International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 17 Issue 1

Teaching sustainable and integrated resource management using an interactive nexus model

Bojana Bajzelj, Richard A. Fenner, Elizabeth Curmi, Keith S. Richards

The purpose of this paper was to enhance and complement teaching about resource system feedbacks and environmental modelling. Students were given an interactive exercise based on…

Campus sustainability governance in Canada: A content analysis of post-secondary institutions’ sustainability policies

Philip Vaughter, Marcia McKenzie, Lauri Lidstone, Tarah Wright

This paper aims to provide an overview of a content analysis of sustainability policies from Canadian post-secondary education institutions. The paper reports findings on the…

Values as a bridge between sustainability and institutional assessment: A case study from BOKU University

Maria Miguel Ribeiro, Elona Hoover, Gemma Burford, Julia Buchebner, Thomas Lindenthal

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that values-focused assessment can provide a useful lens for integrating sustainability and institutional performance assessment in…

Practice makes pedagogy – John Dewey and skills-based sustainability education

Seaton Patrick Tarrant, Leslie Paul Thiele

The purpose of this paper is to ground contemporary sustainability education in John Dewey’s democratic pedagogy. Specifically, the authors argue that Dewey’s thought anticipates…

Up close and personal: The value of feedback in implementing an individual energy-saving adaptation

Carol Elaine Pollard

The purpose of this research is to explore the drivers of computer-related sustainability behavior at a medium-sized US university and the extent to which an inexpensive…

International field experiences promote professional development for sustainability leaders

R. Bruce Hull, Courtney Kimmel, David P Robertson, Michael Mortimer

This paper aims to describe, explain and evaluate a graduate education program that provides international project experiences and builds competencies related to collaborative…

Transformative learning: innovating sustainability education in built environment

Usha Iyer-Raniga, Mary Myla Andamon

This paper aims to evaluate how transformative learning is key to innovating sustainability education in the built environment in the region’s universities, in addition to…

Integrating sustainability education into international marketing curricula

Chamila Roshani Perera, Chandana Rathnasiri Hewege

The purpose of this study is to extend the current knowledge of curriculum developments in international business and marketing curricula. Integrating sustainability into business…