ABSTRACT
In Chapter 18 we observed that universities are open systems. Sustainable development is an idea that touches on very many aspects of management across their boundaries. Economic, environmental, social, political and cultural factors form the substance of both discourses about sustainable development and the wider context of higher education. It is for this reason that University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (case study one) (ULSF) has been able to secure institutional signatories to the Talloires Declaration in more than 40 countries. This document commits them to the following 10 institutional actions:
1 Increase awareness of environmentally sustainable development: use every opportunity to raise public, government, industry, foundation and university awareness by openly addressing the urgent need to move towards an environmentally sustainable future.
