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The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities pp 107–126Cite as

Place Consciousness as a Pathway Towards Campus Sustainability

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How do college students develop personal connections to their college campuses, which they view as temporary habitats? Sense of place is critical in the development of an environmentally conscious and responsive citizenry for the sustainability of our natural resources. This chapter discusses the significance that the multidimensional concept of place consciousness, within the theoretical framework of sociocultural constructivism, has towards college students’ involvement in campus sustainability efforts. In doing so, it summarizes the findings from a collaborative inquiry study, an example of educational research involving two graduate students and their instructor as co-researchers, and describes their personal journeys in defining sense of place, leading towards their understanding of personal and campus sustainability as states of mind.

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  1. Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA

    Christine Moseley, Deepti Kharod & Wayne Sheldon

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Moseley, C., Kharod, D., Sheldon, W. (2016). Place Consciousness as a Pathway Towards Campus Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Zint, M. (eds) The Contribution of Social Sciences to Sustainable Development at Universities. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26866-8_7

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