A professional development climate course for sustainable agriculture in Australia

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-441

  George, David ^a   Clewett, Jeff ^b   Birch, Colin ^c   Wright, Anthony ^d   Allen, Wendy ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Agroclim Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AgForce Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate; climate change; education for sustainable development; professional development; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981277586     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620902946978     Document Type: Article

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