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What is Education for Sustainability

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Innovative Perspectives on Corporate Communication in the Global World
The sustainability concept leads us as humans to rethink how our way of life influences the environment and propose solutions that imply an improvement in the quality of life without degrading the environment. It is necessary to build a culture of sustainability, and a good vehicle for this is education for sustainability, which involves training for conscious action, whose objective is to learn to change, and which finds its best strategy in participation. in real projects of transformation and change. (Martínez Huerta, 2014). Education for sustainability implies generating work proposals and achieving social involvement and commitment to carry them out in a satisfactory way.
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Socio-Corporate Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: The Case of Public Universities in Andalusia
Abigail López-Alcarria (University of Granada, Spain), María de Fátima Poza-Vilches (University of Granada, Spain), and Teresa Pozo-Llorente (University of Granada, Spain)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6799-9.ch014
Abstract
Today, universities face the great challenge of becoming competently sustainable institutions. A crucial role is played by SDGs in a university's progress toward sustainability, which under the umbrella of the 2030 Agenda, set out the challenges faced by these institutions. This chapter determines the extent to which the prism of sustainability is present in the strategic planning of the public universities of the Andalusian Autonomous Community (Spain) and in their governance models. For this, the authors undertook an analysis of the strategic and operational plans of these institutions, focusing on the presence of SDGs in the various lines of action contained within them. In parallel, they also carried out an analysis of the socio-corporate image that these universities project from a sustainability perspective. The results show that these universities are motivated toward implementing a sustainable governance model, but they also highlight a number of deficiencies in addressing some SDGs that are sure to become future challenges.
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Connecting STEM Rich Learning Environments With Environmental Education
This is an approach to education that emphasizes the relationship between all the systems of the earth at varying levels as they relate to the “environment, economics, government, [and] health” ( Lewis et al., 2008 , p. 141).
Published in Chapter: Connecting STEM Rich Learning Environments With Environmental Education; From: International Perspectives on Modern Developments in Early Childhood Education
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Reviewing Spanish Students' Responses to the Implementation of a Virtual Exchange Project in EFL Literature
Sustainability education works for the integration of multiple sustainability frameworks to engage the environmental, social, and economic aspects of working towards a lasting and equitable future for our planet and its inhabitants. The UN turned to universities around the globe as locations where progress towards greater equality and therefore increased peace and shared prosperity can be envisioned, rigorously engineered, and brought into being. Students, teachers, and staff can be empowered to understand systemic problems and use regional and international partnerships to work for change. The United Nations has developed a UN SDG Partnership Guidebook and teaching resources designed to help students explore each of the 17 SDGs more comprehensively.
Published in Chapter: Reviewing Spanish Students' Responses to the Implementation of a Virtual Exchange Project in EFL Literature; From: Telecollaboration Applications in Foreign Language Classrooms
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Active Methodologies in Education for Sustainability and Development of Action Skills
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Landscape and Heritage: Didactic Resources for Sustainability Education
An educational approach that aims to foster the social commitment to build a sustainable future. It encompasses actions in formal, non-formal, and informal educational contexts.
Published in Chapter: Landscape and Heritage: Didactic Resources for Sustainability Education; From: Didactic Strategies and Resources for Innovative Geography Teaching
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Rethinking Education for Sustainability in Management Education: Going Beyond Metrics Toward Human Virtues
Is a journey, constantly evolving life-long learning process questioning, critically accessing the existing patterns, practices, and worldviews. It opens up for a new creative, innovate ways of generating knowledge and understanding about sustainability issues, and eventually that contributes towards society transformation.
Published in Chapter: Rethinking Education for Sustainability in Management Education: Going Beyond Metrics Toward Human Virtues; From: Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies
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