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Including considerations of sustainability in universities' activities has long since become mainstream. However, there is still much to be done with regard to the full integration of sustainability thinking into science and engineering curricula. Among the problems that hinder progress in this field, the lack of sound information on how to actually implement it is prominent. Created in order to address this need, this book presents a wealth of information on innovative approaches, methods and tools that may be helpful in translating sustainability principles into practice.

Diese Studie stellt ein Bildungsprogramm vor, das Studenten Schlüsselkompetenzen in Gestaltung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung vermittelt. Studenten obliegt als zukünftigen potentiellen Entscheidungsträgern und Meinungsbildnern eine besondere Verantwortung in der Umsetzung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Durch das Zusammenwachsen der Welt, durch die Globalisierung, den technologischen Fortschritt und durch vielfältige soziologische und naturgeografische Entwicklungen („Globaler Wandel“) wird die Vernetzung auf allen Ebenen des Lebens komplexer. Dies bedingt eine höhere Komplexität von Entscheidungsprozessen. Ganzheitliches, vernetztes Denken wird somit zu einer immer wichtigeren Schlüsselkompetenz der Zukunft, die auch als berufsfeldorientierte Kompetenz zu sehen ist. Ausgehend von einem klassischen Verständnis der Umweltbildung müssen daher weitere Fähigkeiten insbesondere instrumenteller und mentaler Art beherrscht und gelehrt werden. Vernetztes Denken, Teamarbeit und Konfliktlösung sind solche Hauptkompetenzen. Durch ein auf diese Lehrziele abgestimmtes didaktisches Design wird ein effektiver und effizienter, ein nachhaltiger Lernprozess begünstigt. Selbstorganisation und die metakognitive Begleitung des Lehrprozesses durch die Lernenden ermöglicht ein ständiges Weiterentwickeln der instrumentell-sozialen Kompetenzen. Dabei spielt die zeiteffiziente Vermittlung eine bedeutende Rolle, um einer möglichst grossen Zahl von Studenten die Teilnahme an dem Training in den Semesterferien als „Summer- oder Winterschool“ in geblockter Form zu ermöglichen. Vernetztes Denken wird didaktischen Prinzipien entsprechend handlungsorientiert, situativ und praktisch gelehrt. Die Natur als Lernort und Lernmedium spielt in der Vernetzung sozialer Systeme mit Ökosystemen eine zentrale Rolle. Lernmedium ist Natur deshalb, da Gesetzmässigkeiten vernetzten Denkens am Beispiel natürlicher Systeme dargestellt und veranschaulicht werden. Von der Natur zu lernen und einen Transfer in Alltagssituationen herzustellen ist das Ziel. Lernort ist Natur deshalb, weil die Anschaulichkeit gemäss eines Lernens mit allen fünf Sinnen dort gegeben ist. Zudem unterstützt die Komponente Outdoor- und Bewegungserlebnis (Natursport) in einer natürlichen, abwechslungsreichen Umgebung als motivierender Faktor den Lernprozess. Erlebnispädagogische Methoden werden in Kombination gewählt, um soziale Kompetenzen zu entwickeln. Anhand einer praxisrelevanten Fallstudie lernen die Studenten die konkrete Umsetzung nachhaltiger Konzepte. Während des Lernprozesses und abschliessend erfolgt eine evaluative Begleitung, die die Wirkung des Trainings untersuchen und modifizieren helfen soll.

This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Operations Research (OR) and Management Science (MS) as applied to sustainability. Its goal is to identify and describe ways in which OR and MS have been applied to and influenced the development of sustainability. Many of the issues we face today stem from the interconnectivity of the economy, society, and the environment, and from how both the economy and society are affecting the environment. In response, there have been a range of local and global efforts to advance society without harming the natural environment. The book showcases how OR/MS can help to address these issues, specifically with regard to renewable energy, smart industry, smart cities, transportation, smart homes and devices, etc. This book is intended for professionals in the fields of energy, engineering, information science, mathematics and economics, and for researchers who wish to develop new skills in connection with sustainability, or whose work involves sustainability.

Unternehmen sind im Zuge der ESG-Nachhaltigkeitskriterien dringend gefordert, durch geeignete Konzepte und Massnahmen ein gesundes und motivationsförderndes Arbeitsumfeld zu schaffen, in dem Menschen sich einbringen und ihr Bestes zum Erfolg des Unternehmensbeitragen können. Dieses Buch vermittelt konkrete Impulse für eine zukunftssichernde, nachhaltige HR-Strategie. Es stellt Aktivitäten und Erfahrungen von Unternehmen mit nachhaltigem HR-Management vor. Ebenso dokumentiert es innovative Ansätze zur Gestaltung eines nachhaltigen Gesundheitsmanagements. In 16 Einzelbeiträgen präsentieren 29 Autorinnen und Autoren aus Industrie und Wissenschaft aktuelle Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse, neueste Forschungsergebnisse sowie konkrete Fallbeispiele aus namhaften Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Branchen und Grössen. Inhalte: PURPOSE: Verankerung von nachhaltigen Werten in der Unternehmensführung und -kultur WERTSCHÄTZUNG: Umsetzung einer integrierten Diversity-, Equity- und Inclusion-Strategie PARTIZIPATION: Förderung des Engagements von Mitarbeitenden für soziale und ökologische Projekte Praxisbeispiele und Fallstudien namhafter Unternehmen: Volkswagen AG, HEIDELBERGER Druckmaschinen AG, Otto Group, Deutsche Leasing, DB Cargo, Stihl, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Mit der Einführung der Mobilitätsprämie und gleichzeitiger Erhöhung der Entfernungspauschale versucht der Gesetzgeber auf die Klimakrise einzugehen. Durch die Eigenheit des deutschen Ertragssteuerrecht bekommt der Grundfreibetrag bei der Berechnung der Mobilitätsprämie allerdings eine neue Bedeutung. In diesem Buch wird mittels eines statischen und dynamischen Modells, die Vorteilhaftigkeit im Vergleich zum Werbungskostenabzug der erhöhten Entfernungspauschale geprüft. Dabei sind die Determinanten Wegstrecke, also Entfernungskilometer, als auch die Anzahl der Arbeitstage die Hauptargumente. Des Weiteren wird die normative Betrachtung mit der verbundenen Antragstellung bei einer freiwilligen Veranlagung in einen Kontext gesetzt. Die Mobilitätsprämie kann erstmalig mit Ablauf des Veranlagungsjahres 2021 beantragt werden und bildet somit die Grundlage für nachfolgende Untersuchungen.

Unternehmen sind im Zuge der ESG-Nachhaltigkeitskriterien dringend gefordert, durch geeignete Konzepte und Massnahmen ein gesundes und motivationsförderndes Arbeitsumfeld zu schaffen, in dem Menschen sich einbringen und ihr Bestes zum Erfolg des Unternehmensbeitragen können. Dieses Buch vermittelt konkrete Impulse für eine zukunftssichernde, nachhaltige HR-Strategie. Es stellt Aktivitäten und Erfahrungen von Unternehmen mit nachhaltigem HR-Management vor. Ebenso dokumentiert es innovative Ansätze zur Gestaltung eines nachhaltigen Gesundheitsmanagements. In 16 Einzelbeiträgen präsentieren 29 Autorinnen und Autoren aus Industrie und Wissenschaft aktuelle Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse, neueste Forschungsergebnisse sowie konkrete Fallbeispiele aus namhaften Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Branchen und Grössen. Inhalte: PURPOSE: Verankerung von nachhaltigen Werten in der Unternehmensführung und -kultur WERTSCHÄTZUNG: Umsetzung einer integrierten Diversity-, Equity- und Inclusion-Strategie PARTIZIPATION: Förderung des Engagements von Mitarbeitenden für soziale und ökologische Projekte Praxisbeispiele und Fallstudien namhafter Unternehmen: Volkswagen AG, HEIDELBERGER Druckmaschinen AG, Otto Group, Deutsche Leasing, DB Cargo, Stihl, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Operations Research (OR) and Management Science (MS) as applied to sustainability. Its goal is to identify and describe ways in which OR and MS have been applied to and influenced the development of sustainability. Many of the issues we face today stem from the interconnectivity of the economy, society, and the environment, and from how both the economy and society are affecting the environment. In response, there have been a range of local and global efforts to advance society without harming the natural environment. The book showcases how OR/MS can help to address these issues, specifically with regard to renewable energy, smart industry, smart cities, transportation, smart homes and devices, etc. This book is intended for professionals in the fields of energy, engineering, information science, mathematics and economics, and for researchers who wish to develop new skills in connection with sustainability, or whose work involves sustainability.

This book is the result of three intensive years of investigation performed by partners from 9 European countries, including consulting companies, university institutes and municipalities within the project The Use of Life Cycle Assessment Tools for the Development of Integrated Waste Management Strategies for Cities and Regions with Rapid Growing Economies (LCA-IWM). The project was funded by the European Commission’s Fifth Framework Programme. Each chapter deals in depth with a different aspect of municipal waste management systems. A method for the prognosis of waste generation is described. The reader is also provided with a clear understanding and significant criteria for the evaluation in terms of sustainability of the waste management situation. The book not only answers the question “how we are”; but also provides the reader with key tools to the more important point “how can we improve it”. One of the most important contributions of the project is the creation of two user adjustable computer assisted tool which support the accurate making of decisions in the waste management field, where rapid developing municipalities find it difficult to successfully plan their systems in order to fulfill the growing requirements of the European regulations. This Handbook also provides guidelines for the use of the developed Waste Prognostic Tool and the Municipal Solid Waste Management System Assessment Tool.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Lean Educator Conference ELEC 2022, which took place in Galway, Ireland, in November 2022; the event was sponsored by IFIP WG 5.7. The 28 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. They are organized in the following thematic sections: Lean & People; Lean in Healthcare; Lean 4.0; Lean in Manufacturing; Lean Learning in the Digital Era; Lean, Green & Sustainability; and Lean in Services.

Sustainability and green topics have become a crucial element in modern economy. All sectors of the economy are concerned, also the tourism industry. This book takes an overview on developments of sustainability in tourism from a multidisciplinary view point: economy, marketing, social science, media studies, political studies. In order to under-stand the long term changes in the field it is important to include different scientific approaches.

Diese Arbeit entstand im Rahmen des Projektes "Role of innovative technology for promoting sustainable mobility" der "Alliance for Global Sustainability" (AGS), zu der sich die ETH Zürich, das Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), die University of Tokyo und die Chalmers University of Technology (Schweden) zusammengeschlossen haben. Dieses Projekt analysiert den zukünftigen Aufbau einer innovativen Fahrzeugflotte und deren Beitrag zu einer nachhaltigen Mobilität. Die vorliegende Arbeit als Bestandteil des genannten Projektes gibt Aufschluss über die Chancen und Risiken einer Marktpenetration von Erdgasfahrzeugen in der Schweiz. Sie zeigt, wie und unter welchen Bedingungen Erdgasfahrzeuge in den Massenmarkt diffundieren. Ausserdem werden finanzielle Aufwendungen für Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur, die für eine Marktpenetration nötig sind, ermittelt. Es wird gezeigt, mit welchen finanziellen Aufwendungen und welchen geographischen Kombinationen von Erdgas-Tankstellen wie viel Kohlendioxid in der Schweiz eingespart werden kann.

The book addresses the sustainability of cities in the context of sustainability science and its application to the city boundary. In doing so it investigates all the components of a city on the basis of sustainability criteria. To achieve sustainability it is essential to adopt an integrated strategy that reflects all sectors within the city boundary and also address the four key normative concepts: the right to develop for all sections, social inclusion, convergence in living standards and shared responsibility and opportunities among sectors and sections. In this book, the individual chapters examine the nodes of sustainability of a city and thus essentially present a large canvas wherein all sustainability-relevant issues are interwoven. This integrative approach is at the heart of the book and offers an extensive, innovative framework for future research on cities and sustainability alike. The book also includes selected case studies that add to the reading and comprehension valueof the concepts presented, ensuring a blend of theory and practical case studies to help readers better comprehend the principle of sustainability and its application.

This handbook includes three parts, corresponding to the following three domains of OR/MS research related to sustainability: (i) Systems Design, Innovation, and Technology, (ii) Manufacturing, Logistics, and Transportation, and (iii) Sustainable Natural Resource Management. The first part of the handbook (Chapters 2-6) will focus on the creation and development of sustainable products, services, value chains, and organizations from a systems perspective. Key areas to be covered include Green Design & Innovation, Technology and Engineering Management, Sustainable Value Chain Systems, Sustainability Standards and Performance Evaluation, and Circular Economy and New Research Directions in Sustainability. The second part of the handbook (Chapters 7-11) will concentrate on the major operational and logistic issues faced by today's industries in pursuing sustainability. Key areas to be covered include Remanufacturing, Reverse Logistics, Closed-Loop Supply Chains, Sustainable Transportation, and New Research Directions in Green Supply Chain Management. The third part of the proposed handbook (Chapters 12-16) will center on major sustainability issues in managing engineering infrastructure and natural resources. Key areas to be covered include Renewable Energy, Sustainable Water Resource, Biofuel Infrastructure, Natural Gas, and New Research Direction in Sustainable Resource Management. The handbook aims to bridge the three main OR/MS research domains in sustainability: Systems Design, Innovation, and Technology, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Transportation, and Sustainable Natural Resource Management. Traditionally, these domains are treated separately in the OR/MS literature. By combining the three domains, the handbook will provide a more holistic treatment of MS/OR methodologies to address critical sustainability issues faced by today's society. Unlike most existing handbooks which only focus on current OR/MS research in sustainability within a domain, this handbook will include a concluding chapter in each of the three parts to discuss and identify potential future research directions in each of the three main domains.

The term ‘sustainability’ is on everyone’s lips, but nevertheless we struggle to transpose the idea into our economic and social structures. This book aims to provide an overview of the relevant discourses, but also – and above all – a stimulus for fresh thinking, with new suggestions for the defence and further development of the concept of sustainable development. It addresses the position of humans in the global (eco)system, and it interprets and applies sustainability as a multi- and inter-disciplinary concept. It is concerned as much with problem analysis as with proposed solutions and with the necessary conditions for sustainable development. The Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (EUSD) is committed to a comprehensive implementation of sustainability, in all its complexity, in teaching, research, knowledge transfer and operational practice. It was the first German university to develop and implement, in a wide-ranging participatory process involving all staff and students, a detailed programme of sustainable development, and is considered a pioneer in this regard among German higher education institutions. This textbook has grown out of a foundation course lecture on sustainable development at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. The editors conceived the book from that starting point and developed and elaborated it with the help of many colleagues.

This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China. Author Qing Tian operationalizes the concept of sustainability and provides useful scientific analyses for sustainable development in less developed rural areas that are vulnerable to climatic hazards. The book uses a new sustainability framework that is centered on the concept of well-being to study rural development in PLR. The PLR study includes three major analyses: (1) a regional assessment of human well-being; (2) an empirical analysis of rural livelihoods; and (3) an agent-based computer model used to explore future rural development. These analyses provide a meaningful view of human development in the Poyang Lake Region and illustrate some of the complex local- and macro-level processes that shape the livelihoods of rural households in the dynamic process of urbanization. They generate useful insights about how government policy might effectively improve the well-being of rural households and promote sustainable development amid social, economic, and environmental changes. This case study has broader implications. Rural populations in the developing world are disproportionally affected by extreme climate events and climate change. Furthermore, the livelihoods of rural households in the developing world are increasingly under the influences of macro-level forces amid urbanization and globalization. This case study demonstrates that rural development policies must consider broader development dynamics at the national (and even global) level, as well as specific local social and environmental contexts. By treating climate as one of many factors that affect development in such places, we can provide policy recommendations that synergistically promotedevelopment and reduce climatic impacts and therefore facilitate mainstreaming climate adaptation into development.

The book athand gives an overview of the state of the art research in ComputationalSustainability as well as case studies of different application scenarios. Thiscovers topics such as renewable energy supply, energy storage and e-mobility, efficiencyin data centers and networks, sustainable food and water supply, sustainablehealth, industrial production and quality, etc. The book describescomputational methods and possible application scenarios.

People exploit the land for desired resources, or they convert vast expanses of natural terrain to landscapes that better meet their needs. Already about half the ice-free land area has been converted for human purposes, and that number is growing rapidly. Geosphere introduces students to sustainability--the idea that economic and social development, along with environmental protection, must be achieved together.

The term sustainability has entered the lexicon of many academic disciplines and fields of professional practice, but to date does not appear to have been seriously consid ered within the systems community unless, perhaps, under other guises. Within the wider community there is no consensus around what sustainability means with some authors identifying 70 to 100 definitions of the term. Some see sustainability as the precise and quantifiable outcomes of biological systems whilst others see it in terms of processes rele vant to personal and organizational change with the potential to effect changes in our rela tionships with out environments. Internationally it has been increasingly used in relation to the term sustainable development--a term popularised by the Brundland Commis of definitions sion's report in 1987 entitled Our Common Future. Despite this diversity and polarised perception on its utility, unlike many other popular terms, it has not had its time and subsided quietly from our language. It is therefore timely for the systems com munity to explore the relationship between systems and sustainability in a range of con texts. Participants in this, the 5th International Conference of the United Kingdom Systems Society (UKSS), have been invited to reflect critically on the contribution of sys tems thinking and action to sustainability-to the sustainability of personal relationships, the organizations in which live and work, and our natural environment.

Covers different categories of green technologies (e.g. biofuels, renewable energy sources, phytoremediation etc.,) in a nutshell -Focuses on next generation technologies which will help to attain the sustainable development -The chapters widely cover for students, faculties and researchers in the scientific arena of Environmentalists, Agriculturalists, Engineers and Policy Makers The World Environment Day 2012 is prepared to embrace green economy. The theme for 2012 encompasses various aspects of human living, ranging from transport to energy to food to sustainable livelihood. Green technology, an eco-friendly clean technology contributes to sustainable development to conserve the natural resources and environment which will meet the demands of the present and future generations. The proposed book mainly focuses on renewable energy sources, organic farming practices, phyto/bioremediation of contaminants, biofuels, green buildings and green chemistry. All of these eco-friendly technologies will help to reduce the amount of waste and pollution and enhance the nation's economic growth in a sustainable manner. This book is aimed to provide an integrated approach to sustainable environment and it will be of interest not only to environmentalists but also to agriculturists, soil scientists and bridge the gap between the scientists and policy-makers.

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Habitation, Urban Sociology, grade: 2.0, University of Westminster, language: English, abstract: In the last decade sustainability has become a central topic in discussions of regeneration in the UK and most other places in the world. Heightening awareness of current issues and that of future generations' is crucial in making a difference. The concept of sustainability can be applied to most aspects of human living and working. Within this essay co-housing as a form of sustainable communities will be discovered and introduced through a new built development in Gloucestershire, UK. This document seeks to approach this topic from various angles and aims to show weaknesses and strengths of co-housing. It should be highlighted that it is not only new developments where proactive differences need to be made but also within existing developments and houses. I will show that changes and improvements can be made through small or medium interventions.