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Personal and Professional Mitigation Behavioral Intentions of Agricultural Experts to Address Climate Change
Mitigation activities, whether at the personal level relating to lifestyle or on the professional level, especially in the agriculture sector, are...
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Occupational Exposure to Air Pollutants Among Professional Motorcyclists in Brazil Results in Higher Health Risk and Changing in Biochemical and Cardiovascular Parameters
Traffic-related air pollutants are the main responsible for outdoor air pollution in cities. Transport has an essential role in the lives of...
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Proceed with Caution: Social Acceptability of Forestry Practices in Puerto Rico among Members of Local Environmental Organizations, Academia and Professional Associations
Social acceptability of forestry practices plays a key role in defining sustainable forestry policies and strategies. In this study an online survey...
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Natural Capital-Based Societies in the Tropics
As the tropics are exposed to large amounts of solar radiation, solar energy amelioration is highly important in tropical ecosystems. Among...
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The Biophilic Healing Index (BHI) as a Professional Tool for Indoors and Outdoors Active Living Design
The Biophilic Healing Index is a professional tool for architects, urban designers, and planners in the process of validation and is advocated by the...
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Learning together: facing the challenges of sustainability transitions by engaging uncertainty tolerance and post-normal science
Current efforts towards sustainability tend to focus on maintaining existing systems and structures, by relying on reductionist approaches to problem...
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Migrations from Southeast Asia to Western Europe: Historical and Economic Sources and Current Problems
AbstractThis article considers the problem of population migration from Southeast Asia to Western European countries, on the one hand, and from...
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The potential of transformative learning for sustainability transitions: moving beyond formal learning environments
Transformative learning has become one of the most prominent learning theory in regard to sustainable development. It holds enormous potential for...
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Barriers to learning for sustainability: a teacher perspective
We collectively face a constellation of complex and interconnected problems that threaten human and planetary wellbeing now and into the future....
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A strategic analysis of incorporating corporate environmental responsibility into managerial incentive design: a differential game approach
As corporations’ environmental impacts come under greater scrutiny from global financial, regulatory, and societal stakeholders, management scholars...
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Centring Indigenous peoples in knowledge exchange research-practice by resetting assumptions, relationships and institutions
Knowledge exchange is a broad and consequential undertaking, analysed by diverse scholars, and rapidly growing as a field of academic practice. Its...
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Searching for a sustainable solution to increasing chemical pollution
The growing world population and the development of civilization put pressure on the environment. Irreversible climate changes, biodiversity loss,...
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India as a Civilizational State
AbstractThis article is focused on the “civilizational state” phenomenon, using India as a case study. The basic characteristics of the...
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Nurturing Inclusivity in the Built Environment Education: A Prerequisite to Achieving Sustainable Social Well-Being
The overarching objective of having inclusivity in design and planning is social well-being and social sustainability. As professionals, designers of...
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A Socio-ecological Imperative for Broadening Participation in Coastal and Estuarine Research and Management
For most of the scientific disciplines associated with coastal and estuarine research, workforce representation does not match the demographics of...
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Focusing on the Future: Current Practices and Future Perspectives in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional University
This chapter presents a theoretical conceptualization of changes that are taking place in academia in the regional university of Latvia and reflects...
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Claiming ecological grief: Why are we not mourning (more and more publicly) for ecological destruction?
Eco-anxiety, grief and despair are increasing, yet these emotions tend to remain private, rarely expressed in public. Why is it important and...
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Focusing on the Future: Current Practices and Future Perspectives in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional University
This chapter presents a theoretical conceptualization of changes that are taking place in academia in the regional university of Latvia and reflects...
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Which competencies should be fostered in education for sustainable development at higher education institutions? Findings from the evaluation of the study programs at the University of Bern, Switzerland
A relatively broad consolidated consensus has emerged among experts regarding the competencies that should be fostered through an education for...
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Personal Identity and Peacebuilding: A Critical Reflection
This chapter discusses the complex setting of a person’s identityIdentity and how it interferes with the process of peacePeace building. The wide...