Institutional innovation to deliver post-secondary education for sustainability

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-84

  Buszard, Deborah ^a   Kolb, Jared ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 79955610454     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/SUS.2011.9706     Document Type: Article

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