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Rubber ducks to ecological citizenship: a review of practitioner-oriented research on ecological issues in the social studies

Zackary Seitz, R. - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 15 (2020) 3, pp. 261-275

Purpose The world is facing unprecedented potential disaster with the impending climate crisis. Research within social studies education surrounding the integration of ecological issues, while still on the fringes, has seen a recent surge. This is a review of practitioner-oriented research...

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Interdisciplinary Study of the Local Power Plant: Cultivating Ecological Citizens

Kissling, Mark T.; Barton, Angela Calabrese - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 8 (2013) 3, pp. 128-142

People rely on power plants to generate the electricity needed to run much of their lives. Power plants, though, are typically not the domain of the average citizen. Even if they stand near homes, schools, and other important places, the operations inside, not to mention the many social and...

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Developing organizational practices of ecological sustainability

Fenwick, Tara - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 28 (2007) 7, pp. 632-645

article draws from literatures in ecology, ecological learning and corporate social responsibility to describe the nature of …

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Ecological systems approaches to sustainability and organizational development

Sisaye, Seleshi - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 32 (2011) 4, pp. 379-398

locations, conservation and environmental management. Recently, ecology has provided the underlying framework for sustainability … within the domain of sociology (human ecology) and ecological anthropology, recently the subject has attracted researchers …, adaptation, incremental and transformational growth strategies from the organizational ecology and sociology literature to study …

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Evolution of organizations in the new millennium

Harung, Harald S.; Heaton, Dennis P.; Alexander, Charles N. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 20 (1999) 4, pp. 198-207

Progressive stages in the evolution of organizations correspond to progressively deeper aspects of the mind. The stage of task‐based management emphasized the more superficial sensorimotor and concrete thinking capacities; this approach of rigid rules and structures is now unsuited for an...

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Breaking Boundaries as the Clue for Post Ecological Architecture

Díaz, María Jesús González; Navarro, Justo García - In: Open House International 40 (2015) 1, pp. 26-32

Ecology shows us not only environmental problems; it shows that we need a new balance and harmony between individuals … architecture and ecology is evolving, from technical matters to social and more complex issues, to work towards ethics. Finally …

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Increasing Ecological Capacity by Designing Ecological High Rise Buildings

Moghadam, Talie Tohidi; Feizabadi, Mahmoud - In: Open House International 43 (2018) 4, pp. 94-104

This study provides insight into using ecological design principles in designing high-rise buildings for increasing the ecological capacity of a region. It is a descriptive-analytical survey, which starts with the literacy of the subject, and continues by analyzing successful ecologically...

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Getting strategic value from constellations of communities

Ward, Arian - In: Strategy & Leadership 28 (2000) 2, pp. 4-9

The concept of constellations of communities is a big picture view of how communities of practice in organizations relate to one another. These communities are voluntary, and over time they form a complex, informal network of relationships, knowledge sharing, learning, and conversations that can...

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Learning the advantages of sustainable growth

Rigby, Darrell; Tager, Suzanne - In: Strategy & Leadership 36 (2008) 4, pp. 24-28

Purpose – The paper aims to consider why leading companies – such as Toyota, GE, Timberland and Starbucks – regard environmental sustainability as a strategy to create growth and how they do it. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews how consumer‐based companies are...

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The environment as stakeholder: does it make sense to develop a corporate environmental policy?

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 1 (1996) 2, pp. 21-22

Reviews some of the economic arguments for taking environmental policy development seriously. States that enhancing a positive environmental image, integrating environmental considerations into the corporate strategy, realizing new market opportunities, are all seen as ways for firms to grow...

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