sustainability, sustainable marketing and advertising, and psychology.

Author : Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211045878

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Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation by Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination Pdf

This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.

Author : Doug McKenzie-Mohr
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781550924626

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Fostering Sustainable Behavior by Doug McKenzie-Mohr Pdf

The highly acclaimed manual for changing everyday habits-now in an all-newthird edition! We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? Fostering Sustainable Behavior explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behavior change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviors, and identify the barriers to change understand various commitment strategies communicate effective messages enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behavior, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energyefficiency and alternative transportation.

Author : Gigauri, Iza,Palazzo, Maria,Ferri, Maria Antonella
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781668486832

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Handbook of Research on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals With Sustainable Marketing by Gigauri, Iza,Palazzo, Maria,Ferri, Maria Antonella Pdf

The prominent idea of sustainable development has influenced almost all disciplines, changing our understanding and behavior toward sustainability. In this respect, marketing has also been transforming from the sustainability point of view as emerging social and ecological problems caused by the exponential growth require sustainable solutions and joint efforts. Sustainable marketing intends to integrate ecological, social, and ethical concerns while creating value. Consumers, along with other stakeholders, expect that brands will contribute to work toward the sustainable development goals; therefore, companies need to redesign their marketing initiatives to create, promote, and deliver values that are in line with sustainability. The Handbook of Research on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals With Sustainable Marketing illuminates current developments in sustainable marketing and the new trends and tendencies concerning the concept in theory and practice. The book also explores the concept of sustainable marketing in today’s context of the digital age, explains its boundaries and benefits, and describes the challenges and opportunities as well as the advantages and potential disadvantages of sustainable marketing and branding efforts. Covering key topics such as branding, marketing ethics, and corporate social responsibility, this premier reference source is ideal for marketers, business owners, managers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Pérez, Andrea
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799880677

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Future Advancements for CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID-19 World by Pérez, Andrea Pdf

The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a profound impact on the global business community. Amidst the ongoing crisis, countries around the world are opening up again to a business world in which both consumer behaviors and company practices have started to change. Numerous companies are using corporate social responsibility to demonstrate their commitment to fighting against COVID-19 and alleviating the negative consequences of the pandemic for their stakeholders; due to this, corporate social responsibility is expected to become a core issue for managers and researchers in the post-pandemic era. Future Advancements for CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID-19 World discusses the challenges and opportunities of corporate social responsibility and studies the reactions to the COVID-19 global pandemic that may lead to changes in corporate social responsibility, corporate approaches to sustainable development goals, and stakeholders' reactions to the post-COVID-19 era. This book addresses the opportunities for businesses to shift towards more genuine and authentic corporate social responsibility that contributes to addressing urgent social and environmental challenges. Covering topics from social entrepreneurship typologies to sustainability leaders, this book is ideal for managers, executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals and practitioners, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.

Author : Saúde, Sandra,Raposo, Maria Albertina,Pereira, Nuno,Rodrigues, Ana Isabel
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799844037

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Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship by Saúde, Sandra,Raposo, Maria Albertina,Pereira, Nuno,Rodrigues, Ana Isabel Pdf

The profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our “postmodern” society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyze, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles. Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Author : Eila Jeronen
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783039285006

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Geography Education Promoting Sustainability by Eila Jeronen Pdf

Through out the current period of educational change, Geography education has also changed. The innovations may be the starting point to affect conceptual change and paradigm shifts. Geography education assimilates and integrates knowledge, skills and scientific methodologies. The ten articles in this book illuminate a wide range of topics of interest to Geography education. In their article, Skarstein and Wolff discuss how the interplay between the environment, society and economy pillars of sustainability thinking play out on scales of time, space and multitude and how geography teachers can support the students’ understanding of sustainability. Yli-Panula et al. analysed used teaching and learning methods to find out good ones for promoting sustainability in geography. The same idea can be found in Duffin's and Perry’s article on Place-Based Ecology Education. In their article, Dür and Keller discuss the topics of quality of life, sustainability and global justice based on the goals of Education for Sustainable Development. Evaluation is an important part of learning. It is reviewed by Schauss and Sprenger regarding climate change education. The following two articles deal with students' views of landscapes worth conserving. In both studies, students expressed concern about the state of the environment. Yli-Panula et al. found that the Mexican students seldom considered their own activities in relation to the environment while Yli-Panula et al. stated that only some of the Finnish and Swedish students act as observers while others actively care for their environment. The remaining three articles deal with teaching methods and models. Benninghaus et al. present a benchmark method, which allows statements about the quality of the maps/diagrams in general. Álvarez-Otero and De Lázaro y Torres, on the other hand, describe their Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge model. Kopnina and Saari discusses student assignments reflecting on the documentary film through critical pedagogy and ecopedagogy.

Author : Buckler, Carolee,Creech, Heather
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Environmental education
ISBN : 9789231000539

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Shaping the future we want by Buckler, Carolee,Creech, Heather Pdf