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Global Ethics, Sustainability, and Design and Technology Education

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Part of the book series: International Technology Education Studies ((ITES,volume 5))

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Evocative of both family and humankind-to-come, ‘generations’ is a common reference for sustainability. We look back and we look forward across generations and an implicit blend of emotion speaks to concerns for ‘future generations’ or ‘intergenerational justice’. Five witnesses who share these concerns step forward from the past half-century, a period spanning almost three generations.

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    Steve Keirl

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Keirl, S. (2015). Global Ethics, Sustainability, and Design and Technology Education. In: Stables, K., Keirl, S. (eds) Environment, Ethics and Cultures. International Technology Education Studies, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-938-8_3

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