The creation of an integrated sustainability curriculum and student praxis projects

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-208

  Bacon, Christopher M ^a   Mulvaney, Dustin ^b   Ball, Tamara B ^c   DuPuis, E Melanie ^c   Gliessman, Stephen R ^c   Lipschutz, Ronnie D ^c   Shakouri, Ali ^d  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Curricula; Innovation; Problem based learning; Sustainable development; United States of America; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955668092     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371111118237     Document Type: Article

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