scholarly journals Exploring Changes in Perceptions and Practices of Sustainability in ESD Communities in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 097340822110120
Author(s):  
Kim Beasy ◽  
Laura Ripoll Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Environmental Restoration ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Education Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Willingness To Change

Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to empower future generations to address current global environmental threats, though it faces challenges to implementation, often linked to narrow perceptions of sustainability. To observe such changes in practice and draw their implications for ESD, we explore the effects of COVID-19 in perspectives and practices of sustainability across an education community. We reflect on how disruptions or threats can trigger a (re)imagination of individual and collective action. Our findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on individuals and societies have altered perceptions and practices of sustainability through envisaging previously unimaginable global environmental restoration, and experiencing personal, professional and collective changes. Our study shows that the perceived restorative effects on the environment of the pandemic lifted the education community spirits and enhanced a willingness to change by leveraging the social network around the education community to promote collective action.

Interest-oriented versus relationship-oriented social network sites in China

First Monday ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiyu Zhang ◽  
Rong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Design Features ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Common Interests

This paper examines interest-oriented vs. relationship-oriented social network sites in China and their different implications for collective action. By utilizing a structural analysis of the design features and a survey of members of the social networks, this paper shows that the way a social network site is designed strongly suggests the formation and maintenance of different types of social ties. The social networks formed among strangers who share common interests imply different types of collective action, compared to the social networks that aim at the replication and strengthening of off-line relationships.

scholarly journals The attitudes of future pedagogists to sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Laura Kalmar ◽  
Valerija Pinter-Krekić ◽  
Lenke Major
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Descriptive Method

Sustainable development is an essential precondition, and also the ultimate goal, of the organization of numerous human activities, with particular emphasis on education. One of the key dimensions of sustainable development is the social dimension, which refers to citizens' comprehension of its importance. The aim of the study presented in this paper was to establish the attitudes of future pedagogists towards sustainable development. The sample consisted of 240 respondents. The study used the descriptive method, and the data collection technique used was the questionnaire survey-the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Attitudes to Sustainable Development. The results of the survey confirm the general research hypothesis that students regard sustainable development as extremely important. Students of teacher training faculties are aware of the concept and importance of sustainable development for the present and the future, but are insufficiently prepared to educate future generations about it. The pedagogical implications of this study would be that university teachers should implement more content dealing with sustainable development as part of the curriculum, particularly at faculties educating future pedagogists. This is particularly important for these students so that they can act with the future in mind-the future of young generations.

Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Svistova ◽  
Loretta Pyles ◽  
Arielle Dylan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
The Social

As awareness has grown about the damage being done to the natural environment, limits of the earth’s finite resources, and the realities of climate change, environmental advocates have demanded sustainable development practices so that future generations will be able to meet their needs. Meanwhile, the widespread exploitation of workers in the industrial sector triggered the labor movement’s fight for social-economic justice. This focus on socio-economic justice that characterizes the labor movements is enlarged in the “sustainable development” framework which articulates triple bottom line practices that emphasize the interconnectedness of people, planet, and profit. The social work profession has joined these efforts, expanding its notion of the person-in-environment as it advocates for the needs of individuals, families, organizations, and communities. However, some scholars have problematized “sustainability,” questioning what exactly is being sustained, how sustainability is measured/evaluated, and who benefits.

ATTITUDE OF PUPIL TEACHERS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivani Upreti ◽  
Seema Dhawan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Latin Word ◽  
The Social ◽  
Developmental Sense ◽  
Lifestyle Pattern

Nature has made available to us a lot of resources to survive but it depends on us how to use those resources. The concept of sustainable development has evolved the term Sustainability. Sustainability builds and preserves those conditions by which humans and nature can exist in creative coordination and which will permit accomplishing the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability word has been derived from the Latin word meaning ‘to hold’. We can say that it is a type of an ability or capacity of something which can maintain and sustain itself. If we say that an activity is sustainable, then that activity should be able to continue forever. It is being widely seen today that the attitude of pupil teachers is gradually changing in a developmental sense, due to adaptation of modern ways of living and altered lifestyle pattern. Here an attempt has been made to study the attitude towards sustainability of pupil teachers .The study included pupil teachers of Pauri Garhwal and Dehradun districts.

scholarly journals New Trends and Patterns in Sustainable Consumption: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 5935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Sesini ◽  
Cinzia Castiglioni ◽  
Edoardo Lozza
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
Sustainable Behavior

The challenge of sustainable development and consumption is to meet current wants without impoverishing future generations and the planet in the long term. Therefore, new patterns of sustainable practices are increasingly promoted. The purpose of the present study is to realize a systematic review aimed to analyze the contents and features of articles dealing with new trends in consumers’ sustainable consumption. One hundred and four papers published in the last five years were retrieved and analyzed through a lexicographical analysis using the software T-LAB. The results show that, even if most of the current studies focus almost exclusively on the environmental impact of sustainability, the social perspective is also recently taking hold. Evidence suggests prevailing attention towards consumers’ appeal and consumption of eco-friendly food products, together with a growing interest in the last years in consumers’ practices in other key sectors, such as tourism, commerce, and clothing. Future research should spotlight the less explored frameworks, looking at the economic and social sides of sustainability in a variety of contextual settings. At the same time, consumer-focused research should not forget to look at consumers’ sustainable behavior as a whole and its impacts from the perspective of planet, people, and profit.

scholarly journals Cyberprzemoc i niepełnosprawność jako ograniczenia wdrażania rozwoju zrównoważonego

2011 ◽  
pp. 169-187
Author(s):  
Violetta Korporowicz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Intergenerational Justice ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Special Approach ◽  
Negative Phenomena

The aim of sustainable development is to take into an account such an economic development, which simultaneously addresses into the problem of improving the environment in strategies which will lead to the higher standard of life. Hence the question of intergenerational justice,in which it is essential that future generations have an equal, in relation to the contemporary, access to natural resources and equal opportunities for the development of the life standard. However, implementation of such sustainable development might be limited by the negative phenomena of the social support. These are e.g. cyberbullying and disability. Cyberbullying is a way of force with the use of mass-media - primarily the Internet and mobile phones. Disability is an another social phenomenon having negative implications for the implementation of sustainable development. It is true that in Poland the number of people with disabilities is consistently declining, but it still applies to thousands of people with reduced efficiency of operations in numerous areas of life, and therefore requires a special approach in everyday life and in education and the labor market.

scholarly journals Historical Evolution of the Conceptual Practice Sustainability Terminology

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Fátima Terezinha Silva Santos ◽  
Nilzo Ivo Ladwig ◽  
Juliano Bitencourt Campos ◽  
Vilson Menegon Bristot ◽  
Jori Ramos Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Preventive Action ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Conceptual Evolution

The article aims to analyze, in a formal historical approach, the conceptual evolution of sustainability terminology, which initially has an essentially ecological interaction, but begins to incorporate social values in its definition when establishing relation with the welfare of future generations. As a result, international society coined the term "sustainable development," which presupposes a preventive action, with practices of governmental regulations associated with initiatives that involve economic growth, social equity and global environmental conservation.

scholarly journals GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES OF SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
O. M. Vyshnevska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Ecological Policy ◽  
Theoretical Substantiation ◽  
Rational Development ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Environmental Measures

The main object of the article is to identify the global environmental priorities of the development of society on the partnership basis, also taking into account certain international directions of leveling of environmental threats as well as global warming. The research is based on theoretical substantiation and practical introduction of a systematic approach in implementing the environmental policy of states on the terms of partnership. We determined the core characteristics of global ecological priorities of the society development, global ecological policy, principles of international agreements under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and global goals of sustainable development. We defined the characteristics of a partnership for carrying out ecological policy with the goal of leveling global threats. We determined the possibilities of realizing the systemic approach in the development of society in view of global environmental priorities, ratified international agreements, and global goals of sustainable development. In accordance with the global goals of sustainable development, we generalized the principle courses for implementing environmental measures at different standards. It has been determined that the systematic actions in the implementation of ratified commitments by various state governments require significant changes to internal environmental policy, incentives for all participants to implement the predetermined measures, state incentive policy, and the dissemination of environmental knowledge. We determined that the global environmental priorities of the society development are closely linked with the possibility of introducing an action strategy for reforming to a rational model of consumption and production, which would involve all countries all over the world, considering the development and potential of the states, the progress toward rational development and efficient use of natural resources, and rational use of chemical products and other wastes throughout their life cycle in accordance with internationally agreed principles. All measures must be implemented on the basis of partnership.

scholarly journals Sustainable Economic Development in the Transition Countries, With a Retrospect of the Republic of Macedonia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Nikolovski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Sustainable Economic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic

Sustainable development represents a civilization challenge that should meet the needs of today’s generations without jeopardizing the ability of the Earth to meet the needs of the future generations. This challenge, as an evolutionary process in which the social and economic development and the environment protection are independent, but mutual complementary components demands the solving of several issuesThe vision of sustainable economic development is based on the historical, cultural and political development of the countries. There is no unique way of sustainable development for different countries and therefore they cannot be made in the same way.The transition toward sustainable development represents a social choice that connects the global vision of the local needs and goals. The citizens must participate in the process of sustainable development. They must recognize the role they have in creating problems and finding solutions.In order to gain a general frame for the assessment of sustainable economic development  it is necessary to integrate several methodologies  and approaches toward the possible future generations for a quality and healthy life.One of the ways of assessing the results from the policies and the activities is the use of the principles and indicators according to which it is determined how much the countries work on sustainable development. Part of the indicators are generally accepted, and part are in a modeling phase. A systematic approach is necessary to see whether all indicators are necessary, and which of them are necessary for the assessment of sustainability. The economists do not have problems in executing the objective and quantitative indicators. The sociologists are facing many problems in the execution of indicators because of the immateriality of the life quality. However, the environment experts see problems when they are limited in the execution of indicators.Sustainable development is much more than a mutual connection  between the economy, the law and the ecology in establishing relations between the indicators of sustainable development  and the economic  development  are the basis for creating conceptual link  between the  different approaches toward sustainable economic development.The aim of this paper is the implementation of today’s relevant experiences, practices and theoretical knowledge expressed through the changes that are reflected in the life in the Republic of  Macedonia:• Protection of natural resources• Sustainable production and consumption• Sustainable sources of energy and• Following and reporting about the conditions, supported by the following indica-tors:• Level of citizens’ involvement in the social activities• Number of companies that have an ecological strategy• Number of people involved in the planning process• Number local communities in the Republic of Macedonia, which are eco-logically oriented• Number of shops that sale home food and organically developed food• Number of companies for organic production• Renewable sources of energy in the Republic of Macedonia• The level of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere The elaboration of the final material will go through the following principles: Participation of local citizens. Key segment of the implementation of the Agenda 21; Short-term plans that support the municipalities that environmentally oriented; Local production, which is forced whenever possible;The oil, coal, gas, water should be saved and renewable sources of energ y should be used instead.

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