"We don't tell people what to do": An examination of the factors influencing NGO decisions to campaign for reduced meat consumption in light of climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-40

  Laestadius, Linnea I ^a   Neff, Roni A ^b   Barry, Colleen L ^b   Frattaroli, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making; Meat consumption; Policy; Public education

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MEAT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84923293447     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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