Leal Filho, Walter

Environmental Careers, Environmental Employment and Environmental Training.

International Approaches and Contexts.

Frankfurt/ a. M.

2001

3631386869

Verlagsinfo:
This book presents an overview of experiences, projects and approaches related to employment in the environment sector and of trends related to sustainability. It also contains an article an career prospects for women in the field of engineering, of which environmental engineering is an important component. This publication, prepared as part of the project «Careers in Engineering» funded by the EU's LEONARDO Programme, documents a variety of experiences an environmental training useful to those involved with curnculum development, curriculum planning and other aspects of environmental education.

Lucy McAuley/Lisa Looney: Experiences of Women Engineers in Ireland

Walter Leal Filho: Fostering Employment in the Environment Sector in Europe: Results of the German Survey

Joachim Loeper/Norbert Juraske: Continuing Education in the Environmental Sciences - Experience in Distance Education

Ursula Klaschka: Six Suggestions an How to Improve Environmental Education at Universities of Applied Sciences

Rod S. Barratt: Environmental education at a distance - Producing practical problem solvers

Petr Sauer: Minor Specialisation: Good Opportunities for Environmentally Profiled Graduates from an Economics University

Katarina Larsen/ Walter Leal Filho/Folke Snickars: Approaches to environmental growth and development - experiences from the project Competence Centres an the Environment

Harald A. Mieg: Professionalization and Professional Activities in the Swiss Market for Environmental Services

Roger H. Bezdek: The Environmental Protection Industry and Environmental Jobs in the U.S.A.

Walter Leal Filho: Environmental Management, Employment and Economic Growth - An analysis of trends in Europe.