Integrating environmental issues into social work practice: Lessons learnt from domestic energy auditing

Australian Social Work

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-328

  Borrell, Jennifer ^a   Lane, Sharron ^a   Fraser, Sue ^a  

^a Kildonan UnitingCare   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecology; Energy Audit; Energy Efficiency; Environment; Social Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955824507     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070903061669     Document Type: Article

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