Essays about: "sustainability change agents"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words sustainability change agents.
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21. Towards a neutral North : identifying factors that drive a municipality to actively propel a low carbon transition : a case study of Akureyri, Iceland
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Lowering global carbon emission is one of the most pressing issues of our time. A rising interest in the role of cities in lowering emissions has been detected. Although urban areas are active entities in the production of carbon emissions they are also potential hubs for designing and implementing solutions. READ MORE
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22. Living degrowth - a transformative endeavour? : investigating practices, motivations and challenges of living for a new era
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Our world is experiencing accelerated ecological destruction and social injustices on different scales and multiple levels. Unchecked economic growth has been criticised as causing this since the 1970s, but the dominant sustainable development paradigm has perpetuated the belief that economic growth and environmental protection can go hand-in-hand. READ MORE
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23. Revisiting the Glocal : the critical role of alternative food movements in transforming the global food system
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : The dominant food system is unable to guarantee food security for 11% of the global population and hasn't solved problems of hunger, malnutrition, and obesity on the one hand side, while it also contributes fundamentally to the degradation of natural resources and makes living in a safe operating space for humankind increasingly unlikely. A transformational reform of the food system enabling increased access to food of the world's food-insecure people is much needed. READ MORE
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24. Key competencies to action : transdisciplinary learning of key competencies for sustainability
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Purpose: According to literature there is a set of six key competencies that distinguish sustainability professionals, including researchers, from professionals and researchers in other fields, making them “systemic problem solvers, change agents, and transition managers”. However, there is lack of empirical evidence, first, that these skills are necessary and sufficient for sustainability problem solving, and second, that current sustainability programs and courses convey these skills. READ MORE
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25. Organising and translating social sustainability : A study of difficulties in implementing social strategies in municipal urban planning
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : During the past decade policies and strategies for social sustainability have been developed in order to draw attention to the issue of redistribution of resources in the city and the creation of environments for everyone, and to “enhance social sustainability” is a common policy objective in contemporary Swedish urban planning. It is, however, not clear or predictable what social strategies actually deliver in terms of tangible results. READ MORE
