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Responsible Living

Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Victoria W. Thoresen

    1. Faculty of Teacher Training and Natural Sciences, University College of Hedmark, Elverum, Norway

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  2. Declan Doyle

    1. School of Business and Humanities, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Ireland

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  3. Jorgen Klein

    1. University College of Hedmark, Elverum, Norway

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  4. Robert J. Didham

    1. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Yokosuka, Japan

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  • The world's leaders have agreed that education for sustainable lifestyles is of utmost importance
  • There are very few other organizations dealing with this topic and there are no other books available
  • This book will provide both historical information, analysis of trends and developments as well as insights into future possibilities
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives

      • Robert J. Didham, Declan Doyle, Jørgen Klein, Victoria W. Thoresen
      Pages 3-12

    3. The Route to Responsible Living: Doubting, Discovering, Daring and Doing

      • Victoria W. Thoresen
      Pages 13-23

  3. Advancing Norms and Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Ethics in Sustainability Education

      • Arthur Lyon Dahl
      Pages 27-40

    3. Learning for Sustainability

      • Marilyn Mehlmann, Miriam Sannum, Andre Benaim
      Pages 41-55

    4. ESD and Assessing the Quality of Education and Learning

      • Frans Lenglet
      Pages 57-72

    5. Creating Meaningful Life for a Responsible and Sustainable Future

      • Gregor Torkar
      Pages 73-82

    6. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Living

      • Martin Nkosi Ndlela
      Pages 83-93

  4. Transforming Learning Environments and Educational Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Enriching Responsible Living Curricula with Transdisciplinarity

      • Sue L. T. McGregor
      Pages 97-111

    3. Making the Invisible Visible: Designing Values-Based Indicators and Tools for Identifying and Closing ‘Value-Action Gaps’

      • Gemma Burford, Elona Hoover, Arthur Dahl, Marie K. Harder
      Pages 113-133

    4. Green Flag Eco-Schools and the Challenge of Moving Forward

      • Jonas Greve Lysgaard, Niels Larsen, Jeppe Læssøe
      Pages 135-150

    5. Envisioning Literacy to Promote Sustainable Wellbeing

      • Kaija Turkki
      Pages 151-178

    6. Building a Social Justice Pillar for Youth Career Development

      • Carme Martínez-Roca, Màrius Martínez, Pilar Pineda
      Pages 179-193

  5. Empowering Youth and Local Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Are Food Convenience and Sustainable Consumption Mutually Exclusive?

      • Suzanne Piscopo
      Pages 197-215

    3. A World at Stake—Global Citizenship, Justice, and the Role of Museums

      • Sigurd Solhaug Nielsen, Jørgen Klein
      Pages 217-232

    4. Social Learning for Sustainability

      • Robert J. Didham, Paul Ofei-Manu
      Pages 233-252
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About this book

Focusing on the challenges of the transition to responsible, sustainable lifestyles, this book examines developments over the last decade in relation to:

- the creation of awareness of consumer citizenship, civic involvement and environmental stewardship

- research, projects and publications on education for responsible living

- the creation and implementation of relevant teaching methods and materials

- policies on education for sustainable consumption and lifestyles

- global processes for education on sustainable development

The articles deal with topics related to policy support, institutional approaches, educators, young people, and local communities. They draw attention to successful initiatives and reflect upon what still needs to be done. The book also looks at the roles that central actors such as PERL (The Partnership for Education and research about Responsible Living) play in this process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Teacher Training and Natural Sciences, University College of Hedmark, Elverum, Norway

    Victoria W. Thoresen

  • School of Business and Humanities, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Ireland

    Declan Doyle

  • University College of Hedmark, Elverum, Norway

    Jorgen Klein

  • Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Yokosuka, Japan

    Robert J. Didham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Responsible Living

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives

  • Editors: Victoria W. Thoresen, Declan Doyle, Jorgen Klein, Robert J. Didham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15305-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15304-9Published: 02 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38526-6Published: 06 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15305-6Published: 04 February 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 283

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Educational Policy and Politics, Quality of Life Research, Human Geography

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