Research and Solutions: Think Systemically, Act Cooperatively: The Key to Reaching a Tipping Point for the Sustainability Movement in Higher Education

Sustainability (United States)

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Elder, James L ^a  

^a Campaign for Environmental Literacy   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; collective action; higher education; national strategy; social movement; sustainability; systemic thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006312851     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/SUS.2008.9930     Document Type: Article

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