Education for sustainable development: Emerging themes from adopters of a declaration

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Zutshi, Ambika, Creed, Dr Andrew and Connelly, Brian L.. (2019). Education for sustainable development: Emerging themes from adopters of a declaration. Sustainability. 11(1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11010156
AuthorsZutshi, Ambika, Creed, Dr Andrew and Connelly, Brian L.
Abstract

Universities that sign the Talloires Declaration signify their commitment to education for sustainable development. This research explores whether the signification is a strategic desire to be seen to be doing the right thing, or a genuine commitment to enhancing sustainability and helping the environment. This semi-structured interview research involves communication with the sustainability managers in the majority of Talloires signified universities in Australia. Since Australia has a comparably high rate of commitment to the Talloires Declaration, the findings represent rich and deep insight into reasons and motivations that can inform the adoption process around the world. Applying institutional theory and related concepts of structuration, isomorphism, and signaling, the findings are analyzed to reveal the range of environmental initiatives and the underlying explanation of themes. Current strategies and future directions for universities are indicated. Findings are that higher education is a key mechanism in business and society for finding and harnessing knowledge-based solutions. The challenge is that institutionalization has created resistance to change through coercive, normative, and mimetic isomorphism, along with rhetoric. Structuration factors should be considered in the context of making positive changes for sustainability in the university sector.

KeywordsTalloires Declaration; universities; environmental management; interviews; institutional theory
Year01 Jan 2019
JournalSustainability
Journal citation11 (1), pp. 1-15
PublisherMDPI
ISSN2071-1050
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3390/su11010156
Web address (URL)https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/156
Page range1-15
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Accepted22 Dec 2018
Deposited30 Jul 2024
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This research received internal research funding for data collection activity from the Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University.

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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