The Declaration, Volume 4, Number 1 : October 2000 [Research] By Steve Breyman Did your power flicker or go out this past summer? Is your utility company talking about building new power plants in the next few years? If so, you’re not alone: tens of millions of Americans, on campus and off, face tough decisions…… Continue Reading
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Environmental Management Systems at North American Universities: What Drives Good Performance?
The Declaration, Volume 3, Number 3 : February 2000 [Research] By Irene Herremans and David E. Allwright The University of Calgary (U of C) is located just north of the city center of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The campus covers 314 acres and employs over 4,000 academic and support staff. The U of C serves…… Continue Reading
Environmental Sustainability and Higher Education: A Survey Analysis
The Declaration, Volume 3, Number 2 : September 1999 [Research] By Robert W. Taylor At the start of the 1990’s the Talloires Declaration enunciated the view that Higher Education needed to respond to the challenge of environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources by taking on the role of change agent based on the goals…… Continue Reading
Course-Based Campus Environmental Research Projects
The Declaration, Volume 3, Number 1 : March 1999 [Research] by Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Amy Shachter and Wynn Calder Campus administrators and faculty across the country are realizing the educational and economic value of “campus greening.” Many administrators have established clear environmental campus policies in an effort to recognize the economic value of green institutional operations…… Continue Reading
Research for Sustainability at the University of Virginia
The Declaration, Volume 2, Number 2 : June 1998 [Research] by Kristan Mitchell and Wynn Calder The University of Virginia (UVA) is doing a lot for the state of Virginia. Research projects on sustainability for Virginia communities and regions abound. Two institutes at UVA are striving both independently and collaboratively to address issues of critical…… Continue Reading
The Australian National University Earth Charter Initiative
The Declaration, Volume 2, Number 1 : Winter 1998 [Research] by Brendan Mackey, Ph.D. The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia has a long standing commitment to research and teaching in the fields of sustainable development and environmental studies. This commitment can be traced back to the creation of the Human Ecology Program in the…… Continue Reading
Collaborating to Preserve Brazil’s Pantana
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 3 : September – December 1996 [Research] Most academic structures and tenure systems encourage faculty individualism and perpetuate disciplinary borders. Students often shun the perceived hassle of group projects, preferring the ease of working alone. Nonetheless, over the past two years, 62 professors and 100 students from five Brazilian universities…… Continue Reading
Interrelationships of Land and Society in Mexico
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 2 : May – August 1996 [Research] Human beings-as much as the technology they use or the resources on which they rely-are the key to creating sustainable environments. This is one critical focus of both research and action in the Master’s of Rural Studies program at El Colegio de Michoacán…… Continue Reading
Southeast Asia is the Setting for Cooperative Watershed Research
The Declaration, Volume 1, Number 1 : January – April 1996 [Research] The University of Wisconsin at Madison, Thailand’s Chiang Mai University, and the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences in Kunming, China, have initiated a three-way project to study watersheds in an area known as the “rooftop of Southeast Asia.” The region, located between the…… Continue Reading
Learning through Environmental Policy Implementation: A case story of the Rhodes University Department of Education’s environmental policy
The Declaration, Volume 6, Number 2: November 2003 [Policies] By Ingrid Timmermans & Heila Lotz-Sisitka Introduction Rhodes University is a signatory to the Talloires Declaration. Over the past six years the university has made a number of commitments to work towards a more sustainable future. This case story is focused on one department within the…… Continue Reading