The failure of environmental education (and how we can fix it)

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 0973-0977

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Saylan, Charlie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ocean Conservation Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CHLORPHENOTANE; FREON;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SYNECOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34249060267     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050120     Document Type: Review

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