Sustainability In Practice From Local To Global: Making A Difference

Corrigan, Sayce

ISBN 10: 1899999442 / ISBN 13: 9781899999446

Published by Kingston University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainability In Practice From Local To Global: Making A Difference
• Publisher: Kingston University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1899999442
• ISBN 13: 9781899999446
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The recent financial crash has made it obvious that our society must undergo a change in values. Old free-market ideologies have been proven to be unsuitable, businesses run purely for profit damage our world. We need a new system, and fast, where sustainability and quality of life, rather than GDP and shareholder s returns, are the measurements we use. Sustainability in Practice From Global to Local: Making a Difference provides an extensive guide to the issues, showcasing relevant research while informing those who want to make a difference how to go about it. Topics include: Greening People and Places; Empowerment and Change; Case Studies in Sustainable Development; Policy to Practice; Educational Change; Sustainability and the Professions and Transformation and Change.

About the Authors

A Chartered Surveyor by profession, is now Professor and Head of the School of Surveying and Planning at Kingston University. She is Chair of the University’s Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved through Integrated Professional Education (C-SCAIPE).

Nicola has over ten years experience in environmental management and corporate social responsibility. As Sustainability Facilitator at Kingston University, she leads the University’s multi-award winning Sustainability Team.

An ecologist by background. At Kingston she has developed and run the environmental sciences undergraduate programmes and has instigated undergraduate and postgraduate courses on sustainable development and led sustainability initiatives with local businesses.