Academic Department
A focal point for this program is our Teaching and Research Farm and Agroecology Laboratory located in Valle Crucis. Students utilize the farm to enhance their classroom lessons about agroecology, agroforestry, and sustainable farming practices.
University Sustainability Mission
Sustainable Development
“Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable—to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
—The World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
Selected Titles in Sustainable Development
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Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World by ISBN: 1780525494Publication Date: 2012-03-07 -
Agricultural urbanism : handbook for building sustainable food & agriculture systems in 21st century cities by Publication Date: Green Frigate Books; [Chicago, IL] c2010 -
Alliances for sustainable development: business and NGO partnerships by Publication Date: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 -
Designing our future : local perspectives on bioproduction, ecosystems and humanity by Publication Date: New York : United Nations University Press, c2011 -
Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development by ISBN: 9781138486539Publication Date: 2018-12-03 -
Ethical transformations for a sustainable future by Publication Date: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2011 -
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Evaluating sustainable development in the built environment by Publication Date: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 -
Global sustainable development in the twenty-first century by Publication Date: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2000 -
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Management and sustainable development of coastal zone environment by Publication Date: London : Springer, 2009 -
Out of water : from abundance to scarcity and how to solve the world's water problems by Publication Date: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2011 -
Running out of water : the looming crisis and solutions to conserve our most precious resource by Publication Date: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 -
Seeking sustainability: on the prospect of an ecological liberalism by Publication Date: New York : Routledge, 2011 -
Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals by ISBN: 9780367200725Publication Date: 2019-03-07 -
State of the world, 2010 : transforming cultures : from consumerism to sustainability by Publication Date: New York : W.W. Norton, 2010 -
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Sustainable and resilient communities : a comprehensive action plan for towns, cities, and regions by Publication Date: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011 -
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Tomorrow's garden : design and inspiration for a new age of sustainable gardening by Publication Date: New York : Rodale, c2011 -
Treated wastewater in agriculture : use and impacts on the soil environment and crops by Publication Date: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2011 -
Understanding sustainable development by Publication Date: Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008 -
Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEAN by ISBN: 9789004391949Publication Date: 2019-01-24 -
Water by Publication Date: Detroit: Greenhaven Press, c2010 -
Wind Energy Handbook by Publication Date: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2011
Subject Guide
Xiaorong Shao
Subjects:Sociology, Sustainable Development