A practice theory approach to sustainable consumption

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-174

  Jaeger Erben, Melanie ^a   Offenberger, Ursula ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food consumption; Life transitions; Performance; Social order; Social practices; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907680667     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.23.S1.4     Document Type: Article

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