Aanleiding: Vanuit de afdeling longgeneeskunde van het Martini Ziekenhuis te Groningen is het probleem gesignaleerd dat verpleegkundigen niet weten welke medische informatie ze mogen verstrekken aan de patiënt. Hierdoor wordt door verpleegkundigen verschillend omgegaan met het verstrekken van deze informatie. …

In human-controlled environments, areas of wild plants are 'translated' into cultivated landscapes to accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article explores indoor, agricultural and (sub)urban landscape in the Netherlands, focusing on the use of plants both indoors and outdoors, and reveals …

Justice for nature remains a confused term. In recent decades justice has predominantly been limited to humanity, with a strong focus on social justice, and its spin-off – environmental justice for people. We first examine the formal rationale for ecocentrism and ecological ethics, as this underpins …

This article describes how Circular Economy (CE) and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) can be used in university teaching to address these frameworks’ strengths and weaknesses in practice. The advantages of these frameworks for radical change are outlined, including their emphasis on upcycling rather than recycling …

Social scientists of conservation typically address sources of legitimacy of conservation policies in relation to local communities’ or indigenous land rights, highlighting social inequality and environmental injustice. This chapter reflects on the underlying ethics of environmental justice in order …

The authors consider the reality that endless economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable, especially if society has exceeded ecological limits. The paper examines various aspects of society's endless growth predicament. It reviews the idea that there are 'limits to growth'; it then considers …

This paper outlines the main differences between ecocentric and anthropocentric positions in regard to justice, exploring university students’ perceptions of the concepts of social and ecological justice and reflecting on how values assigned to humans and the environment are balanced and contested. Putting …

Increasingly, entrepreneurial growth is discussed in relation to business sustainability and the wider questions of ‘growth’ – economic, green, or sustainable. This chapter will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching circular economy and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. …

Gemeenten, zorgaanbieders en onderwijs zijn sinds 2015 samen verantwoordelijk voor jeugdhulp (Rijksoverheid, z.j.) Dat betekent dat zij gezamenlijk moeten zorgen dat kinderen en jongeren zich veilig en gezond kunnen ontwikkelen thuis, op school en in de wijk. In dit onderzoek wordt er vooral gekeken …

Door de ingrijpende verandering van de verzorgingsstaat in een participatiesamenleving, wordt een groot beroep gedaan op de sociaal werker in de frontlinie. Door de verandering van de verzorgingsstaat moeten sociaal werkers van alle markten thuis zijn, ofwel generalistischer werken. Per 1 januari 2015 …