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Details the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Laying the foundation
1. University responsibility in a world of environmental catastrophe: cognitive justice, engagement and an ethic of care in learning - Steve Garlick and Julie Matthews
2. Unbounded organization and the unbounded university curriculum - Howard Richards
3. Indigenous and Western knowledge: a false dichotomy? - Margaret Sutherland
4. Guerrilla geography: describing and defending place for a living (or the renaissance of 100-mile geographers) - Briony Penn
5. Universities in transition: overcoming barriers and creating pathways for sustainability - Jesús Granados Sánchez
Part II: Studies of environmental sustainability
6. Sustainable local food systems and environmental sustainability - Sandra Streed
7. Higher education intervention in the management of soil erosion and agricultural practice in Nigeria - Idowu Biao and Roseline Tawo
8. The importance of women's leadership programmes in developing a sustainable economy - Morgan Chawawa and Wapula Raditloaneng
9. Becoming part of the solution: engaged research on sustainability - Linda Silka
10. University-community outreach: case study of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs - Norman Walzer and Christopher D. Merrett
11. Initiating ecological restoration and community relationships at a satellite campus - Roberta Lammers
Conclusion
Index
About the author
Patricia Inman is the Senior Research Associate for International Engagement Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois UniversityDiana Robinson is the Director for the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University
Summary
Details the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability
