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Title Protecting the future : stories of sustainability from RMIT University / Sarah Holdsworth and Tricia Caswell (editors)
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction; 1 Learning about sustainability in the field: 'Farming the Future'; 2 Queen Victoria Market -- communicating sustainable; 3 Shifting the ground -- sustainable engineering at RMIT; 4 Home among the gum trees: RMIT Hamilton; 5 Melbourne Youth Learning Opportunities project -- sustainability story; 6 Solving salinity with the power of the sun; 7 Supermodern Gorgeous!; 8 Memory and an artist's view; 9 Mercury stole my fire; 10 Facilitating sustainable building: turning observation to practice; 11 Rats in the labyrinth: a sustainability story from Vietnam
Summary Protecting the Future showcases tangible examples of the practical implementation of global sustainability and the triple bottom-line plus one (comprising environmental, social and cultural economic and governance dimensions) in the scholarship and operations of RMIT University
Analysis Victoria
Sustainable development
RMIT University
Civil engineering
Environmentalism
Social change
Teaching
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Sustainable development -- Australia -- Victoria
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Victoria
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Victoria
Form Electronic book
Author Holdsworth, Sarah.
Caswell, Tricia.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
LC no. 2005363698
ISBN 0643092153
9780643092150
1283154463
9781283154468
9786613154460
6613154466
0643099514
9780643099517