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- Introduction
- Ecocriticism
- Optimisation
- Grounded Economic Awareness
- Advertising Awareness
- Transition Skills
- Commons Thinking
- Effortless Action
- Permaculture Design
- Community Gardening
- Ecological Intelligence
- Systems Thinking
- Gaia Awareness
- Futures Thinking
- Values Reflection and the Earth Charter
- Social Conscience
- New Media Literacy
- Cultural Literacy
- Carbon Capability
- Greening Business
- Materials Awareness
- Appropriate Technology and Appropriate Design
- Technology Appraisal
- Complexity, Systems Thinking and Practice
- Coping with Complexity
- Emotional Wellbeing
- Finding Meaning Without Consuming
- Being in the World
- Beauty as a Way of Knowing
- Citizen Engagement
- Re-Educating the Person
- Institutional Transformation
- A Learning Society
- Additional chapters
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Greening Business
Greening Business: the ability to drive environmental and sustainability improvements in the workplace. Zoe Robinson, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University
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The business sector accounts for a significant proportion of the UK’s environmental footprint, in addition to having a major influence on wider social and economic sustainability issues both nationally and internationally. Making improvements in the environmental and sustainability performance of businesses and organisations is therefore crucial for achieving a more sustainable society. In order for employees at all levels to be able to contribute to making these improvements, a sustainability literate workforce is needed. This sustainability literacy must involve, alongside appropriate values and ethics, the practical knowledge, understanding and skills to drive positive environmental change within an organisation. Sustainability issues are relevant to all organisations of all sizes and in all sectors. Increasingly, organisations themselves are demanding sustainability literacy skills for a wide range of roles and responsibilities. If learners can gain these skills they are therefore improving both their own employability as well as their ability to contribute to making their future workplace and society more sustainable.
