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Rusinko, Cathy A. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: To demonstrate how quality management (QM), a widely accepted management paradigm, can be used to advance education for sustainability in the business curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: The assumptions of QM and environmental sustainability are explored. A class exercise is developed that uses QM tools--and in particular, Deming's…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Total Quality Management
Tuncer, Gaye; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Ertepinar, Hamide – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2005
Patterns of consumption and production are not sustainable in developed/developing countries. In developed countries, the levels of pollution, especially those causing global change, are far too high and trends go in the wrong direction. In developing countries, there is too much strain on the local resource base, and this strain is increasing due…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Population Growth, Life Style, Sustainable Development
United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY. – 1995
In May 1994, 26 experts from 10 countries attended a technical meeting on economic policies and employment. After hearing and discussing eight papers on the nature of the employment problem and its macroeconomic solution, the group formulated an outline for global action that called on nations to act together to increase their chances of providing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) issues in Asia. "The Japanese Human Resource Development System" (Kiyoe Harada) provides a comprehensive model of the Japanese HRD system based on the current state of the art, including management practices and issues and trends in Japanese HRD.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Falk, Ian, Ed. – 2001
This book illustrates the benefits of integrating different approaches to community and regional development for rural Australia. The key theme is community capacity building through lifelong learning, seen as integration of formal, nonformal, and informal education and training at all levels. Other foci include the local-global context, issues…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Community Change, Community Development, Education Work Relationship
Gruchow, Paul – 1995
This book consists of 17 essays about living with the land and the importance of reinvigorating the values of rural life. The essays include personal reflections about growing up in rural Minnesota and opinions about the state of neglected rural towns and people. The author grew up during the 1950s on an 80-acre farm that his family rented in…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Cultural Maintenance, Economic Development
Harmon, Hobart L. – 2000
This paper describes four considerations for policymakers who wish to have public schools serve as viable partners in the rural development efforts of their communities. First, schools are a community resource. When rural students are given opportunities to engage in community-based learning, they develop responsible citizenship and leadership…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Cooperation, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Gorjestani, Nicolas – 2001
Indigenous knowledge is a critical factor for sustainable development. Empowerment of local communities is a prerequisite for the integration of indigenous knowledge in the development process. The integration of appropriate indigenous knowledge systems into development programs has already contributed to efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainable…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Organizations

Social Education, 1997
Summarizes the global efforts of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to ease poverty and help developing nations to build their capacity for sustainable development. Includes a glossary of poverty and human development terms, a human poverty index ranking for developing countries, and suggested teaching activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Tickell, Crispin – Environmental Education, 1995
Discusses problems in putting education and sustainability together. Considers themes of planetary health and interconnectedness as an argument for redesigning core curricula to teach students to cope with future problems and live in harmony with their surroundings. Describes problems with the current education system, social values, and industry…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Ecology

Farmer, Norman – Education in Science, 1998
The General Secretary for the National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) in the United Kingdom considers the place of environmental education in the curriculum. Argues that the inclusion of environmental education in the curriculum as a separate subject would add to the nightmare of the stand-alone subject curriculum. Suggests a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation

Faatz, Judith A. – Hoosier Science Teacher, 1998
Describes a field study in a local ecosystem which allows high school students to investigate the edge effect, where a meadow and a forest meet. Students measure soil moisture content, soil temperature, air temperature, relative humidity, wind intensity, and illumination level. Teachers can help students apply their findings to understand problems…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Conservation Education, Cooperative Learning, Ecology

McLeod, Bob – Northern Review: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Arts and Social Sciences of the North, 1998
An intergovernmental council on sustainable development in the Arctic discussed fisheries, wildlife, forestry, mining, oil and gas, tourism, finance and marketing, communication and education, and youth initiatives. Emerging themes included community involvement in decision making, acknowledging indigenous peoples' rights and knowledge,…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Conservation (Environment), Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education
van Dam-Mieras, M. C. E.; Rikers, J. H. A. N. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), United Nations University (UNU) initiated the creation of a network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) for Education for Sustainable Development. This paper describes the philosophy behind the activities performed by one of those RCEs, RCE Rhine-Meuse, an RCE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Sustainable Development, Nonformal Education
UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
The training guide is based on a TOT (Training of Trainer) workshop conducted in September 2005 in Chiangmai, Thailand jointly by Asia Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) and UNESCO's Asia Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID). The publication provides a comprehensive guide to trainers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workshops, Educational Innovation, Justice