Sustainable Activism, The Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, and Experimental Learning
Paul T. Durbin
Emeritus Professor, Philosophy Department and Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware (United States)
Abstract
This article builds on, and incorporates, an earlier one, in which I used four examples of doctoral theses at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy to show the advantages of experiential learning in dealing with real-world problems of sustainable development. The purpose of the present paper is to expand that message, offering the Center as a model of the way a sustainable development program could be patterned, not only within the United States but worldwide. What this paper adds is nine more examples of doctoral theses, based on or eventuating in, real-world solutions in locales throughout the world, where experiential learning is once again the key.
Keywords:
sustainable development education, experimental learningReferences
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Paul T. DurbinEmeritus Professor, Philosophy Department and Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware United States
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