Student-led campus climate change initiatives in Canada

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-300

  Helferty, Anjali ^a   Clarke, Amelia ^b  

^a Sierra Youth Coalition   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Energy management; Global warming; Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349411830     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370910972594     Document Type: Article

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