The Sustainable Self : A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education

ISBN-13: 9781849712392 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 240 str.

Paul Murray

Opis

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is a way of thinking and behaving that will need to be embedded in all aspects of all of our lives. This text is suitable for lecturers, trainers, students and professionals of any discipline who need to teach or learn about sustainability.

Spis treści

Preface  1. We Matter  2. Awareness: Personalising Sustainability  3. Motivation: Values Matter  4. Attitudes Matter  5. Beliefs Matter  6. Self-empowerment  7. Knowledge: Sustainability Principles  8. Core Knowledge Themes  9. Skilful Means: Sustainability Skills  10. Sustainability Practice

O autorze

Paul Murray is Associate Professor in Sustainable Construction and Sustainability at the University of Plymouth, England. He devised the UK's first undergraduate degrees in Environmental Building in the 1990s and was awarded a coveted National Teaching Fellowship in 2004 by the Higher Education Academy for his outstanding contribution to teaching excellence. He used his award to fund the development of values-centred sustainability training techniques, which form the basis of this book.