Key competencies for and beyond sustainable consumption: An educational contribution to the debate

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-200

  Fischer, Daniel ^a   Barth, Matthias ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b Landscape and Recreation Planning   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer competence; Education for sustainable development; Key competencies; Secondary education; Sustainable consumption; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907681195     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.23.S1.7     Document Type: Review

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