Presents a strategy and accompanying methodology for establishing environmental education as a major force for implementing Agenda 21. Proposes the establishment of an Education 21 program and the designation of the educational community as a new Rio major group. Makes recommendations to appropriate component bodies. Contains 10 references. (JRH)

A program started during a drought in Zimbabwe involved the cultivation of drought-resistant crops. The program made the women less dependent on their often-absent husbands and changed the relationship between men and women in the village. (JOW)

Oxfam is using a sustainable livelihoods framework in its antipoverty programs. Identifying assets and asset gaps illuminated gender difference in asset bases and survival strategies as well as the huge impact of the state on livelihood choices. (SK)

A renewable energy project in South Wales was enriched by elements of the sustainable livelihood approach: people centered, holistic, and dynamic. The approach shifted the focus from technology to people and from product to process; it combined micro and macro issues. (SK)

Explores how higher education can model sustainability, including an interdisciplinary, systemic educational experience to prepare graduates to lead society on a sustainable path. Provides several examples of colleges and universities that have made some of these changes, with an emphasis on curriculum connected to other college and university…

Asserts that universities must strive to reduce the ecological footprints of both their own operations and, more importantly, of the growth-oriented materialistic worldview they promote. Suggests that the real challenge for higher education is to help articulate an alternative life-sustaining worldview. (EV)

Provides a survey of innovative approaches to campus transportation in the United States. Explains that the high costs of parking expansion have propelled many institutions toward a transportation demand management strategy, using parking pricing, transit passes for students and employees, and investment in bicycle infrastructure to shift many…

Explains that an environmental approach to planning incorporates ecological information into campus master plans to ensure a sustainable campus landscape that is beautiful, durable, and distinctive. A case study of an Environmental Master Plan at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill illustrates how such a plan was created at one of the…

Discusses green buildings, facilities designed, constructed, and operated in an environmentally friendly and resource-efficient way. Discusses reasons for campuses to "go green," the "shades of green" or variations in environmental-friendliness, certification through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, financial…

Effectiveness of a required management course on the environment was measured with data from 89 students preinstruction and 117 postinstruction. The latter expressed greater levels of environmental concern on six variables: proenvironment behavior, balance of nature, environmental regulation, personal norms, property rights, and pollution…

Describes how sustainable educational facility design, resulting from a holistic approach to architectural design, engineering, and construction, can generate capital, operational, and maintenance savings. Offers examples related to roofing, air quality, and lighting. (EV)

This article examines the distributive effects of environmental policies designed to promote sustainability. The article argues that the obligation to preserve environmental resources for future generations should not undermine the obligation to meet the needs of the current generation if environmental initiatives are to succeed. (LZ)

Sustainable development requires changing perceptions about community resources, markets, rules, and decision making. The concept must be broadened beyond the traditional physical-biological to include the dimensions of time, space, marginalized groups, and dynamic economies. (SK)

Focuses on methods to make cities more sustainable through the processes of energy efficiency, pollution and waste reduction, capture of natural processes, and the merger of ecological, economic, and social factors. (LZ)

Discusses increasing emphasis on connectivity in the field of environmental problem solving. Touches on several major environmental problems as it discusses multidisciplinarity, marketization, and democratization as aspects of a new paradigm for environmental problem solving. (LZ)