Green celebrity: Oxymoron, fashion or pioneering sustainability?

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-73

  Wells, Peter ^a   Heming, Liz ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Environmental campaigns; Innovative communication; Lifestyles; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549122191     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2009.024856     Document Type: Article

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