Education for sustainable society: attainments and good practices in Sweden during the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD)

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cars, Mikiko ^a   West, Emma E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development of ESD in Sweden; Education for Sustainable Development; Environmental education; Swedish primary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939877220     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9537-6     Document Type: Review

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