Learning for transformation Sustainable development requires a shift towards a society that better addresses basic human needs and the limitations of natural systems. A transformation of e.g. mindsets, educational approaches, societal structures, technical systems and economic accounting methods is needed. Engineering education institutions can play an important role in this transformation and in the sustainable society [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
- Abstract submission is now available at www.eesd10.org - Welcome to the next biannual conference in Engineering Education in Sustainable Development, EESD10 Göteborg, Sweden, September, 19th -22nd (+ side event in Stockholm, September, 23d), 2010. Theme: Learning for transformation Sustainable development requires a shift towards a society that better addresses basic human needs and the limitations of natural systems. A transformation [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 26, 2005
by R.K. Khitoliya and Nitin Tanwar, Department of Civil Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India E-governance has been considered as an ideal tool to speed up the development process by developing countries all over the world, especially in the case of isolated rural communities. However, e-governance has not yet been effectively implemented in these communities because [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 16, 2005
by Mosmi Bhim Many developing countries have been afflicted with problems of governance. These problems have been associated with maladministration, malpractice, corruption, nepotism, and abuse of office for private gain. Leadership is one of the prime areas where governance problems appear to occur. Many countries have experienced misappropriation of public money by politicians and heads of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 30, 2004
by Laurent Demarta, Pertuis, France I recently lived for three months in Afghanistan. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) had sent me with a team of three others to a remote valley in the Indu Kush, at an altitude of more than 2000 meters. The weather was clear and icy cold. Our house was built of round stones [...]
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