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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791655603321

Titolo

The sustainable learning community : one university's journey to the future / / editors, John Aber, Tom Kelly, Bruce Mallory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.H., : University of New Hampshire Press

Hanover [N.H.], : University Press of New England, c2009

ISBN

1-283-87531-4

1-58465-837-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

AberJohn D

KellyTom <1956->

MalloryBruce L

Disciplina

378.742/5

Soggetti

College facilities - Environmental aspects - New Hampshire

Sustainable living - New Hampshire

Universities and colleges - Environmental aspects - New Hampshire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Higher Education; 2: Teaching and Learning Sustainability - Curriculum and Pedagogy; 3: Practicing Sustainability - Campus Operations; 4: Creating the Intellectual Basis for Sustainability - Research and Scholarship; 5: Sustaining the Larger Community - Engagement; 6: How the Sustainability Ethic Developed at UNH, and the Next Phase of Our"Journey to the Future"; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Case studies from the University of New Hampshire explore all the dimensions of sustainability in campus life, combining frugality and creativity