Mindfulness and sustainability

Ecological Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-79

  Ericson, Torgeir ^a   Kjønstad, Bjørn Gunaketu ^b   Barstad, Anders ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b IGo   (Norway)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mindfulness; Sustainability; Values; Well being

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84901241039     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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