How to go green: Creating a conservation culture in a public high school through education, modeling, and communication

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-161

  Schelly, Chelsea ^a   Cross, Jennifer E ^b   Franzen, William ^c   Hall, Pete ^d   Reeve, Stu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c SAGE 2 Associates   (United States)

^d Poudre School District   (United States)

Author keywords

energy conservation; environmentally responsible behavior; public schools; sustainability education; teaching through modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859181865     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2011.631611     Document Type: Article

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