Ecodesign-Opportunity for Interdisciplinar Education

From Green Projects to Green Society: 4th International Conference „Environmental Science and Education in Latvia and Europe”: Conference Proceedings 2010
Gatis Bažbauers, Jana Simanovska, Māra Rēpele, Kārlis Valters

Important preconditions for successful transition to sustainable practices are development of sustainable product systems, i.e. „eco-innovation” and cooperation among stakeholders involved in life cycle of product systems. Environmental education and ecodesign in particular, due to its interdisciplinar character, can play a key role in creating society which is better equipped for innovation and cooperation than the society today. Organizing ecodesign courses involving students from various fields of studies would help to accomplish interdisciplinar environmental education and overcome barriers for cooperation among faculties and universities

Keywords
ecodesign, environmental education, interdisciplinarity, sustainable production and consumption

Bažbauers, G., Simanovska, J., Rēpele, M., Valters, K. Ecodesign-Opportunity for Interdisciplinar Education. In: From Green Projects to Green Society: 4th International Conference „Environmental Science and Education in Latvia and Europe”: Conference Proceedings, Latvia, Jelgava, 22-22 October, 2010. Jelgava: Latvia University of Agriculture, 2010, pp.21-22. ISBN 978-9984-48-035-0.

Publication language
English (en)