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Seeing the wood for the trees: a heuristic framework to enable the integration of sustainability education in higher education settings
- Cardiff University
- De Montfort University
- Université Côte d’Azur
This paper puts forward a conceptual framework to support the dual challenges of strategic and practical integrative action of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). There …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities
- Cardiff University
- University of Bath
Interest in the relationship between the activities of universities and action on climate change is growing, but until recently there has been little focus on the critical role of researchers, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Universities, Sustainability, and Neoliberalism: Contradictions of the Climate Emergency Declarations
- Cardiff University
UK universities have been successively declaring a climate emergency, following the University of Bristol’s lead in 2019. Universities are key actors in climate change education, and potentially progressive organisations researching, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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From publications to public actions: the role of universities in facilitating academic advocacy and activism in the climate and ecological emergency
- University of Kent
- Cardiff University
- University of Lausanne
Thousands of universities have made climate emergency declarations; however the higher education sector is not rising to the collective challenge with the urgency commensurate with scientific warnings. Universities are promoting …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Climate Emergency: UK Universities' Declarations and Their Role in Responding to Climate Change
- Cardiff University
On April 17, 2019, the University of Bristol became the first university in the United Kingdom (UK) to declare a climate emergency. Against a backdrop of high visibility and public …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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‘Doing good science’: The impact of invisible energy policies on laboratory energy demand in higher education
- Cardiff University
- Lancaster University
Education is the second largest consumer of energy in the service sector, however, little research to date has focused on the link between education policy and energy demand. Using a …
- Posted April 17, 2020
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Experiential approaches to sustainability education: towards learning landscapes
- Cardiff University
- KU Leuven
Purpose This paper aims to critically reflect the current specialist discourse on experiential approaches to higher education for sustainable development (HESD). Limitations to the current discourse are identified, and as …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Learning and teaching sustainability: The contribution of Ecological Footprint calculators
- Global Footprint Network (CA)
- Cardiff University
- University of Siena
Consumption habits imply responsibility. Progressive awareness of the scale of materials, energy, goods and services consumed on a daily basis and knowledge of the implications of consumption choices are prerequisites …
- Posted March 22, 2018
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The use of educational game design and play in higher education to influence sustainable behaviour
- Cardiff University
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss a novel life cycle approach to education for sustainable development (ESD) where the students become “design thinkers”.
Design/methodology/approach - A …
- Posted Feb. 13, 2017
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MSc in Sustainability, Planning, & Environmental Policy
- Cardiff University
Cardiff University's MSc Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy is suitable for graduates in subjects such as geography, sociology, politics, economics or other suitably qualified candidates. The course is specifically aimed …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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