TEACHING BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY

This need for new and non-traditional teaching approaches is reflected in this collection of unorthodox teaching pedagogies. The underlying philosophy behind them is that deep learning for sustainability needs ultimately to be experiential: that is, learning while doing rather than a passive absorption of facts and figures. While much of the underlying theory of sustainability may be taught using more traditional lecture and reading approaches, the implementation of true business sustainability requires students to experiment - to win and lose - while grappling with the myriad challenges and frustrations posed by sustainability: the same challenges and frustrations, one might add, that companies intent on implementing sustainability face on a daily basis in the world in which they operate. The aim is to create a learning environment where students themselves take control over their own learning.

Introduction
Chris Galea, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Part I: Active learning teaching exercises

1. Getting Out There: Incorporating Site Visits and Industry Assessments in Pollution Prevention and Sustainability Education
Kim Fowler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, and Jill Engel-Cox, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA

2. Different Planets: Belief, Denial and Courage. The Role of Emotion in Turning Learning into Action
Penny Walker, Independent Consultant, UK

3. Sustainability in Business Education: The Leisure and Tourism Curriculum
Shirley Eber,Tourism Concern, UK

4. Getting It: Understanding the Science and Principles behind Sustainability
Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard, AXIS Performance Advisors Inc., USA
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Part II: Hands-on exercises/activities

5. The Sustainability Card Game
Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard, AXIS Performance Advisors Inc., USA

6. The Multi-organisation Business Simulation
Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard, AXIS Performance Advisors Inc., USA

7. Personalising Sustainability: An Interactive Activity to Reinforce the Presentation of The Natural Step (TNS)
Joshua Skov, Good Company, USA

Part III: Case studies

8. Easter Island: A Case Study in Non-sustainability
David K. Foot, University of Toronto, Canada

9. Suncor Energy: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability
Peter A. Stanwick and Sarah D. Stanwick, Auburn University, USA

10. Perspectives on Accounting and Society. Teaching Accountants Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Case Study
Kumba Jallow, De Montfort University, UK

11. The Anti-Junk Mail Kit
Chris Galea, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada, and John MacKinnon, Deloitte & Touche, Canada

12. The War of the Woods: A Forestry Giant Seeks Peace
Monika I. Winn, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, Canada, and Charlene Zietsma, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Part IV: Role-play simulations

13. Sustainable Games People Play: Teaching Sustainability Skills with the Aid of the Role-play 'NordWestPower'
Anke Truscheit and Christoph Otte, University of Oldenburg, Germany

14. Using Experiential Simulation to Teach Sustainability
Susan Svoboda, Realia Group, USA