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Sustainability at work : careers that make a difference / Marilyn Waite.

By: Waite, Marilyn [author.].
Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ©2017Description: viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138200449 (hbk); 9781138200487 (pbk).Subject(s): Career development -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable development | EnvironmentalismDDC classification: 650.14 W13 2017
Contents:
1. Background four pillars of sustainable development -- 2. Introduction: sustainable development and careers -- 3. Pursuing sustainability in science and technology -- 4. Pursuing sustainability in health care -- 5. Pursuing sustainability in law and policy -- 6. Pursuing sustainability in business, economics, and financial services -- 7. Pursuing sustainability in education and research -- 8. Pursuing sustainability in media and entertainment -- 9. Conclusion: careers and the quadruple bottom line.
Summary: Sustainability at Work is a compelling guide for everyone who wants to have both a successful career and a career that makes a positive difference in society. Containing career advice of great value to students of sustainability, and explaining how they can apply their knowledge to their future careers, its appeal extends well beyond the classroom. Sustainability at Work includes an easy-to-follow framework that anyone wondering how they can make a sustainable difference in the workplace can apply. Professionals from a variety of backgrounds and territories explain how they brought a sustainability approach to various sectors: agriculture, health care, business, economics, and financial services, education and research, law and policy, science and technology, and entertainment and media. Through inspiring narratives and a structured framework, Sustainability at Work illustrates how sustainability can be incorporated into every imaginable career to impact the quadruple bottom line: environment, economy, society, and future generations
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"Earthscan from Routledge"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Background four pillars of sustainable development --
2. Introduction: sustainable development and careers --
3. Pursuing sustainability in science and technology --
4. Pursuing sustainability in health care --
5. Pursuing sustainability in law and policy --
6. Pursuing sustainability in business, economics, and financial services --
7. Pursuing sustainability in education and research --
8. Pursuing sustainability in media and entertainment --
9. Conclusion: careers and the quadruple bottom line.

Sustainability at Work is a compelling guide for everyone who wants to have both a successful career and a career that makes a positive difference in society. Containing career advice of great value to students of sustainability, and explaining how they can apply their knowledge to their future careers, its appeal extends well beyond the classroom. Sustainability at Work includes an easy-to-follow framework that anyone wondering how they can make a sustainable difference in the workplace can apply. Professionals from a variety of backgrounds and territories explain how they brought a sustainability approach to various sectors: agriculture, health care, business, economics, and financial services, education and research, law and policy, science and technology, and entertainment and media. Through inspiring narratives and a structured framework, Sustainability at Work illustrates how sustainability can be incorporated into every imaginable career to impact the quadruple bottom line: environment, economy, society, and future generations

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling

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