Self-servicing energy efficient routing strategy for smart forestBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 1-21 - 2016
Roy, Sandip, Bose, Rajesh, Sarddar, Debabrata
Monitoring the health and population of all forms of wildlife is a challenge for experts. Nature can be unforgiving with incidents of earthquakes, forest fires, tsunamis, and floods appearing without warning. The effects of industrialization take a toll on wildlife as well. As a result, many species of animals have reportedly gone extinct. The practice of installing wireless sensor networks in for...... hiện toàn bộ
Treading paths to sustainability: an analysis of the postgraduate curriculum in Business AdministrationBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-16 - 2016
Carolina Sampaio Marques, Marcelo Trevisan, Anderson Cougo da Cruz
Education for Sustainability is seen as a powerful catalyst for change and social transformation aimed greater equity in the relations between society and the environment. In this way, the higher education institutions are responsible in this process. The purpose of this study is analyzing the present elements in the post-graduation programs in Administration that enhance the formation of profess...... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluation of sustainability using the AISHE Instrument: case study in a Brazilian UniversityBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 1 - Trang 1-13 - 2014
Luciana Londero Brandli, Marcos Antonio Leite Frandoloso, Niko Roorda, Kéllen Tolotti Fraga, Letícia Canal Vieira
The role of Higher Education Institutions (HEI), which are in the forefront of the challenges of sustainable development, is becoming increasingly predominant, given the importance of these institutions in the dissemination of knowledge and the implementation of sustainable conscientiousness in society. This article presents the application of the Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher E...... hiện toàn bộ
Knowledge flows and linkage with universities: the vision of Mexican farmersBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-22 - 2016
Gabriela Dutrénit, Rene Rivera-Huerta, Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz
This paper is about the linkage between academia and the productive sector in agriculture, focusing on the farmers’ point of view regarding this linkage. It also explores another dimension of knowledge transfer: the links that farmers establish with their peers to share the knowledge they acquire. Two research questions guided this study: (1) What characteristics influence the propensity of a farm...... hiện toàn bộ
Education, sustainability and social learningBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-8 - 2016
Pedro Roberto Jacobi, Renata Ferraz de Toledo, Edson Grandisoli
This article proposes a contribution to the existing debate on social learning as a possible framework that strengthens the role of sustainable actions through educational initiatives as to promote changes in behavior and attitudes in a collective perspective. Sustainability as a new basic and integrative criterion may strengthen collective and solidary values that through contextualized and probl...... hiện toàn bộ
Ecotourism community enterprises and ethnodevelopment: modelling the Kalunga empowerment possibilities in the Brazilian savannahBrazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-25 - 2016
Ismar Borges de Lima, Peter A. Kumble, Maria Geralda de Almeida, Eguimar Felício Chaveiro, Lara Cristine Gomes Ferreira, Rosiane Dias Mota
This paper investigates the Kalunga community demands for income generation through ecotourism enterprises in the north of Goias State, in the Brazilian savannah. As part of the analysis, the paper discusses the main aspects of the community empowerment framework. It identifies the existing natural and cultural assets of the Kalunga and the community need for capacity building aimed at dealing wit...... hiện toàn bộ
A bibliometric study on “education for sustainability”Brazilian Journal of Science and Technology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-17 - 2016
Pedro Luiz Côrtes, Rosely Rodrigues
The scientific production on “education for sustainability” has been growing in recent years what demonstrates the attention this subject has gathered. To better understand and characterize this trend, a bibliometric study of international papers on the subject was developed. The results show that the production has been growing since the middle of the last decade, focusing on the field of the app...... hiện toàn bộ