Using web 2.0 and social media technologies to foster proenvironmental action

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 10620-10648

  Ballew, Matthew T ^a   Omoto, Allen M ^a   Winter, Patricia L ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Environmental issues; Environmentally responsible behaviors; Online technologies; Proenvironmental action; Social media; Social networking sites; Sustainability education; Sustainable behaviors; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDIA INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABILITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84940495498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70810620     Document Type: Review

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