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Szerényi, Z.M. (author), Zsóka, A. (author), Széchy, A. (author)Environmental education is expected to have significant influence on environmental awareness, everyday lifestyle and consumer behavior of the participants. Our paper aims to explore how content, intensity and ways of environmental education reflect in the knowledge, values, attitudes and actual behavior of university students and high school...conference paper 2010
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Venselaar, J. (author), Van der Kelft, D. (author), Van Aart, R. (author)Most companies find it difficult to integrate sustainability in their business strategy in such way that it will pay off?. Sustainability with its opportunities and challenges are not understood in its real meaning for their business. A major factor is that a distinction in essential and non-essential (and even irrelevant) issues for the core...conference paper 2010
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Juárez-Nájera, M. (author)The theoretical framework on the cognitive information processing holds that mental processes such as formation of beliefs, attitudes, or perceptions are impossible to directly observe and measure. This condition is resolved by implementing questionnaires integrated with hypothetical variables which can measure individual responses as real...conference paper 2010
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Reddy, M.K. (author), Sonalika, R. (author)Timber and wood based materials like plywood have been used for packaging from a long time. As a normal practice the used packaging timber in India is used for repacking, as firewood and low-end interior decoration purpose. Sustainable eco-efficient repurposing of used packaging timber forms the basis for DESIGN THINKING FOR RE-PURPOSING USED...conference paper 2010
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Lozano, R. (author), Lukman, R. (author), Lozano, F.J. (author), Huisingh, D. (author), Zilahy, G. (author)Since the 1972 Stockholm Conference, many Sustainable Development declarations, charters, and partnerships have been developed, both in the overall societal context and within higher education frameworks. This paper addresses two issues: (1) a comparison of the development of sustainable development initiatives in society and in universities and...conference paper 2010
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Itard, L. (author), Van den Bogaard, M. (author), Hasselaar, E. (author)The challenges of sustainable engineering and design are complex and so are the challenges of teaching sustainability to higher education students. This paper deals with teaching environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on the sustainability of buildings. The paper addresses specifically the higher professional and academic education....conference paper 2010
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Quevedo Melo, E.F.R. (author), Júnior dos Santos, H. (author), Marcon Astolfi, R. (author), Quevedo Melo, R.H.R. (author), Aimi Severo, B.M. (author)The change in living standards has been done that the contact with nature becomes extremely important to the people life quality and its harmonious relationship with the environment. The preservation of areas like forest fragments contribute to maintaining biological diversity, promote sustainable use of natural resources and foster the...conference paper 2010
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Ashford, N.A. (author)Scholars and professionals committed to fostering sustainable development have urged a re-examination of the curriculum and restructuring of research and teaching in institutions of higher learning. This paper begins by discussing an expansive definition of sustainable development that includes economic, environmental, and employment concerns...conference paper 2010
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Heeney, A. (author), Foster, J. (author)This paper discusses how Engineering Science, an undergraduate division within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, has worked to foster engineers that can meaningfully contribute to sustainable development (SD). Specifically, Engineering Science has developed ESC102: Praxis II, a core course required for...conference paper 2010
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Köhler, A.R. (author), Bakker, C. (author), Peck, D. (author)Societal stakeholders are expressing concerns over the increasing scarcity of critical elements on which high-tech industries rely. Geochemical rare elements are indispensable in producing high-tech products such as electronic gadgets and renewable energy technologies. The surge in demand for critical elements presents a risk of exhaustion of...conference paper 2010
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Köhler, A.R. (author), Bakker, C. (author), Peck, D. (author)Societal stakeholders are expressing concerns over the increasing scarcity of critical elements on which high-tech industries rely. Geochemical rare elements are indispensable in producing high-tech products such as electronic gadgets and renewable energy technologies. The surge in demand for critical elements presents a risk of exhaustion of...conference paper 2010
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Zwarteveen, J.W. (author), Blom, E.M. (author), Vastbinder, B. (author), Brezet, H. (author)A modern engineer is more than a technical specialist. Training an integral engineer requires education in non-technical skills, including social and ethical aspects. Therefore, Delft University of Technology (DUT) introduced sustainable development and entrepreneurship into its bachelor and master programs. The university of the future is...conference paper 2010
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McMahon, M. (author), Bhamra, T. (author)Like the notion of social impacts in Sustainable Development, social sustainability in design is a complex, contradictory and challenging area. Although not clearly defined, it is often where all the vague and immeasurable elements of Sustainable Design are placed. Addressing the balance of sustainability to include societal and human concerns...conference paper 2010
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Itard, L.C.M. (author), Van den Bogaard, M.E.D. (author), Hasselaar, E. (author)The challenges of sustainable engineering and design are complex and so are the challenges of teaching sustainability to higher education students. This paper deals with teaching environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on the sustainability of buildings. The paper addresses specifically the higher professional and academic education....conference paper 2010
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Kotonen, U. (author), Harjula, N. (author), Guzman Monet, J.C. (author), Seppälä, S. (author)The purpose of the paper is to introduce the sustainability focused Master Degree Program in International Business Management at the Faculty of Business Studies, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland. As background information, there is a short overview to the sustainability and corporate social responsibility issues as a part of...conference paper 2010
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Lindley, J. (author)This paper shares the experiences of delivering dedicated curriculum in sustainable design (BA & MA Programmes at the University for the Creative Arts) and integrating sustainability into already congested Product Design Programmes (BA & BSc Programmes at the University of Hertfordshire). With the former sustainability is the key driver for...conference paper 2010
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Zwarteveen, J.W. (author), Blom, E.M. (author), Vastbinder, B. (author), Brezet, J.C. (author)A modern engineer is more than a technical specialist. Training an integral engineer requires education in non-technical skills, including social and ethical aspects. Therefore, Delft University of Technology (DUT) introduced sustainable development and entrepreneurship into its bachelor and master programs. The university of the future is...conference paper 2010
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), Haelermans, C.M.G. (author)Is een innovatieve school een productieve school? is een van de slotpublicaties van het Innovatieproject van de VO-raad. De vraag is relevant, want bijna alle scholen voor voortgezet onderwijs werken aan innovaties. Maar wordt het onderwijs hier ook beter van? Daarover gaat dit boekje. Het beschrijft de resultaten van een kwantitatieve studie...report 2011
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), Haelermans, C.M.G. (author)Het begrip productiviteit speelt tegenwoordig een belangrijke rol in het onderwijs. Scholen willen met bestaande middelen meer bereiken voor hun organisatie en hun leerlingen. Daarnaast speelt ook het voorspelde lerarentekort mee. Met minder docenten moeten toch goede prestaties geleverd worden. Een van de mogelijke oplossingen om de...working paper 2011
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Bier, H.H. (author)Web-based applications for academic education facilitate, usually, exchange of multimedia files, while design-oriented domains such as architectural and urban design require additional support in collaborative real-time drafting and modeling. In this context, multi-user interactive interfaces employing game engines as well as Virtual Reality (VR...conference paper 2011