NAON
used in Courses
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The
London School of Economics and Political Science (UK):
GY423
Sustainability: Economy, Business and Technology
Coordinator:
Professor E Neumayer
Use
of NAON: First book on reading list of three
books listed.
Syllabus:
Frameworks for decoupling economy and environment:
Sustainable development, ecological modernisation
and environmental leapfrogging; Governance approaches
for decoupling environment and economy; Green technological
change, technological lock-in and niche management;
Environmental leapfrogging in developing countries;
Decarbonising the economy; Environmental values, behaviour
and education; Corporate environmental management
and competitive environmental strategy; Critical perspectives
on the greening of business; The competitive implications
of environmental protection.
Status
of unit: The course will be taught through a
combination of 19 weekly lectures (1.5 hours) and
19 weekly seminars
Leeds
School of Business (USA), University of Colorado at
Boulder:
BCOR
4000-101 Sustainability and Business Ethics
Coordinator:
Janet Graaff
Use
of NAON: One of four essention reading books
listed.
Syllabus:
Society, business, and the natural world are inextricably
linked by the same set of natural laws. This Section
of BCOR 4000 offers an introduction to the rationale
for business responsibility to society and the responsibility
of both to the natural world. The course covers the
fundamental constructs of Business Ethics within the
framework of sustainability and explores partnership
paradigms such as corporate stakeholder management,
and the principles of natural capitalism, industrial
ecology, and whole systems thinking.
Status
of unit: Undergraduate, senior year course.
Swinburne
University of Technology:
Sustainable
Design HES1115
Use
of NAON: One of three listed reading materials.
Syllabus:
During the course we aim to develop and improve students
investigation and teamwork skills; to develop understanding
and basic knowledge of Environmental implications
of engineering activities, Sustainable design, Sustainable
development and incorporating it into engineering
practice. Critical analysis and problem solving strategies.
Professional presentation and engineering report writing;
and to provide students with the opportunity to experience
peer reviewed oral presentations.
Status
of unit: Undergraduate, A unit of study in the
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) and Bachelor
of Engineering (Civil Engineering) / Bachelor of Business.
Queensland
University of Technology (QUT): BEB200
Introducing Sustainability
Coordinator:
A/Prof Glenn Thomas
Use
of NAON: The only set text.
Syllabus:
This unit will address issues of sustainability from
a number of perspectives thus providing students with
a variety of lenses on the ways in which the human-made
environment impacts on the future of human settlement.
The unit will include an introduction to sustainability
from a variety of perspectives, including indigenous
and other cultural perspectives, and from ecological,
economic and technological perspectives. It will demonstrate
to students the ways in which contrasting, and sometimes
conflicting, ideas about sustainability are prioritised
and how these priorities contribute to the impact
that design, engineering and urban development professions
have on a sustainable future.
Status of unit:
Compulsory First year course for the Faculty of Built
Environment and Engineering.
Griffith
University: 2335EVE
Sustainability Principles and Practices
Coordinator:
Cheryl Paten (supported by Charlie Hargroves)
Use
of NAON: The only set text.
Syllabus:
How can sustainability principles be implemented in
your work as a professional person? Sustainability
Practices and Principles will equip you with the foundational
knowledge and practical tools to make sustainability
'happen' in your professional practice. This course
breaks through the complex language of sustainable
development to help you understand what sustainability
will mean in the context of your work as an engineer,
scientist, planner, or professional in business, law
or Asian studies. Weekly practical sessions equip
you with tools to implement sustainability in design,
research, reporting and management in the workplace.
Status
of unit: Undergraduate Level.
Australian
National University (ANU):
ECOS3004
Urban Ecology
Coordinator:
Dr
R Dyball
Use
of NAON: The only preliminary reading book listed.
Syllabus:
The course applies the core human ecology concepts
developed in ECOS2001 to the urban environment. The
emphasis is on how human activities affect ecological
processes and human wellbeing in urban areas. Students
will study the effect that different human values,
institutional arrangements and management strategies
have on urban energy and material stocks and flows.
Case studies covered by the course include the changes
that the urban form places on water, energy and material
flows as well as how urban design and planning processes
affect transport and settlement patterns. For each
of these topics, different human interventions will
be considered, including those aimed at improving
governance, harnessing ecosystem services and engaging
with the community.
Status
of unit: Next offered in 2007, first semester,
65 contact hours including 26 hours of lectures, 21
hours of workshops/tutorials, 18 hours of field work.
The
University of Western Australia, School of Mechanical
Engineering: Engineering
for Sustainable Development (MECH4400)
Convener:
Margot Jupp and Prof. James Trevelyan
Use
of NAON: Required Text.
Syllabus:
This course aims to introduce you to real engineering
practice in which the details of technical solutions
are often the least important decision that you will
have to make. To date the majority of the course work
you have done has prepared you to answer some narrow
technical questions of engineering. For excellence
in engineering it is essential you incorporate people
constraints, economics and environmental issues into
design and other engineering decisions. This course
will introduce you to the aspects that you will have
to address in your careers as engineers. Sustainable
engineering means taking these aspects into account
in a systematic manner and we will show you some of
the tools you will need to do this effectively. (View
Unit Outline)
Status of unit: Undergraduate, Lectures:
3 per week; tutorials: 2 per week; Practicals: 2 per
semester.
Macquarie
University, Graduate School of the Environment - Division
of Environmental & Life Sciences:
GSE
825 Sustainable Development: Introductory Principles
and Practices
Convener:
Wendy Goldstein
Use
of NAON: Listed as a key text with many others.
Syllabus:
This unit provides students with the tools for interpreting
international developments and reviewing progress
in the area of sustainable development. Students will
trace the evolution of sustainable development, from
how it was expressed in Rio at the first United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (1992) with
Agenda 21 and the associated environmental Conventions
and 10 years later at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg (2002). Students will
be introduced to various other instruments of international
governance including the Millennium Development Goals,
the Monterrey Consensus and DOHA Round of Trade negotiations
on sustainable development.
Status of unit: Core unit in Postgraduate
Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Sustainable Development.
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