I just recycled. can i use the car now? when people continue or discontinue behaving sustainably after an initial sustainable act

Encouraging Sustainable Behavior: Psychology and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Meijers, Marijn H C ^a   Noordewier, Marret K ^b   Avramova, Yana R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 84905559856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203141182     Document Type: Chapter

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