What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.
"Sustainability" as defined by the EPA
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Books & Ebooks
The following books on sustainability and higher education are accessible through the Jennings Library. Additional titles can be found through searching CalCat or Summon, or through our virtual book displays on Pinterest.
Focus on Educating for Sustainability by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9781936117611Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9781118104576Publication Date: 2012-08-14
Last Child in the Woods by Call Number: BF353.5 .N37 L68 2005ISBN: 1565123913Publication Date: 2005-04-15
The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9780262027113Publication Date: 2014-02-28
Teaching Environmental Literacy by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9780253221506Publication Date: 2010-01-11
Sustainability: a comprehensive foundation by Call Number: onlinePublication Date: 2013An open access textbook created by faculty at the University of Illinois.
Guide Author
This guide was created by Siobhan McCarthy. It is currently being maintained by the Science Liaison Librarian.
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