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Sustainable Education: Exploiting Students’ Energy for Learning as a Renewable Resource
Branden, Kris Van den - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5471-5487
students’ natural energy for learning is renewed (rather than depleted) and no talent gets wasted. Students’ energy for … learning is geared towards the acquisition of crucial competences for the 21st century (including the competence to make their … activity based on cutting-edge knowledge on what drives human learning. To this end, school teams’ joint energy for educating …
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Sustainability, Learning and Capability: Exploring Questions of Balance
Scott, William A. H.; Gough, Stephen R. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 12, pp. 3735-3746
It is argued that sustainable development makes best sense as a social learning process that brings tangible and useful … outcomes in terms of understanding and skills, and also reinforces the motivation and capability for further learning. Thus …
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Learning for a Sustainable Economy: Teaching of Green Competencies in the University
Murga-Menoyo, Mª Ángeles - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 5, pp. 2974-2992
This paper looks at universities as training centers for a sustainable economy. Their remit is to promote the required competencies to achieve that aim, including competencies in sustainability. This article describes the role that the universities in Spain are fulfilling with respect to these...
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Stakeholder Dialogues and Shared Understanding: The Case of Co-Managing Fisheries in Sweden
Lundholm, Cecilia; Stöhr, Christian - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 7, pp. 4525-4536
There is growing interest in communication, participation and learning in multiple fields, such as governance and … dialogues and shared understanding in the context of co-managed fisheries aiming at participation and learning to increase …
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A New Strategy for Utilizing Rice Forage Production Using a No-Tillage System to Enhance the Self-Sufficient Feed Ratio of Small Scale Dairy Farming in Japan
Zahra, Windi Al; Yasue, Takeshi; Asagi, Naomi; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4975-4989
Rice forage systems can increase the land use efficiency in paddy fields, improve the self-sufficient feed ratio, and provide environmental benefits for agro-ecosystems. This system often decreased economic benefits compared with those through imported commercial forage feed, particularly in...
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Considerations When Applying Simplified LCA Approaches in the Wine Sector
Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; Raggi, Andrea; Petti, Luigia - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5018-5028
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems and simplification of LCA appears to be a vital question, especially for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Following a literature review on simplified LCA tools and their...
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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation
Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106
With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cycle Time Estimation in Wafer Fabrication-Efficient Methodology and Managerial Implications
Chen, Toly; Wang, Yu-Cheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5107-5128
Cycle time management plays an important role in improving the performance of a wafer fabrication factory. It starts from the estimation of the cycle time of each job in the wafer fabrication factory. Although this topic has been widely investigated, several issues still need to be addressed,...
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Border Policies in Dehong Prefecture of Yunnan, China
Bie, Qianlong; Li, Cansong; Zhou, Shangyi - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5284-5299
With the process of globalization, many political geographers and research institutions have begun to focus on borders and border areas. Faced with the current debate on the border policies, this paper reviews the former research relating to border studies and provides an evaluation of China’s...
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Emergy Synthesis and Regional Sustainability Assessment: Case Study of Pan-Pearl River Delta in China
Li, Guomin; Kuang, Yaoqiu; Huang, Ningsheng; Chang, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5203-5230
In this paper, emergy analysis is used in association with the ternary diagrams and geographic information system (GIS) tools to improve the evaluation of sustainability for the Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region. Emergy accounting of PPRD is estimated, and various emergy-based indicators are...
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