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Sustainable Solutions, Fall/Winter 2020, Issue 41
Sustainable Solutions, Fall/Winter 2020, Issue 41
Sustain Magazine
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Environmentally Responsible Land Use, Spring/Summer 2010, Issue 22
Environmentally Responsible Land Use, Spring/Summer 2010, Issue 22
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Communities, Fall/Winter 2010, Issue 21
Sustainable Communities, Fall/Winter 2010, Issue 21
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Building, Spring/Summer 2009, Issue 20
Sustainable Building, Spring/Summer 2009, Issue 20
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Environmental History, Fall/Winter 2009, Issue 19
Environmental History, Fall/Winter 2009, Issue 19
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Student Research, Spring/Summer 2008, Issue 18
Evolving Pollution Prevention, Fall/Winter 2008, Issue 17
Evolving Pollution Prevention, Fall/Winter 2008, Issue 17
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Climate Change, Spring/Summer 2007, Issue 16
Land Conservation, Spring/Summer 2006, Issue 14
Land Conservation, Spring/Summer 2006, Issue 14
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Green Cities, Spring/Summer 2005, Issue 12
Global Sustainability, Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 11
Global Sustainability, Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 11
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Environmental Justice, Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 10
Environmental Justice, Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 10
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Kentucky's Environmental Future, Fall/Winter 2004, Issue 9
Kentucky's Environmental Future, Fall/Winter 2004, Issue 9
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Urban Ecology, Spring/Summer 2003, Issue 8
Urban Regeneration, Fall/Winter 2003, Issue 7
Urban Air Quality, Spring/Summer 2002, Issue 6
Sustainability Of Industrialized Agriculture, Fall/Winter 2002, Issue 5
Sustainability Of Industrialized Agriculture, Fall/Winter 2002, Issue 5
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Urban Design For Environmental Protection, Spring/Summer 2001, Issue 4
Urban Design For Environmental Protection, Spring/Summer 2001, Issue 4
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Stream Restoration, Spring/Summer 2011, Issue 24
Stream Restoration, Spring/Summer 2011, Issue 24
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Renewable Energy, Fall/Winter 2011, Issue 23
Biodiversity, Fall/Winter 2012, Issue 25
Active Transportation, Spring/Summer 2012, Issue 26
Active Transportation, Spring/Summer 2012, Issue 26
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Heat Islands, Fall/Winter 2014, Issue 29
Sustainable Behavior, Spring/Summer 2013, Issue 28
Sustainable Behavior, Spring/Summer 2013, Issue 28
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Campus Sustainability, Spring/Summer 2014, Issue 30
Campus Sustainability, Spring/Summer 2014, Issue 30
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Zero Waste, Spring/Summer 2017, Issue 36
Sustainability In Quality Improvement And Patient Safety Initiatives, Angelo P. Giardino, Eileen R. Giardino
Sustainability In Quality Improvement And Patient Safety Initiatives, Angelo P. Giardino, Eileen R. Giardino
Journal of Nursing & Interprofessional Leadership in Quality & Safety
The question often asked of a quality improvement initiative is whether the improvement process has been sustained within the organization. Rarely is the question answered satisfactorily. The sustainability of an improvement process is important as it justifies the investment of human and financial capital. The term 'evaporation of improvements' addresses the dilemma that between 33% to 70% of all innovations are reportedly not sustained (Fleiszer, Semenic, Ritchie, Richer, & Denis, 2015) . This evaporation of improvement captures the frustrating inability of many institutions to maintain the achieved improvement after the newness of the initial effort wears off (Buchanan, Fitzgerald, & …
If Animals Could Talk: Reflection On The Dutch Party For Animals In Student Assignments, Helen Kopnina
If Animals Could Talk: Reflection On The Dutch Party For Animals In Student Assignments, Helen Kopnina
Animal Studies Journal
This article explores how concern about animal welfare and animal rights relates to ecological citizenship by discussing student assignments written about the Dutch Party for Animals or PvdD. ‘Animal welfare’, ‘animal rights’, and ‘ecological citizenship’ perspectives offer insights into strategic choices of eco-representatives and animal rights/welfare advocates as well as educators. The assignments balance animal issues with socio-economic ones, explore the relationship between sustainability and ethics, and attribute responsibility for unsustainable or unethical practices. Analysis of student assignments reveals nuanced positions on the anthropocentrism-ecocentrism continuum, showing students’ ability to critically rethink their place within larger environmental systems. Some students demonstrated …