Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of secondary school students on renewable feedstocks/biomass: The case of Greece

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-116

  Kapassa, M ^a   Abeliotis, K ^a   Scoullos, M ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass; Education; Green Chemistry; Renewable resources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FOOD SUPPLY; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 84871355565     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9377-1     Document Type: Article

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