What is Sustainable Development?
The World Commission on Environment and Development is generally credited with bringing the concept of sustainable development to the global stage
The Role of the University in Achieving a Sustainable Future
While a global sustainable future cannot be achieved through changes in one sector alone, education is seen as a vehicle to work towards this goal.
Links: What’s going on in Canada related to Sustainability and Universities
Sustainability in Higher Education Declarations that have Canadian Signatories
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Origins
In 2005, Dr. Tarah Wright commissioned a two year study investigating Canadian universities’ stances on sustainability. The findings were so provoking and the topic so timely, that we could not let the results simply end up as a bound report sitting on shelves. Thus was born Rethink University and The Goggles Project - a conceptual platform to engage higher education stakeholders in conversations about sustainability. The Goggles Project uses a quirky troupe of travelling players who will both collect and disseminate powerful thoughts on the role that universities can play in creating a sustainable world.
