Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education

Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management" at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 400 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals

From the contents: Environmental resources and sustainable development.- ESD Pedagogies.- Estate Management and sustainable development.- Innovation in sustainable development.- Knowledge Management and sustainable development.- Leadership and sustainability.- Long-Term Planning and sustainable development.- Networking for sustainable development.- Online classes and sustainability,definiton and relevance.- Professional Development and sustainability.- Programme Evaluation.- Purchasing policy for sustainable development.- Resource Efficiency and sustainability.- Risk assessment and sustainable development.- Risk Management for sustainable development.- Self-management of sustainability processes.- Stakeholder analysis through sustainability issues.- Sustainability Barriers.- Sustainability in Higher Education Declarations.- Sustainability Office.- Sustainability perceptions.- Sustainable transportation methods.- Transition Management techniques for sustainable development.- Waste Management strategies for sustainable development.- Carbon footprint assessments and sustainable development.- Carbon neutrality and sustainable development.- Climate finance and sustainable development.- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) and sustainable development.- Conscious consumption and sustainable development.- Conservation and sustainable development.- Continuous improvement and sustainability.- Cradle-to-Cradle and sustainable development.- Cradle-to-Grave and sustainable development.- Divestment and sustainable development.- Economic equity and sustainable development.- Environmental justice and sustainable development.- Environmental Policy Statement and sustainable development.- Externalities in sustainability processes.- Facilities management and sustainable development.- Grassroots activism and sustainable development.- Green house gases and sustainable development.- Holistic approaches and sustainable development.