Sustainability Education, Training & Leadership Books

New and Published Books

1. Design Education for a Sustainable Future

   By Rob Fleming

   Sustainability is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity’s relationship to the natural world and is ushering in the Age of Integration. The move from well-intentioned environmental friendliness to the higher bar of integral sustainability and regenerative design demands a...

   Published March 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Participatory Action Research

   Theory and Methods for Engaged Inquiry

   By Jacques M. Chevalier, Daniel J. Buckles

   This book addresses a key issue in higher learning, university education and scientific research: the widespread difficulty researchers, experts and students from all disciplines face when trying to contribute to change in complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the unknown. More...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Sustainable University

   Progress and prospects

   Edited by Stephen Sterling, Larch Maxey, Heather Luna

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

   The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties. This book seeks to inspire positive change in higher education by exploring the rich notion of the sustainable university and illustrating pathways through which...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education

   Edited by Robert B. Stevenson, Michael Brody, Justin Dillon, Arjen E.J. Wals

   The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment,...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Contemporary Apprenticeship

   International Perspectives on an Evolving Model of Learning

   Edited by Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin

   Throughout the world, people understand the meaning of 'apprenticeship'. As a model of learning and skill formation, apprenticeship has adapted over the years to reflect changes in work, in technology, and in the types of knowledge that underpin occupational expertise. Apprenticeship serves the...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Understanding Staff Development (Routledge Revivals)

   By Graham Webb

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1996, this book charts the philosophical landscape of staff development at a time when the subject of ‘quality’ in university teaching and learning was under examination. Graham Webb considers three main issues in his research. He focuses on what the basis for educational and...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
7. Collective Learning for Transformational Change

   A Guide to Collaborative Action

   By Valerie A. Brown, Judith A. Lambert

   The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history. From fields to factories to offices, people have always asked how to make things better. This innovative book offers a step by step guide for recognising the need for transformational change and kick-starting a course of...

   Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Higher Education for Sustainability

   Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities from Across the Curriculum

   Edited by Lucas F. Johnston

   Student and employer demand, high-level institutional commitment, and faculty interest are inspiring the integration of sustainability oriented themes into higher education curricula and research agendas. Moving toward sustainability calls for shifts in practice such as interdisciplinary...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Sustainable Self

   A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education

   By Paul Murray

   Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way of thinking and behaving that will need to be embedded in all aspects of all of our lives. The Sustainable Self is the perfect resource for...

   Published February 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. How to Win Campaigns

    Communications for Change, 2nd Edition

    By Chris Rose

    How to Win Campaigns is a practical guide for creating and running successful campaigns. Written for the new campaigner and the experienced communicator alike, it explores what works (and what doesn't) and shows how to use principles and strategy in campaigning as a new form of public politics....

    Published September 28th 2010 by Routledge