“Sustainability? Never heard of it!”: Some basics we shouldn’t ignore when engaging in education for sustainability

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-18

  Jucker, Rolf ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergent strategies; Ecology; Higher education; Policy management; Politics; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059643     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370210414146     Document Type: Article

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