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This article focuses on the need for universities as teaching and research organisations, to recognise and act upon a more culturally inclusive interpretation of ‘sustainable development’ and ‘sustainability’. It argues for the valuing of indigenous worldviews as a means of achieving a more holistic and interdisciplinary way of thinking about the Earth as the home of all people and as a complement to the beliefs of western science and rational objective thinking. At a more personal level, it challenges readers, especially academics, to re-examine their own ways of thinking and knowing for the sake of creating sustainable futures that are inclusive in its processes, contexts and outcomes.
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Thaman, K. Shifting sights: the cultural challenge of sustainability. High Educ Policy 15, 133–142 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-8733(02)00004-1
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