What is higher education for? -- Sustainable development and the free society -- Sustaining development -- An international initiative in higher education management: university leaders for a sustainable future (USLF) -- A United Nations environment programme initiative: mainstreaming environment and sustainability in African universities (MESA) -- A Unesco initiative: re-orienting teacher education to address sustainability -- Sustainable development and higher education management: the work of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) -- Russian interpretation of sustainability and its reflection in higher education -- Sustainability in management education: an initiative in sustainable procurement training -- Sustainability in engineering education: the Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professors scheme -- The case studies: clarity and confusion -- The environment in sustainable development and higher education -- Society in sustainable development and higher education -- Economy in sustainable development and higher education -- Individual learning in higher education -- Collective learning in higher education -- Linking learning and research -- Managing sustainable development in higher education: context and principles -- Managing change -- Managing across the organisational boundary -- Higher education and sustainable development: an identity of interest?