author: walter leal

COVID-19: Paving the Way for a More Sustainable World

... development and use of patient profiles. Adv Therapy 35(9):1453–1459. https ... unsustainable global tourism path. Tour Geogr 22(3):624–632. https://doi.org ... PPT (2020) For-profit hospitals out of business? Financial sustainability ...

Universities and Climate Change: Introducing Climate Change to University Programmes

... Volunteers for the Climate ... volunteer services in the fight against climate change. Moreover, the link between this project and the University Climate Network ... boiler or the solar energy installations. Nonetheless, it is important to ...

Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula: Innovative Approaches, Methods and Tools

... JHF, Land R (2003) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: linkages to ways of thinking and practising within the disciplines. ETL Project Occasional Report 4, May Meyer JHF, Land R (2005) Threshold concepts and troublesome ...

Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research

In this handbook social science researchers who focus on sustainability present and discuss their findings, including empirical work, case studies, teaching and learning innovations, and applied projects.

Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives

... NBR 5413 (ABNT 1992) and some energy efficiency strategies were formulated from it The results will help in the diagnosis of natural lighting in classrooms and other school environments, and offer some suggestions and recommendations ...

Handbook of Climate Services

... factors affecting the effectiveness of the tool/framework. It is an ... key findings of the SWOT analysis of BASIEC framework are: (i) Strength: (1) Many of the ... worksheet is simple and user friendly and it is applicable to any part of ...

Technology Enhanced Learning: Quality of Teaching and Educational Reform: 1st International Conference, TECH-EDUCATION 2010, Athens, Greece, May 19-21, 2010. Proceedings

... pdf Hanson, B.A.: Estimation Toolkit for Item Response Models (ETIRM). Computer Software, http://www.b-a-h.com/software/cpp/etirm.html Welch, B.B., Jones, K., Hobbs, J.: Practical programming in Tcl and Tk, 4th ... (ed.) New Horizons in ...

Global Energy Policy and Security

... PIESAP in 2004, with the NEPs for eleven PICs being developed with the help of PIESAP. However, Cabinet endorsement was only received in eight of these countries. The NEPs of most PICs followed a similar structure ... org/jsp/projects/credp/ ...

Climate Change Research at Universities: Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges

... Nature Conservation and the Environment' has extensive knowledge on numerous ... Planning), the town service 'Environment' (abbr. Environment) and the ... Planning, Environment, and Green and Open Spaces, on the other hand, have only ...

Rare Earths Industry: Technological, Economic, and Environmental Implications

... Global REE Crisis? Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Association for ... Industry. National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). R19-2013, pp. 27–36. http ... Russell Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 1QL, England. Roskill Information ...

Theory and Practice of Climate Adaptation

... debate was promoted. The latter was organized in different thematic tables where a moderator steered the discussion with a focus-group style script, and a rapporteur that would systematize and write down the key debate facts. The script ...

Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom: Approaches, Methods and Projects

... Non-domestic buildings K. Emblen-Perry (&) University of Worcester, Worcester WR1 3AS, UK e-mail: k.emblenperry@worc.ac.uk L. Duckers (&) Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK e-mail: L.Duckers@coventry.ac.uk © Springer ...

International Business, Trade and Institutional Sustainability

... deforestation and land degradation in Indonesia (Agus et al. 2014). The mean deforestation rate in 2009–2013 was ... meaning that ground layers are opened until the coal depositis found. The most serious impact of the open-pit mining is ...

Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research

... Guzmán (Eds.), El cambio climático: enfoques latinoamericanos e ... Plan Estratégico 2010–2012. Construcción de capacidades en energía renovable ... gobierno: un análisis crítico. ARBOR Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura, CLXXXV (738 julio ...

Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level

Walter Leal Filho, Claudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos. European Commission (2020) Communication ... Network for Innovation (ed) Implementing the 2030 Agenda at Higher Education ... II and III to the fourth assessment report of the ...

Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level

... Practicing law in the sharing economy: helping people build cooperatives, social enterprise, and local sustainable economies. American Bar Association Rammel C, Velazquez L, Mader C (2015) Sustainability assessment in higher education ...

Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future: Policies, Technologies and Education by 2050

... microfinance delivery models have been discussed along with the major issues and challenges faced by them . Then we take a look at the digitalization prospects in the context of MFIs and how it is being implemented in different parts of ...

Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Volume 1

... Sistema de Gestão Ambiental. http://www.unisinos.br/images/institucional/meio-ambiente/relatorios/relatorio-sga-2005.pdf. Last Accessed January 08, 2016. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. (2006). Relatório Anual- Sistema de Gestão ...

Sustainable Development Research and Practice in Mexico and Selected Latin American Countries

... Torres-Nerio R, Cubillas-Tejeda AC (2012) La comunicación de riesgos como una herramienta para disminuir la exposición infantil a plomo y arsénico en la zona contaminada de Villa de la Paz-Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, México. Revista ...

Towards Green Campus Operations: Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development Initiatives at Universities

... Ambiental: estudos jurídicos e sociais. https://www.ucs.br/site/midia/arquivos/Sustentabilidade_ambiental_ebook.pdf ... Sistema Ambiental Paulista. Moreira, M. A. (2011). Aprendizagem significativa: a teoria e textos complementares. São ...

Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning

... pineapple production are spread over the soil which they called mulching. The decomposed mulch is a very vital nutrient for the soil. Compost, according to participants in the FGD is prepared by all of them. The compost is mainly spread ...

Implementing Sustainability in the Curriculum of Universities: Approaches, Methods and Projects

... Salon event as part of Design Manchester in October 2016. The event showcased responses to Pomona in an exhibition ... Enlightenment Philosophies and the French Revolution (Goodman 1994). There were also numerous salons held by women of ...

Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 3: Case Studies in Climate Change Communication

... game over the years. A special thanks goes to LandPaKT member Katja Holz who ... Antonaci A, Dagnino F, Ott M, Romero M, Usart M, Mayer IS (2014) Serious ... 301–314 Csíkszentmihályi M (2000) Beyond boredom and anxiety. The experience ...

Climate Change and the Role of Education

... conscious environmental education. Policy Futures Educ 13(1):97–116 ... download/ 1072/48575/file/findings_predictor_OSTfactsheet.pdf Higgins P ... parent and family eco-knowledge. J Res Childhood Educ 28(1):115–127 James A, Prout A (2015) ...

Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas: Fostering the Use of Rainwater for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Landscape Restoration and Climate Resilience

... development: A case study from Pakistan. Agri Water Manage 92: 90–98 ... manual. Available at: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/67375 ... Land Management Practices, Input Use, and Productivity in the Highlands of Amhara ...

The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities

... academic calendar, community research is again conducted in the form of a post survey to measure the effects of the ... 2015 to increase participation. Many barriers have been identified since the launch of the program including: • Lack of ...

Climate Change Strategies: Handling the Challenges of Adapting to a Changing Climate

... olive trees . Agriculture 10 ( 12 ) : 618 . https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10120618 Araújo M , Prada J , Mariz - Ponte N , Santos C , Pereira JÁ , Pinto DCGA , Silva MAS , Dias MC ( 2021 ) Antioxidant adjustments of olive trees ...

Educating the Sustainability Leaders of the Future

... Portfolio. and. Personal. Mission. Statement. The portfolio project is a major ... cover letter or personal statement, artifacts demonstrating their relevant ... Senior Capstone Course ... 301 3.2 Portfolio and Personal Mission Statement.

Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

... biodiversity loss (Butchart et al. 2010), species invasions (Strayer et al. 2006) and water quality (Foley et al. 2005). Traditional diversity sampling methods for coastal biodiversity assessment include nets, visual observation, hooks ...

Climate-Smart Technologies: Integrating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Mitigation and Adaptation Responses

... presentation at project DIREKT workshop on “renewable energy-economics, application and legislation” on 16th March 2012, Suva Oberender E (2010) Energy security in the pacific islands renewable energy and energy efficiency partnership ...

Sustainability and the Humanities

... Interview Language Interview location Program Participants 3:5 35-62 46 ... (DNs) supporting CCDOs. Demographic information is detailed in Fig. 1 ... questions were tailored to three contingents (Fig. 1), namely Program Participants (PPs) ...

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Communities

... p.a.), Abarao (slow growth of 1.4% p.a.), Bikenibeu (3.6% p.a.) and Temaiku (6.8% p.a.) (Government of Kiribati 2016 ... License areas) have been recorded by Reuben (2013) as having expanded ... Fishing Village) and that over the past three ...

Sustainable Water Use and Management: Examples of New Approaches and Perspectives

... (2009) Uniform plumbing code InternationalCode Council (ICC) (2009) International Plumbing Code (IPC,) Country Clubs Hills, IL International LivingFuture Institute (ILFI) (2011)Cascadia green building council toward net zero water: best ...

SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region

... update. WHO/UNICEF, Geneva/New York Kahil MT, Dinar A, Albiac J (2016) Cooperative water management and ecosystem protection under scarcity and drought in arid and semiarid regions. Water Resour Econ 13:60–74. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j ...

New Developments in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development

... study. All D-Lab classes are connected to communities around the world including partnerships in Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ghana, Peru, Cambodia, Tanzania, Botswana, El Salvador, Uganda, India, Zambia and Nigeria. Most D-Lab classes ...

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