Kermit's lament: It's not easy being green

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-290

  Vesilind, P Aarne ^a   Heine, Lauren ^b   Hamill, Susan ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GreenBlue Institute   (United States)

^c Sustainable Labs

Author keywords

Corporations; Environmental issues; Ethics; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE PROFITABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREEN ENGINEERING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548685238     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2007)133:4(285)     Document Type: Article

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