Gleaning from gluttony: An Australian youth subculture confronts the ethics of waste

Australian Geographer

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-296

  Edwards, Ferne ^a,b   Mercer, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activism; Australia; Consumption; Food; Gleaning; Urban social movements; Waste

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; URBAN SOCIETY; WASTE;

EID: 35848938963     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180701639174     Document Type: Article

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