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Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives [electronic resource] : Approaches, Methods and Perspectives / edited by Walter Leal Filho, Nandhivarman Muthu, Golda Edwin, Mihaela Sima.

Contributor(s): Series: World Sustainability SeriesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: IX, 362 p. 74 illus., 66 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319119618
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 338.927 23
LOC classification:
  • GE195-199
  • GE196
Online resources:
Contents:
Evolving and Implementing Energy Recovering Strategy from Food wastes at Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya (JNV) for Fostering Campus Sustainability -- The Charter of Todi and the Strategy of Education for a Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory -- Overview of Natural Stones as an Energy Efficient and Climate Responsive Material Choice for Green Buildings -- The Role of Higher Educational Institutions and Other Training Organizations to Promote Renewable Energy in India -- Flag-shipping ‘indicators’ for green-campus transitions and sustainability: A Case Study of Learner-centered projects at Loyola Secunderabad -- Green Transport Solutions for Developing Cities: A Case Study of Nairobi, Kenya -- Food Waste Prevention and Management in Higher Education -- Renewable Energy on Campus at the University of Wyoming -- Strategies for Sustainable Development of Wet Land Resources: Lake Ousteri, Puducherry -- Integrated Land Use Development for Green Campus -- Gujarat Vidyapith: On the Way to Greening of the University -- Food Production as an Integrating Context for Campus Sustainability -- Campus Greening: Why it is Worthy it.            .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Firmly rooted in the theory and practice of sustainable development, this book offers a comprehensive resource on sustainability, focusing on both industrialized and developing nations. Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives is an attempt to promote and disseminate the work being done in this field by universities around the world. The need to integrate the principles and concepts of green campuses and sustainability into the core of students’ educational experiences, from high school to college or university, has now been broadly recognized. By doing so, we can ensure that the students of today and tomorrow will acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to create a more sustainable economy and social environment.
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Evolving and Implementing Energy Recovering Strategy from Food wastes at Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya (JNV) for Fostering Campus Sustainability -- The Charter of Todi and the Strategy of Education for a Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory -- Overview of Natural Stones as an Energy Efficient and Climate Responsive Material Choice for Green Buildings -- The Role of Higher Educational Institutions and Other Training Organizations to Promote Renewable Energy in India -- Flag-shipping ‘indicators’ for green-campus transitions and sustainability: A Case Study of Learner-centered projects at Loyola Secunderabad -- Green Transport Solutions for Developing Cities: A Case Study of Nairobi, Kenya -- Food Waste Prevention and Management in Higher Education -- Renewable Energy on Campus at the University of Wyoming -- Strategies for Sustainable Development of Wet Land Resources: Lake Ousteri, Puducherry -- Integrated Land Use Development for Green Campus -- Gujarat Vidyapith: On the Way to Greening of the University -- Food Production as an Integrating Context for Campus Sustainability -- Campus Greening: Why it is Worthy it.            .

Firmly rooted in the theory and practice of sustainable development, this book offers a comprehensive resource on sustainability, focusing on both industrialized and developing nations. Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives is an attempt to promote and disseminate the work being done in this field by universities around the world. The need to integrate the principles and concepts of green campuses and sustainability into the core of students’ educational experiences, from high school to college or university, has now been broadly recognized. By doing so, we can ensure that the students of today and tomorrow will acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to create a more sustainable economy and social environment.

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