Favour Of Sustainable Development Research Articles

Application of Empowerment Pedagogy in Training of Future Primary School Teachers on the Basis of Sustainable Development

The problem of Empowerment Pedagogy has been studied in the psychological and pedagogical aspect and in the dimension of higher pedagogical education. Various approaches to the interpretation of the definition of the defined concept have been revealed. Emphasis is placed on the Pedagogy of Empowerment as a resource for self-discovery and self-education of future primary school teachers through activities in favour of sustainable development. The theoretical aspects of the given problem are studied on the basis of the analysis of the scientific literature, comparative and dialectical analysis of the obtained data. The potential possibilities of Empowerment Pedagogy in training of future primary school teachers to the professional activity considering the principles of sustainable development have been clarified. The impact of empowerment on the development of the strategy of individual independent activity of higher education seekers in the area of personal and professional responsibility has been revealed. The experimental study was conducted to verify the theoretical data involving students of the fourth year of study of the educational and professional program "Primary Education" of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. Experimental training took place when teaching the elective course "Education for sustainable development in modern primary school" to future teachers. In the course of the research work, the impact of Empowerment Pedagogy on the ability of future primary school teachers to self-analyse and develop transformational empowerment activities was established. The results of control measurements showed an increase in the number of respondents with an active and transformational level of empowerment activities. Observations of the educational process testify to the increased awareness of future teachers of individual responsibility for sustainable development in the personal and professional spheres.

Are Mercosur economies going green or going away? An empirical investigation of the association between technological innovations, energy use, natural resources and GHG emissions

The dynamic association between technological innovations, human capital and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has serious environmental repercussions. On the other hand, as significant as it is, this domain is inadequately investigated by environmentalists, and explored the indefinite and vague outcomes. In addition, these studies do not deal with the function of natural resources in determining environmental quality, in an explicit and precise manner. For that reason, realizing the need for a further rigorous and significant assessment of the intricacies concerned in studying GHG emissions, this study investigates the influence of technological innovations, economic growth, renewable energy, natural resources, and human capital on GHG emissions in Mercosur countries from 1990 to 2018. The analysis follows a second-generation perspective, which generates reliable and robust outcomes in the presence of slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependency. The long-run elasticity estimates calculated through the Driscoll and Kraay approach suggest that economic growth and natural resources significantly increase GHG emissions, while technological innovations, renewable energy, and human capital help to curtail them. The outcomes of the country-specific analysis are consistent with the Mercosur panel estimates. The findings of the Dumitrescu and Hurlin non-causality test reveal a feedback hypothesis between economic growth, human capital, renewable energy, and GHG emissions. The conservation hypothesis from technological innovation and natural resources to GHG emission is also discovered. Mercosur economies should increase their technological innovation activities and human capital to ensure that new firms and established companies can innovate rapidly in favour of sustainable development and lifestyle quality. The empirical findings of this study allow us to propose various policy suggestions for the Mercosur countries.

Entrepreneurial Behaviour Identified among SME Members of an International Group with Sustainability-Oriented Strategy

The current development of energy management services is stimulated by a series of factors that are both external and industry-specific. One important external factor is the pressure coming from legal provisions in favour of sustainable development. This qualitative, descriptive research is focused on an international group with a strategic orientation to sustainability. The aim is to analyse the strategic changes of several group members over a period of 15 years (2004–2019) in order to identify their entrepreneurial behaviour (EB), contributing to scarce literature on EB of sustainability-oriented SMEs—medium-sized enterprises, in particular. The methodological approach included both secondary and primary research (direct observation and in-house interviews). The results match the research objectives and research questions in that they are able to identify different types and degrees of enterprise EB (EEB). The findings demonstrated here support a proposed finer EEB typology: independent EEB and induced EEB. Besides the natural limitations of the research (only comprising companies of a group and single industry), the main limitation of the study is its pre-pandemic characteristic, which is also a challenging research opportunity for further post-pandemic studies on EEB. The promising results of this exploratory research on EEB and novel EEB typology proposed should also be tested in more industries. The research results are useful for scholars, company managers, and entrepreneurs as well as for strategists involved in designing sustainable development policies.

Engagement in Green Procurement: Antecedents and Outcomes on Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from Iran

Implementation of green procurement principles in the public and private sectors is an important issue in favour of sustainable development. This correlational survey aimed to identify and analyse the antecedents and outcomes of the adoption of product-based green procurement practices in manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises. Accordingly, the statistical population consisted of all manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises operating in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, among which 120 samples was selected, using the complete enumeration sampling method. Managers of these manufacturing companies are more aware of the status of their respective company than anyone else; therefore, senior managers, middle managers, and supervisors were selected as the participants. The collected data was analysed using Smart-PLS software. Based on the findings, environmental concern, employee competency, motivation and rewards had significant positive effects on the adoption of product-based green procurement practices. However, there was no significant relationship between customer pressure and green procurement. The adoption of product-based green procurement practices also had a significant positive effect on corporate performance, market performance, social performance, and environmental performance. The findings and suggestions of the present study can provide marketers and managers with an insight to improve the performance of their respective manufacturing enterprise.

About STEM from the Perspective of STS

The movement of STEM has become the synonym for the renewal of science education. Nevertheless, the movement of STEM is not unambiguous. The article discusses two contradicting interpretations of STEM. The first one descends from the Weltanschauung of Modernity, the second one – from the critics of Modernity. According to the former, STEM education deals with the purification and integration of the disciplines of science education and answers the needs of the high-tech labour market. The latter one emphasizes the syncretic and anthropological character of the ecological mind and the changing patterns of consumption and production in favour of sustainable development. This version of STEM is closely related to the development of STS, which paves the way from purification and integration to the translation and human and non-human networking (ANT). The article searches for the answer to the question of how to deal with the confronting STEM versions in the process of the renewal of science education.

Delivering More Homes: Radical Action to Unblock the System

The planning system has become too complex and the revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework risk exacerbating the situation. The principle of a clear general presumption in favour of sustainable development that has equal weight to other considerations, including the Development Plan, must be reintroduced. The Planning Inspectorate appears to be under extreme pressure; increased involvement of outside specialists and a sitting mediation service would help to resolve the problems and speed up decisions. All Green Belt boundaries should be reviewed, starting with those areas that do not have an adequate land supply for the next ten years to meet known population requirements. An early release of Green Belt would help to meet the urgent need for housing in and around Birmingham, Manchester, and London. The most sustainable areas will be within walking distance of railway or underground stations. The government should introduce legislation to enable the setting up of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) as an appropriate delivery mechanism for new integrated and sustainable communities with a mix of housing types and tenures, for example, homes for sale, private rental, housing association accommodation and more specialised types, such as sheltered accommodation for the elderly. The Government Property Unit in the Cabinet Office needs to up its game and accelerate progress with its Government Estate Strategy, notably in respect of the One Public Estate programme which appears to have made lamentable progress as far as land sales are concerned. Given the slow progress so far made on public land disposals, consideration should be given to allowing a private sector body permission to apply to acquire public sector land under the Compensation Code and serve a Disposal Order to achieve such a transfer. This might prove particularly relevant where this relates to land where a local authority has already granted planning permission. There is a strong case to use land promotion partners where additional expertise and funding is judged necessary to unlock sites for development. Promoters can supply ‘shovel-ready’ sites into the land market, speeding up the delivery of new homes.

What are political leaders' environmental intentions? The impact of social identification processes and macro-economic conditions

Evidence of continued environmental degradation has led to a questioning of the traditional vision of unlimited economic growth in favour of sustainable development. Although several explicit environmental strategies were designed at the supranational level, the pursuit of environmental sustainability remains an aim driven by political concerns at the country level. This study aims to investigate the role of both “internal” (cognitive and motivational factors) and “external” (social forces and macro-economic conditions) contexts in influencing the propensity of political leaders regarding environmental matters. The findings indicate that cognitive and motivational factors tend to shape the environmental intentions of political leaders, whereas the “external” context does not have a significant impact. Our results suggest that the political leaders' propensity for addressing environmental matters is largely affected by the desire of leaders to establish or confirm an individual status (through political processes) or to conform to group norms. However, younger political leaders demonstrate a higher environmental propensity than do older leaders.

Incoherence and incompatibility in planning law

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the obligations imposing localism and the presumption in favour of sustainable development in English planning law.Design/methodology/approach– The paper uses doctrinal analysis to examine section 38 PCPA 2004 and the NPPF to assess whether the obligations are coherent when considered as stand-alone obligations, and whether they are compatible when combined. Case law and the statutory provisions are examined to assess this. Planning theory is also examined to bring a multidisciplinary focus to the analysis.Findings– The paper concludes that there are problems with these legal obligations when considered as stand-alone obligations. There is imprecision over the meaning of key terms; the “presumptions” established do not operate as true presumptions; and there is an ambiguity as to the hierarchy of norms and the allocation of decision-making control. When combined, the incoherence increases. It is argued that this occurs thanks to underlying disagreements in key concepts in planning theory.Originality/value– This paper examines the new structures of planning law introduced under the Localism Act 2011 and the NPPF and considers how this structure works in practice. It does so from the multidisciplinary viewpoint of planning law and planning theory and links these two approaches. This is not replicated elsewhere in the literature. It considers in detail the ensuing case law, and the contradictions that appear. Again, there is little surveying the overall framework of planning law in the UK.

The National Planning Policy Framework and Archaeology: A Discussion

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) continues to divide opinion. This is especially the case in relation to heritage and the historic environment. On the one hand, the historic environment is given its own section in the document, and there is strong rhetoric around the importance of conserving unique heritage assets. On the other, aspects of the NPPF are a source of great concern, not least the so-called ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’. The end of the transition year, in which local authorities are supposedly updating their local plans, will therefore be a crucial moment for determining the longer-term impact of the NPPF.

Elements of Perception Regarding Sustainable Development in Geneva

Environmental preservation, economic growth and related topics that have an impact on Earth are becoming more and more important today. Worldwide, there's a call for a deep involvement in favour of sustainable development. Pursuing sustainable development objectives needs day-by- day commitment from all the society actors: governments, industries and individuals. Among them, individuals play a strategic role: they have the possibility to vote for politicians who act in favour of sustainable issues. Then, people can decide to buy and consume goods produced by sustainable industries. Additionally, they can pay attention not to waste water, electricity or gasoline (e.g. by walking or using public transport means) and contribute to higher recycling rates. To address these issues of individuals' attitudes and behaviours, we have conducted a survey research in order measure the perception of the Geneva population regarding the main social aspects of sustainable development. This empirical research provides answers to some aspects of the following questions: what does sustainable development mean for the Geneva population? Who should act in favour of sustainable development? How habits should be changed to contribute to sustainable development? Relationships between classes and between variables are analyzed in depth. Research hypotheses are then verified on the basis of non-parametric statistical tests. This empirical research attempts to provide some elements of perception about sustainable developments leading to recommendations for better policies for public and private institutions. Among other results, we have found that people who are attentive to the protection of the environment are more likely to change their day-by-day habits in favour of sustainable development: we thus indicate that this could be a lever over which public policies could push their activities.

Working Towards Sustainable Development in the Face of Uncertainty and Incomplete Knowledge

It is an inherent constituent of the Leitbild of sustainable development to think about strategies for shaping current and future society according to the normative content of that Leitbild. Knowledge in different forms is an essential input to make reasonable and robust decisions about shaping strategies and adequate measures. Many of the types of knowledge involved, however, show general attributes of uncertainty. In the field of sustainable development, uncertainties from different areas merge and create a dramatic increase in the importance and relevance of this issue. Working towards sustainable development, therefore, is not feasible within a classical planning approach; new concepts for approaching the future are needed. Uncertainties are, on the other hand, an indication of the openness of the future and the possibilities of shaping it. Uncertainties in some sense disturb the options for working towards sustainable development, but also allow for learning over time, for adapting and modifying measures due to the results of monitoring processes, etc. Exploiting the chances offered by this situation requires specific implementation strategies in favour of sustainable development, in particular strategies that are open to adaptation and ‘online’ modification by monitoring the effects of the initial measures. Sustainability policies have to become reflexive more radically than policies in other areas.