Higher Education for Sustainable Consumption: Case report on the Human Ecology Master's course (University of Bordeaux, France)

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Gombert Courvoisier, Sandrine ^a   Sennes, Vincent ^a   Ricard, Michel ^a   Ribeyre, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Complexity; Higher Education for Sustainable Consumption (HESC); Human ecology training; Interdisciplinary approach; Systemic thinking; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HUMAN ECOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SYSTEMIC THINKING; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOLOGY; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84887214876     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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