Universities and Climate Change (eBook)

Chapter 1 Climate Change at Universities: Results of a World Survey, Walter Leal Filho . - Chapter 2 Path to the Future for Climate Change Education: an University Project Approach, Maruf Sanni, James O. Adejuwon, Idowu Ologeh and William O. Siyanbola. - Chapter 3 Australian Universities, Government Research and the Application of Climate Change Knowledge in Australian Coastal Zone Management, Laura Stocker, Bob Pokrant, David Wood, Nicholas Harvey, Marcus Haward, Kevin O’Toole, Tim Smith. - Chapter 4 Implications of the University with the Climatic Change, Javier Benayas, Inmaculada Alonso, David Alba, Luis Pertierra. - Chapter 5 University of Minnesota Water Based Nitrogen Budget, Erica K. Schram and Jim A. Perry. - Chapter 6 Sustainable Literacy and Climate Change: Engagement, Partnerships, Projects, Julie Matthews and Peter Waterman. - Chapter 7 Getting to the Heart of Climate Change through Stories, Scott Carlin, Ph.D.. - Chapter 8 Climate change education in curricula of technical and classical universities, Dagnija Blumberga, Maris Klavins. - Chapter 9 Interdisciplinary and interfaculty approaches in higher education capable to permeate the complexity of climate change, Roland Hergert, Volker Barth, Thomas Klenke. - Chapter 10 Campus as Classroom: Integrating People, Place and Performance for Communicating Climate Change, Millie Rooney and Jennifer McMillin. - Chapter 11 How to educate for a healthy climate at a university? An intergenerational cooperation (A case study from Slovakia), Alexander Fehér, Martin Hauptvogl, Petra Trangošová, Lucia Svetlanská. - Chapter 12 Targeting a low-carbon university: a greenhouse gas reduction target for the Australian Technology Network of Universities, Chris Riedy and Jane Daly. - Chapter 13 Malaysian University Students’ Awareness of Geographic Information Systems, Nor Rasidah Hashim and Mohd Fazlin Nazli. - Chapter 14 The changes of life style – significant contribution to GHG emission reduction efforts, DaliaStreimikiene and Remigijus Ciegis. - Chapter 15 Universities as Learning Organizations for Sustainability? The Task of Climate Protection, Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Simon Burandt. - Chapter 16 Using a Spare-Time University for climate change education, Michael H. Glantz and Ilan Kelman. - Chapter 17 Embracing the Future: The Ball State University Geothermal Project, James W. Lowe, Robert J. Koester and Philip J. Sachtleben. - Chapter 18 Engaged learning for Climate Change: The Perils and Potentials of Collaborative Partnerships and Projects, Julie Matthews. - Chapter 19 Learning for climate responsibility – via consciousness to action, Anne Virtanen. - Chapter 20 CO2 Emissions Impact of Sustainable Food Procurement: Informing University Policy, Esther E. Bowen and Pamela A. Martin. - Chapter 21 Graduate Studies of Global Change at the University of Latvia, Arnolds Ubelis, Janis Abolins, Dina Berzina, Janis Blahins, Gunars Bajars. - About the Authors. - Thematic Index.