Education for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development

Author: Brian Chalkley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1317991117

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In 2005, The United Nations launched its Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, which recognises that education, including Higher Education is the key to the change in social attitudes that will be needed to protect the welfare of future generations. This involves helping learners to live as though the future matters and to achieve ecoliteracy. This includes the understanding that personal lifestyle decisions may have consequences, ranging from climate change, through loss of biodiversity, to pollution and resource depletion that may permit environmental degradation on a planetary scale. It also involves helping them to develop the skills needed to cope with such challenges. This international collection of research papers and position statements from special issues of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Applied Environmental Education and Communication, written by many of the leading practitioners in the field, aims to provide resources and practical guidance for all seeking to promote and engage in education for a sustainable future. Rabindranath Tagore encouraged each learner to make their actions demonstrate a harmonious union between education and environment. David Orr argued that the world needs people who live well in their places to make the world both habitable and humane and that the main challenge for education is to help learners make their minds fit for life on Earth. This book tries to chart a practical route towards these objectives. This book was previously published as special issues of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Applied Environmental Education and Communication


New Serial Titles

New Serial Titles

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 1768

ISBN-13:

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A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.


United States Encyclopedia

United States Encyclopedia

Author: Jimmy Carter

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1426320922

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Beginning with a thematic section covering topics from early America to civil rights, population, and the new millennium, the United States Encyclopedia then delves into essays on each state and the U.S. territories. Also included: U.S. facts and figures, a listing of the presidents, and overviews of important historical American documents.


Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries

Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries

Author: Abresch, John

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1599047284

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With the onslaught of emergent technology in academia, libraries are privy to many innovative techniques to recognize and classify geospatial data?above and beyond the traditional map librarianship. As librarians become more involved in the development and provision of GIS services and resources, they encounter both problems and solutions. Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries integrates traditional map librarianship and contemporary issues in digital librarianship within a framework of a global embedded information infrastructure, addressing technical, legal, and institutional factors such as collection development, reference and research services, and cataloging/metadata, as well as issues in accessibility and standards.