Futures loss, despair and empowerment work in the University of Vechta: an action research project

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Futures loss, despair and empowerment work in the University of Vechta: an action research project. / Gardiner, Senan.
Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education. ed. / Peter Blaze Corcoran; Joseph P. Weakland; Arjen E. J. Wals. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2017. p. 243-256.

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Harvard

Gardiner, S 2017, Futures loss, despair and empowerment work in the University of Vechta: an action research project. in PB Corcoran, JP Weakland & AEJ Wals (eds), Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp. 243-256. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-846-9_17

APA

Gardiner, S. (2017). Futures loss, despair and empowerment work in the University of Vechta: an action research project. In P. B. Corcoran, J. P. Weakland, & A. E. J. Wals (Eds.), Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education (pp. 243-256). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-846-9_17

Vancouver

Gardiner S. Futures loss, despair and empowerment work in the University of Vechta: an action research project. In Corcoran PB, Weakland JP, Wals AEJ, editors, Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2017. p. 243-256 doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-846-9_17

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