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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 63 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental and sustainability education.

1. 16. Environmental management systems – a way towards sustainable development in universities : ”It was difficult at first … then we started talking with our colleagues and we saw it in a longer perspective”

   Författare :Kaisu Sammalisto; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental management systems; higher education; sustainable development; indicator; training; communication; education; curriculum; policy evaluation; intervention theory; industry.; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The economic development in the world today makes increased consumption of goods and travelling available for more people around the world than ever before. This results, however, also in increased production and spreading of substances that are hazardous both to human health and to the ecosystem globally. LÄS MER

3. 17. Transmedia experiences in the Magic Kingdom theme park : Branding, space, and (un)sustainability at Disney

   Författare :Ana Carolina Almeida Souza; Renira R. Gambarato; Geane Carvalho Alzamora; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transmedial experience; branding; space; sustainability; Magic Kingdom; Disney; transmedial upplevelse; varumärke; plats; hållbarhet; Magic Kingdom; Disney;

   Sammanfattning : Beyond being just a medium that supports other media, the contemporary theme park is a complex space that brings together material and symbolic features of different user-producer relationships. Although robust, the theme park is scarcely investigated, especially as an autonomous and potentially adaptable media for the maintenance of transmedia dynamics. LÄS MER

4. 18. An evaluation of regional sustainability by analysing energy and carbon flows – A study of Jämtland, Sweden

   Författare :Torbjörn Skytt; Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson; Fredrik Ståhl; Magdalena Svanström; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Regional sustainability; Energy flows; Exergy; Carbon GHG fluxes; Sustainability indicators; carbon dioxide emissions; methane emissions; nature emissions;

   Sammanfattning : Models showing the anthropogenic and natural flows of two sustainability indicators; carbon based GHG and energy (as work energy) have been made for the Swedish region Jämtland. The methodology used was inspired by the study sustainability analysis conducted on the small Danish island Samsø using the above two indicators. LÄS MER

5. 19. Caring for people and the planet : preschool children’s knowledge and practices of sustainability

   Författare :Farhana Borg; Monika Vinterek; T. Mikael Winberg; Arjen E.J. Wals; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consumption; daycare center; economic sustainability; environmental education; environmental sustainability; guardians; kindergarten; parents; preschool; preschool director; recycling; sharing resources; social sustainability; sustainable development; teacher; young children; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; Utbildning och lärande;

   Sammanfattning : Children across the globe today are continuously being exposed to and affected by various kinds of real-world complexities and challenges; however, research on their knowledge and practices in terms of sustainability is limited, in particular with regards to how preschool- and home-related factors are associated with their learning for sustainability. Since 1998, different types of eco-certification have been awarded by the Swedish National Agency for Education and Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation to promote education for sustainability (EfS) in all areas of education and learning. LÄS MER

7. 20. Skogsträdgårdsvistelser ur barns perspektiv – Speglat under samtalspromenader

   Författare :Maria Hammarsten; Åsa Hirsh; Per Andersson; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Forest Garden; Social Studies of Childhood; Children’s Perspectives; Walk-and-Talk Conversations; Ecological Literacy; Affordances; Plant Blindness;

   Sammanfattning : The licentiate thesis examines what spending time in a forest garden can offer children when this environment is used for teaching aimed at sustainability. What do the children remember from their visits to the forest garden? What do they find special or memorable? What can the children learn there? To answer such questions, walk-and-talk conversations were conducted with children who for a three-year period had regularly visited a forest garden during school hours. LÄS MER