Making Sense of Sustainability: Exploring the Subjective Meaning of Sustainable Consumption

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 187-195

  Roy, Deborah ^a   Verplanken, Bas ^a   Griffin, Christine ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84939456737     PISSN: 1533015X     EISSN: 15330389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2015.1067581     Document Type: Article

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