Abstract
Industrial processes have different levels of impact on the environment and there is a need to foster knowledge of the environmental consequences of industrial activities. One way of achieving this is the application of the concepts of industrial ecology (multidisciplinary research approach) to industry’s day-to-day activities. Another possible way of pursuing this goal is to use environmental education as a tool towards increasing awareness with regard to the social, political and economic relevance, as well as to the need for environmentally sound industrial activities. This paper outlines the common features of both subjects and provides an example from Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), where such approaches have been integrated in an M.Sc. programme.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Arrow KJ (1979) The trade-off between growth and equity. Theory for economic efficiency: essays in honour of Abba P. Lerner. MIT Press, Cambridge
Arrow KJ, Fisher AC (1974) Environmental preservation, uncertainty, and irreversibility. Quart J Econ 88:312–319
Du Preez NP, Mohr-Swart M (2004) An integrated approach to environmental education: a case study. Int J Sustainabil Higher Educ 5(1):11–20
Giacomelli P, Travisi Ch, Nava M (2003) Are graduates in environmental sciences potential managers of the environment? Int J Sustainabil Higher Educ 4(1):9–16
Häberli R, Bill A, Grossenbacher-Mansuy W, Thompson Klein J, Scholz RW, Welti M (2001) Transdiciplinarity: joint problem solving among science, technology, and society. An effective way for managing complexity. Birkhäuser, Basel, pp 6–22
Hansmann R, Mieg HA, Crott HW, Scolz R (2003) Shifting students’ to experts’ complex systems knowledge. Int J Sustainabil Higher Educ 4(2):151–168
Leal Filho W (1999) Sustainability and university life. Peter Lang Publishing, Berlin
Leal Filho W (2002) Towards a closer integration of environmental education and industrial ecology. Int J Environ Sustainable Dev 1(1)
Mieg HA (2000) University-based projects for local sustainable development: designing expert roles and collective reasoning. Int J Sustainabil Higher Educ 1(1):67–82
Scholz RW, Tietje O (2002) Embedded case study methods: integrating quantitative and qualitative knowledge. Sage, Thousand Oaks
Staniskis JK (2001) Environmental management: strategies and implementation. Environmental research, engineering and management. Kaunas Technologija 16(2):3–10, ISSN 1392-1649
Staniskis JK, Arbaciauskas V (2004a) Institutional capacity building for pollution prevention centres in Central and eastern Europe with special reference to Lithuania”. J Cleaner Prod 12(3):207–214
Staniskis JK, Arbaciauskas V (2004b) Sustainable industrial development: reality and vision. Technological choices for sustainability. In: Proceedings of NATO Maribor workshop (Slovenia). Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 91–100, ISBN 3540211314
Staniskis JK, Stasiskiene Z, Kliopova I (2002) Cleaner production: systems approach, Monograph (in Lithuanian). Kaunas, 366 pp, ISBN 9955-09-312-9
Yencken D, Wilkinson D (2000) Resetting the compass: Australia’s journey towards sustainability. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Staniskis, J.K., Stasiskiene, Z. An integrated approach to environmental education and research: a case study. Clean Techn Environ Policy 8, 49–58 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-005-0028-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-005-0028-1