Publicaties

Today both external and internal changes put increasing pressure on the sustainability of one of themost important production systems that shape our society, the agri-food system. External pressures on this system result from demographic, economic and environmental changes such as globalisation, climate change, and scarcity of resources (Dicks et al., 2013; Foresight, 2011). Internal pressures arise from asymmetric price transmission, changes in ...

Sustainability seems to be the optimistic answer to contemporary 'risk society' (McDonagh 1998: 592), a society facing problems such as global warming, global financial and economic crisis and social exclusion. Because of the promise it shows, sustainability has become a key issue for business and policy trying to meet social, ecological and economic goals. Whereas dealing with today's society's challenges is considered to be the 'core business' ...

Assessing the integration of sustainability in higher education can be a powerful lever for organisational change in higher education institutions. When comparing the available tools and instruments for assessment of sustainability in higher education, the Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher Education (AISHE) has proven to be a reliable tool, providing a qualitative approach to sustainability assessment. This article presents the ...

When it comes to sustainability, many discussions within architecture and urbanism revolve around the subject of built structures and their eco-effectiveness, or deal with organizing a city in an ecological, economical and spatial qualitative manner. However, it is increasingly recognized that open -unsealed- spaces of all sizes and forms are crucial assets in obtaining and generating equitable forms of sustainability. Therefore, this ...

The main purpose of this study was to analyze Iran’s developmental plans in order to examine and compare their direction and conformity with the sustainable development theory via the compass of sustainability. The approach involves a content analysis used in line with qualitative research methodologies. The results indicated that, in the first developmental plans, there was no direct reference to sustainable development. In the second to fifth ...

Sustentabilidade é uma ideia que potencialmente incorpora os elementos que respondem a estes dois desafios, mas apenas nos distanciando de uma aproximação tecnocrático-instrumental e assumindo uma abordagem política da ideia. A ciência pós-normal fornece uma estrutura adequada para isso, porque os problemas emergentes apresentam desafios democráticos que exigem outro tratamento acadêmico e educacional. Nossa intenção com este texto é contribuir ...

In this article we address the democratic paradox in environmental and sustainability education (ESE) by drawing on Bruno Latour’s conceptual distinction between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘matters of concern’ and the notion of attachments that goes with it. We present an analysis of three cases (nature excursions, workshops that promote ecological behavioural change and making documentary films) focusing on how diverse educational practices deal ...