Are there domino effects between consumers' ordinary and 'green' practices? An analysis of quantitative data from a sensitisation campaign on personal carbon footprint

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-491

  Bartiaux, Françoise ^a   Salmón, Luis Reátegui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

'green' practices; carbon footprint; consumption; daily energy consumption; sensitisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876107896     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2012.730825     Document Type: Article

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