Why we don't "walk the talk": Understanding the environmental values/behaviour gap in Canada

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-160

  Kennedy, Emily Huddart ^a   Beckley, Thomas M ^b   McFarlane, Bonita L ^c   Nadeau, Solange ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environmental values behaviour gap; Environmentally supportive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349163278     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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