Explicitly linking pedagogy and facilities to campus sustainability: lessons from Carleton College and the University of Minnesota

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 667-679

  Savanick, Suzanne ^a   Strong, Richard ^b   Manning, Christie ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

campus sustainability; facilities management; student research

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053300799     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802469212     Document Type: Article

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