scholarly journals Nurturing the Seeds of Sustainability Education: Information Regime in Brazilian Public HEI

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Úrsula Maruyama ◽  
Liz-Rejane Issberner ◽  
Patrícia Andrea Do Prado Rios
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Biophysical Parameters ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Information Power ◽  
Unique Mapping ◽  
Information Regime ◽  
Political Decisions

We are currently living the Anthropocene, a period in which humans have generated impacts on nature that corresponds to a geological force capable of modifying the planet’s biophysical parameters, affecting its sustainability. Knowledge is a condition for emancipation, and citizens endowed with sustainability knowledge will be able to influence political decisions and the society. Currently, the universities are expected to provide tools for understanding environmental issues from a more holistic perspective, rather than relying on traditional reductionist approaches. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the Brazilian Federal Technological Scientific Professional Education Network’s (RFEPCT) commitment to relevant environmental issues raised by the Anthropocene. Additionally, the ‘information regime’ approach was selected to identify factors that may contribute or influence its composition and the information-power relationships. The results show that the RFEPCT members’ actions are carried out in isolation, needing an element that integrates information and effectively articulates their social networks. The managerial priority was mostly motivated by economic issues or by public regulation and requirements. This study presents an original and unique Mapping on RFEPCT Information Regime elements and offers a HEI Environmental Agenda as a contribution.

scholarly journals A comparison of green building assessment systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 02027
Author(s):  
Thanachon Krajangsri ◽  
Jakrapong Pongpeng
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Building Assessment ◽  
Assessment Systems ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Suitable System

Construction is one of industries that have negative impacts on the environment. Relevant organizations both in Thailand and other countries have been trying to minimize these impacts. Developing green building assessment systems is one of efforts in reducing environmental impacts and using natural resources efficiently. Currently, there are many green building assessment systems with different objectives and assessment scopes in some details. This could cause some confusion in selecting the suitable system for the project in accordance with its environmental, social and economical contexts. This study was aimed to compare and provide overview and components of these systems. The comparison results can be used as a guideline for further development of green building assessment systems. It is found that most major green building assessment systems still concern only environmental issues while newly developed systems have included social and economic issues in their criteria. Furthermore, the system which is developed in one environment could not be used with full capabilities in another. This will lead to more research in developing the assessment system that is more comprehensive and adaptable enough to be used effectively in various environment.

The Conceptual World of the Yale School of International Law

1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gidon Gottlieb
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
International Studies ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Demarcation Line ◽  
Actual Experience ◽  
Principal Tool ◽  
Political Decisions

International agreements perform functions worthy of the closest attention of the student of international affairs. They are a principal tool of diplomacy and the aim of most negotiations. Many such agreements are not intended to create legal relationships, and the demarcation line between legally binding agreements and other consensual relationships is correspondingly hazy and uncertain. International agreements have not, however, received in recent times nearly the degree of attention devoted in international studies to “force” and “power.” This is so despite the fact that they generally reflect the participants' power calculations and shared expectations. They are an essential mode of guidance and regulation in international relations, helping to shape decisions and claims sometimes even in the course of armed conflicts. International agreements loom large in the actual experience of statesmen, jurists, and military men—their conclusion, their application, and their breach represent complex political decisions with frequently serious outcomes leading to shifts in power relationships.

Bureaucratic Development and Social Science History

1978 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-384
Author(s):  
Don Karl Rowney
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
The State ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Science History ◽  
Social Science History ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Bureaucracy ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Political Decisions

The following essays originated in a session of the Social Science History Association in October, 1976. Two of the participants, Bernard S. Silberman and Alfred J. Rieber, were asked to prepare studies of bureaucracy in Japan and Russia which also dealt with the problems of political power relationships in developing bureaucracies. A third participant, Cyril E. Black, was asked to compare, criticize, and synthesize the first two papers in a third paper of his own. Briefly, the substantive point of these essays as a group is that they deal with the effect of political decisions in achieving certain changes in economic, technical, and military structures and operations. They focus attention on the effects within a complex apparatus set up to administer those political decisions, the state bureaucracy. The essays themselves reveal, and Black’s synthesis details, that the points of similarity between Japan and Russia as they change across time are as numerous and instructive as are the differences. In this introduction, I will call attention to some aspects of these studies which, although technical, are nevertheless important to the research enterprise they represent.

The Place of Experience and the Experience of Place: Intersections Between Sustainability Education and Outdoor Learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Hill
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Outdoor Learning ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Critical Scrutiny ◽  
Development Of Attitudes

AbstractAs social, economic and environmental issues have become more prominent in the 21st century, there has been increased critical scrutiny into the ways that outdoor learning interacts with sustainability issues and concepts. As a result, a number of discourses have emerged which interrogate human/nature relationships in traditional outdoor education and propose greater engagement with place-responsive or sustainable approaches. Drawing on research with teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand, this article explores possible intersections between sustainability education outdoor learning. Accordingly, this article focuses on two key ideas: First, the nexus of experience and place offers significant promise for educational endeavours that seek to educate for a sustainable future. Second, traditional conceptions of wilderness as a pedagogical site, can be problematic for outdoor education programs which seek to claim the ground of sustainability. While there is much that can be gained from journeys in remote pristine environments, not all of these experiences necessarily lead to the development of attitudes, understandings, skills, and motivation to live more sustainably. Furthermore, approaches to outdoor learning that seek to develop connection to and care for remote, pristine places, at the same time ignoring more local or impacted places, could present a dichotomous view of ‘nature’ to students, thereby disrupting efforts to educate for sustainability.

The Awareness and Impact of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) on Climate Change in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulkipli Ghazali ◽  
Muhammad Zahid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
And Storage

This article aims to investigate the level of public awareness and perception regarding carbon capture and storage (CCS) and climate change in Malaysia. The article also aims to identify those social, economic and environmental issues which affect CCS and combating climate change in the country. The findings revealed that more than 79 percent of the respondents were willing to have government initiatives to implement CCS projects. However, about 21 percent were against these initiatives due to their different perceptions and opinions regarding CCS. By using partial least squares (PLS) model through SmartPLS 2.0, it is found that social and economic issues of CCS have significant positive while environmental issues have no significant impact on combating climate change. The findings offer significant implications for regulators, policy makers, and practitioners regarding social, economic and environmental issues of CCS and climate change in Malaysia.

Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Dogbey ◽  
Cassie Quigley ◽  
Megan Che ◽  
Jeffrey Hallo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
The People ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Smartphone Technology

This study engaged key stakeholders in an economically and environmentally fragile region in Kenya in a unique, interdisciplinary, and integrative approach to explore the extent to which the use of smartphone technology helps access the environmental values and sustainability perspectives of the people of the Maasai land. The results of the study indicate that the participants' environmental values and sustainability perspectives, exposed through photovoices, pertain mainly to issues regarding livestock grazing, deforestation, soil erosion, wildlife and human co-habitation, waste management, afforestation, and the conservation of the natural vegetation. A common theme permeating the participants' photovoices was their awareness of the intertwining effects of these major environmental issues on the environment. The results also suggest a strong understanding of ecological compositions and connections in the environment by the participants.

The Day before Yesterday: the Committees for Nuclear and Environmental Information

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Virginia Warner Brodine
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Decisions

Barry Commoner's leadership in the formation and early years of the Committee for Nuclear Information is described. The Committee's role as a pioneer in providing the public with information on nuclear questions, then the prime environmental issue requiring political action, is outlined. When it changed its name to the Committee for Environmental Information and broadened its scope, the focus continued to be on those environmental issues requiring political decisions. Although both Committees limited themselves to scientific information and did not advocate particular political solutions, they became embroiled in controversies, some of them significant for breaking through barriers of government silence and corporate misinformation.

scholarly journals Sustainable development in higher education

Economica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Timbaliuc ◽  
◽  
Aliona Gusuvati ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Economic Issues

Nowadays, humanity is increasingly focusing on the principles of sustainable development, which are becoming more and more important, and universities are acting as agents to promote these principles in society. Many universities are doing important work regarding environmental issues, but also social and economic issues, thus including the three dimensions of sustainability. This article highlights important concepts related to sustainable development, compares and contrasts the definitions of education for sustainable development versus environmental education. The aim of this study is to examine the need to create a universal tool for assessing sustainability and to incorporate it into the classification system of universities. Finally, it can be said that higher education institutions need to make more strenuous efforts to improve their performance in relation to the variables of environment, infrastructure, transport and education.

scholarly journals Physiopunk: Speculative fiction for future therapies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Maric ◽  
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Liv Nikolaisen ◽  
Åse Bårdsen ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Integrated Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physiotherapy Students ◽  
Healthcare Professional Education

In light of today’s deeply connected social and environmental crises, environmental and sustainability education is increasingly being integrated into public health and healthcare professional education around the world (Barna, Maric, Simons, Kumar & Blankestijn, 2020). The Norwegian ‘regulations on national guidelines for physiotherapist education’ clearly support the integration of these topics by stating that ‘in addition to individually oriented work, physiotherapists should contribute to improving public health and the sustainability of society on the group and system-levels…with competencies in interdisciplinary and goal-oriented collaborations within the health- and care-sector and other sectors…to meet societies existing and future needs’ (Forskrift om nasjonal retningslinje for fysioterapeututdanning, 2019, our translation). In a new introductory public health module for our 1st year physiotherapy students at UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet we therefore integrated education about the social and environmental problems of our time and how they interact with health at many levels to inspire students to imagine novel futures for physiotherapy and the role of healthcare professionals in the future.

The Awareness and Impact of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) on Climate Change in Malaysia

2022 ◽  
pp. 1303-1319
Author(s):  
Zulkipli Ghazali ◽  
Muhammad Zahid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
And Storage

This article aims to investigate the level of public awareness and perception regarding carbon capture and storage (CCS) and climate change in Malaysia. The article also aims to identify those social, economic and environmental issues which affect CCS and combating climate change in the country. The findings revealed that more than 79 percent of the respondents were willing to have government initiatives to implement CCS projects. However, about 21 percent were against these initiatives due to their different perceptions and opinions regarding CCS. By using partial least squares (PLS) model through SmartPLS 2.0, it is found that social and economic issues of CCS have significant positive while environmental issues have no significant impact on combating climate change. The findings offer significant implications for regulators, policy makers, and practitioners regarding social, economic and environmental issues of CCS and climate change in Malaysia.

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