REVIEW PAPER
The Role of Universities in Environmental
Management
J. Mikulik, M. Babina
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AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, Gramatyka 10, 30-067 Kraków, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2009;18(4):527-531
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ABSTRACT
Sustainable Development (SD) is one of today’s most often discussed issues. It refers living to in harmony
with the natural environment as well as with the responsibility for the fate of future generations. The
international community makes an effort to teach institutions, organizations and individuals how disastrous
their activity can be for the environment. In particular universities, qualified to promote knowledge and to
build a sensible society, are under obligation to disseminate the right ideas. They should teach how to manage
the environment in the right way and how to manage organizations according to SD. Finally, they have to
undertake work, even if such activity encounters resistance. Working in respect to the natural environment
seems to be the only admissible direction of further development.