目录

  • 1 Chapter 1 Towards sustainable development
    • 1.1 Learning Objectives
    • 1.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 1.2.1 Text 1:The road to sustainable development
      • 1.2.2 Text 2: The 1992 Rio Earth Summit and after
      • 1.2.3 Text 3: Millennium Development Goals
      • 1.2.4 Text 4: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
      • 1.2.5 Text 5: Capital and the ‘capitalization’ of sustainable development
      • 1.2.6 Text 6: Sustainable development as a ‘dialogue of values’
    • 1.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 1.4 After-Class Output Project
      • 1.4.1 Environmental Management on Global Level;
      • 1.4.2 Envronmental Management on National Level
      • 1.4.3 Environmental Management on  Enterprise Level
    • 1.5 Summary & Homework
    • 1.6 Key Terms
    • 1.7 References
  • 2 Chapter 2 : Worldviews and ethical values: towards an ecological paradigm
    • 2.1 Learning Objectives
    • 2.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 2.2.1 Text 1: Sustainability and sustainable development
      • 2.2.2 Text 2: Paths, perspectives and worldviews
      • 2.2.3 Text 3: Deep and shallow ecology
      • 2.2.4 Text 4: Social ecology
      • 2.2.5 Text 5: Bioregionalism
      • 2.2.6 Text 6: Systems thinking and complexity
      • 2.2.7 Text 7:The promise of new technology
    • 2.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 2.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 2.5 Summary and Homework
    • 2.6 Key Terms
    • 2.7 References
  • 3 Chapter 3 : Cultural and Contested understandings of Science and Sustainability
    • 3.1 Learning Objectives
    • 3.2 Before-Class Learnimg
      • 3.2.1 Text 1:From dialogue to learning: “sustainability” as a heuristic
      • 3.2.2 Text 2: Science, politics and climate change
      • 3.2.3 Text 3 : The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement: COP21
      • 3.2.4 Text 4: The precautionary principle
      • 3.2.5 Text 5: Sustainability science: birth of a new discipline
      • 3.2.6 Text 6:  Science, knowledge and sustainability
    • 3.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 3.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 3.5 Summary and Homework
    • 3.6 Key Terms
    • 3.7 References
  • 4 Chapter 4 Connecting Social with Environmental Justice
    • 4.1 Learning Objectives
    • 4.2 Before-Class Learnimg
      • 4.2.1 Text 1:  The Relationship between Human Society and the Environment
      • 4.2.2 Text 2: Human Social Behavior Affecting the Environment
      • 4.2.3 Text 3:  Connecting Social with Environmental Justice
      • 4.2.4 Text 4: The Role of New Digital Media on Environmental Justice
      • 4.2.5 Text 5: Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
      • 4.2.6 Text 6: The Idea of “the commons” in Social Capital
      • 4.2.7 Text 7: Critique on Achievement of the Environmental Justice Movement
      • 4.2.8 Text 8: Evaluation on Migration in Sustainable Development
      • 4.2.9 Text 9: Ecological Debt and Human Development
    • 4.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 4.4 After-Class Ourput Project
    • 4.5 Summary and Homwork
    • 4.6 Key Terms
    • 4.7 References
  • 5 Chapter 5: Sustainable development, politics and governance
    • 5.1 Learning Objectives
    • 5.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 5.2.1 Text 1: Human Agency and Sustainable Development
      • 5.2.2 Text 2: Ecological Democratization
      • 5.2.3 Text 3:  Extending Democracy to the Workplace
      • 5.2.4 Text 4: Governance, Democracy and Eco-welfare
      • 5.2.5 Text 5: Global Civil Society and World Civic Politics
      • 5.2.6 Text 6: Greenpeace International and the Politics of Perspective Change  Greenpeace International, originating in Canada, in the late 1960s with a small but highly visible direct protest action agains...
    • 5.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 5.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 5.5 Summary and Homework
    • 5.6 Key Terms
    • 5.7 References
  • 6 Chapter 6: Conservation and Sustainable Development
    • 6.1 Learning Objectives
    • 6.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 6.2.1 Text 1: Natural Ecology in the Present Earth
      • 6.2.2 Text 2: IUCN Red List
      • 6.2.3 Text 3: The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
      • 6.2.4 Text 4: The Political Ecology of Conservation and Development
      • 6.2.5 Text 5: Capitalism and Conservation
      • 6.2.6 ​  Text 6: Urban Biodiversity
    • 6.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 6.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 6.5 Summary and Homework
    • 6.6 Key Terms
    • 6.7 References
  • 7 Chapter 7 Envisioning sustainable societies and urban areas
    • 7.1 Learning Objectives
    • 7.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 7.2.1 Text 1:  Sustainable Societies
      • 7.2.2 Text 2: Sustainability from the perspective of Production and consumption
      • 7.2.3 Text 3:  Urban Areas
    • 7.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 7.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 7.5 Summary and Homework
    • 7.6 Key Terms
    • 7.7 References
  • 8 Chapter 8  Communication and Learning for Sustainability
    • 8.1 Learning Objectives
    • 8.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 8.2.1 Text 1: New Media and Sustainable Development
      • 8.2.2 Text 2: The Examples of GamesTelevisions and Advertisements
      • 8.2.3 Text 3:  The Features of “Education for Sustainable Development ” 
    • 8.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 8.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 8.5 Summary and Homework
    • 8.6 Key Terms
    • 8.7 References
  • 9 Chapter 9 Leading the Sustainability Process
    • 9.1 Learning Objectives
    • 9.2 Before-Class Learning
      • 9.2.1 Text 1:  Leadership in Organizations and Society of Sustainable Development
      • 9.2.2 Text 2:  Some Representative Views with the UN PRME Initiative
    • 9.3 In-Class Discussion
    • 9.4 After-Class Output Project
    • 9.5 Summary and Homework
    • 9.6 Key Terms
    • 9.7 References
  • 10 Final Tasks
    • 10.1 Final Academic Poster
      • 10.1.1 Some  Helpful Tips (Chapter 8 after-class task)
      • 10.1.2 Some Helpful Videos
      • 10.1.3 Some Previous Homework
    • 10.2 Some Inspirations for Research Questions
    • 10.3 Final Paper--How to Find a Research Question
    • 10.4 Final Paper-How to Do the Literature Review
    • 10.5 Final Paper--How to Write the Methology Chapter
    • 10.6 Final Paper--What is Quantitative Research and Qualitative Research
    • 10.7 Final Paper--How to Write the Result and Discussion
In-Class Discussion

Extended  Learning

1. Review the Key Points 

Task 1:Group Work—do the summary of the key points in each part of Chapter 8

Task 2 :  Individual Thinking: (1) What is the role of  New Media in performing sustainable Development in modern society? (2) Illustrate the functions of New Media of    performing sustainable Development in modern society with some examples of games, televisions and advertisements. (3) What are the connotations of sustainable Development education?(4) How to do formal  and informal sustainable Development education?

2. Group Discussion

(1) When does sustainability communication end and education for sustainable development begin?

(2) How important are feature films and television in raising ecological awareness?

(3) In what ways can images be more powerful than the spoken or the printed word in promoting sustainable development?

(3) In your view, what skills and knowledge does an eco-literate person need to develop?

(4) How can schools and colleges best promote sustainable development?

3. Case Study 

Use the following videos on sustainable development education   as  case studies  to illustrate how to perform the formal and informal sustainable development education in modern society.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uE411P7D8?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click