Essays about: "design for sustainability"

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1. 11. END-OF-LIFE FOR A QUARRY, WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Kimia Golamian Yosaf Abadi; [2023-06-21]
   Keywords : Quarrying; Aggregates; Life cycle; Environmental impact; Restoration; Permit;

   Abstract : Aggregates products are the largest non-energy mining industry in the world, which is the most extracted materials after water. The most prevalent source of aggregates is from quarries, or mines that target the rock itself. READ MORE

3. 12. Education for sustainable development in higher education. Students’ perspective and experience during a Masters programme in ESD at University of Gothenburg

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Usma Saleem; [2023-06-02]
   Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development; ESD and Higher Education; Institutions; Sustainability Consciousness; Competencies for ESD;

   Abstract : Aim: This thesis is an endeavor to explore Education for Sustainable development practiced in Higher Education. The study aims at exploring the students’ learning experience during an online Masters in Education for Sustainable Development taught at University of Gothenburg. READ MORE

4. 13. Emotion in adult learing

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Sara Shadabi; [2023-02-16]
   Keywords : adult education; migrant learners; Swedish for Immigrants SFI ; host country language learning; emotional states;

   Abstract : Aim: Of particular interest to this research are migrant students’ emotional states in the courses Swedish for foreigners (in Swedish “Svenska för invandrare” or SFI Swedish for immigrants) and their learning process, including types of emotions, reasons for the occurrence of these emotions, and the influence these emotions may have on learning. The study has an overarching research aim that incorporates identifying the main types of emotional states of SFI migrant students in Sweden, analysis of the dependency of emotional states of students on their studies, socialization, and integration. READ MORE

5. 14. Preventing a "derailment" of strategy: A single-case study on how green early-stage companies can drive a proactive sustainability strategy using MCS

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Michaela Jungner; Johan Kajerdt; [2023]
   Keywords : MCS; proactive sustainability strategy; intrinsic motivation; formal controls; informal controls;

   Abstract : This paper aims to fulfill two interrelated purposes by investigating (i) how green early-stage companies can use MCS to maintain a proactive sustainability strategy in a high-growth setting, and (ii) how green early-stage companies can design MCS to maintain employees' intrinsic motivation for sustainability. By applying the theoretical lens of the Object of Control framework and intrinsic motivation, the single-case study explores how sustainability-related MCS is employed to drive sustainability strategy and how controls can be designed to maintain employees' intrinsic motivation for sustainability. READ MORE

6. 15. Meal planning intervention to maximise usage of ingredients in domestic households

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Maria Omarsdottir; [2023]
   Keywords : Food sustainability; Meal planning; Interaction design; Research through Design; Human computer interaction; Domestic waste; Mat hållbarhet; Måltidsplanering; Interaktionsdesign; Forskning genom design; Människa-datorinteraktion; Hushållsavfall;

   Abstract : Att ta itu med hållbarhet i livsmedel och minska livsmedelsindustrins miljöpåverkan har avgörande betydelse. Inom detta sammanhang har måltidsplanering framstått som en betydande faktor som påverkar matbeteendet och bidrar till att minska hushållsavfallet. READ MORE