from: Prof. Walter Leal  lealfilho at yahoo.com

Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons
Edited by Walter Leal Filho
Series: Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability
Peter Lang Scientific Publishers: Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Brussels, New York, Oxford, Vienna
2012. 994 pp., 24 fig., 99 tables, 101 graphs, ISBN 978-3-631-62560-6  (Hard Cover)

This book, prepared in the context of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20, contains the papers submitted to the World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2012),  which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 5 and 6 June 2012.

It pursues the following main aims: to document and  disseminate experiences from universities all round the world regarding education for sustainable development;
to foster the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of projects; and to  introduce methodological approaches and projects which aim to integrate the topic of sustainable development in the curriculum of universities. Last but not least, a further aim is to document and disseminate the wealth of experiences available today, providing a truly global coverage. With over 70 chapters and a truly global coverage, Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons is among the most comprehensive  publications on sustainability in higher education ever produced. It is meant to go beyond a description of the current state of knowledge, and shall open the way for new thinking and new horizons in what is a rapidly expanding field, of central interest to  both industrialised and developing countries.  Details on the book can be seen at:
www.peterlang.de/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=70839&concordeid=262560

See the video from WSSD-U-2012 at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT8byPic8jQ

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