Environmental management and audit schemes implementation as an educational tool for sustainability

被引:47
作者
Ferreira, A. J. D. [1 ]
Lopes, M. A. R. [1 ]
Morais, J. P. F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Escola Super Agraria Coimbra, Ctr Estudos Recursos Nat Ambiente & Sociedade, P-3040316 Coimbra, Portugal
关键词
sustainability; environmental education; environmental management systems; globalisation;
D O I
10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.01.003
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The trail to sustainability requires a revolution on the way environmental professionals perceive and solve environmental problems. In a globalisation context, environmental professionals have to develop new personal, interpersonal, societal and technical skills to become active throughout their professional lives and to be of value in the quest for sustainability. Professionals have to develop open mindsets, a holistic perspective of the problems and integrated solutions. Current environmental engineer courses fail to provide the required skills, due to the traditional higher education structure. The role of implementation of an Environmental Management System on campus, in providing students with the 'hands-on', 'on-the-job' business skills that will make them useful in the search for sustainability is discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:973 / 982
页数:10
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