Declarations for sustainability in higher education: Becoming better leaders, through addressing the university system

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a   Lukman, Rebeka ^b   Lozano, Francisco J ^c   Huisingh, Donald ^d   Lambrechts, Wim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(ESD); Charters; Declarations; Education for sustainable development; Higher education; Partnerships; Sustainable societies

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

(ESD); CHARTERS; DECLARATIONS; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; PARTNERSHIPS; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY;

EDUCATION;

NEMIPTERUS VIRGATUS;

EID: 84879984247     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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