The challenge of sustainable development and the role of universities

Toakley, A R; Aroni, Samuel

doi:10.1016/s0952-8733(98)00023-3

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“…Gaseous, liquid, and solid wastes have to be minimized. In fact, "by placing monetary values on natural resources, environmental quality, and degradation, it is possible to incorporate these factors into the economic analysis of projects, and perhaps on a wider scale, into the national system of accounts" (Toakley and Aroni 1998). It is apparent that environmental considerations are the major part of a sustainable manufacturing system.…”

Section: What Is Sustainable Manufacturing?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Green Manufacturing

Dixit

Sarma

Davim

2011

Environmentally Friendly Machining

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Green engineering is used to indicate environmental concerns in engineering. Green manufacturing is a subset of green engineering. Environmentally friendly machining is a part of green manufacturing. It is included in the concept of sustainable manufacturing, which considers economical and social concerns in addition to environmental concerns. This monograph focuses on environmentally friendly machining. An environmentally friendly machining attempts to minimize the consumption of cutting fluid, cutting tools, and energy.

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Section: What Is Sustainable Manufacturing?mentioning

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Green Manufacturing

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Davim

2011

Environmentally Friendly Machining

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“…Higher education institutions could play a pivotal role in creating a sustainable future (Creighton, 1998; Leal Filho, 2011; McMillin and Dyball, 2009; Toakley and Aroni, 1998). In the past several decades, many universities have committed to sustainability and some have made progress incorporating sustainability in operations, curriculum, research, outreach and administration (Barlett and Chase, 2013; Tilbury, 2011).…”

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Exploring personal definitions of sustainability and their impact on perceptions of sustainability culture

Alexander

Jacovidis²,

Sturm

2021

IJSHE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory analysis of campus community member (i.e. students, faculty, staff) definitions of sustainability, their perceptions of select elements of sustainability culture and the relationship between the two. Design/methodology/approach Researchers implemented a cross-sectional design where participants from two higher education institutions in the USA completed an online survey. The 352 respondents from James Madison University and 349 respondents from Wofford College included students, faculty and staff members. Descriptive statistics were used to examine patterns in the quantitative data, and an inductive theme approach was used to analyze the qualitative data. Findings This study provides evidence that sustainability is often viewed from an environmental lens, and personal definitions of sustainability may impact perceptions of campus sustainability culture elements. Generally, the highest rated elements of culture examined (i.e. university actions, signs and symbols and institutional commitments) were all aligned with the environment dimension of sustainability and consistent across sustainability definitions. However, respondents with a more integrative definition of sustainability expected to see elements of culture that aligned with the social dimension of sustainability at a considerably higher rate than the respondents who reported more narrow definitions of sustainability. Research limitations/implications Lack of generalizability, low response rates and self-selection bias are some of the limitations of the study. Practical implications Personal definitions of sustainability may impact campus community member perceptions of sustainability culture and progress on their campuses. Practitioners may use this study to inform development of more effective strategies for creating and assessing the culture of sustainability that colleges and universities are pursuing. Originality/value The empirical analysis of campus community members on two very different campus communities responds to Owens and Legere (2015) who argue for further studies to understand the concept of sustainability at other higher education institutions that are at different stages of pursuing sustainability. This paper links research about sustainability definitions to the emergent research on campus sustainability culture, filling a gap between these two areas.

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“…The task facing educationists is in developing effective programmes of environmental education that will lay the foundations for a more environmentally aware and literate general public, and one that is sufficiently knowledgeable and wellmotivated to become involved in environmental stewardship. New teaching initiatives are needed at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education (Toakley and Aroni 1998;Chatzifotiou 2002;Summers et al 2003), and they may require re-examination of priorities in teaching environmental education or even major reforms of the curriculum (Rauch 2002;Dillon et al 2005;Haigh 2005;Varnham 2005). Bourn (2005) has argued that strategies for promoting education for sustainable development and citizenship should be linked to people's active engagement in society, and Barton et al (2005) suggest that science experiences in the classroom should bridge the gap between the practices of science in the real world with students' own interests and experiences.…”

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Promoting environmental citizenship and corporate social responsibility through a school/industry/university partnership

Gebbels¹,

Evans²,

Delany³

2011

Journal of Biological Education

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A partnership was formed between King Edward VI School Morpeth (UK) and the pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp and Dohme within the programme of 'Joint Responsibility' operated by the Dove Marine Laboratory (Newcastle University, UK). Pupils surveyed an ecologically important coastal area in northeast England and made 15 recommendations for its sustainable management. Company employees participated in ecological surveys in collaboration with some of the pupils and acted on one of the pupils' key recommendations: reconstructing, and improving access to, a bird hide. Responses to questionnaires suggest that pupils and employees gained substantial benefits from their involvement in the project. Pupils' views of industry changed positively as a result of it. Employees felt that public perceptions of industry were improved by projects of this kind. Some pupils and employees were positive about intergenerational learning that occurred as the groups worked together.

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The challenge of sustainable development and the role of universities

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