Youth participation in local environmental action: An avenue for science and civic learning?

Participation and Learning: Perspectives on Education and the Environment, Health and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 268-284

  Schusler, Tania M ^a   Krasny, Marianne E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6416-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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