Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings

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Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings. / Fischer, Daniel.
Enabling Responsible Living. ed. / Ulf Schrader; Vera Fricke; Declan Doyle; Victoria Thoresen. Berlin: Springer, 2013. p. 147–160.

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Harvard

Fischer, D 2013, Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings. in U Schrader, V Fricke, D Doyle & V Thoresen (eds), Enabling Responsible Living. Springer, Berlin, pp. 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_11

APA

Fischer, D. (2013). Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings. In U. Schrader, V. Fricke, D. Doyle, & V. Thoresen (Eds.), Enabling Responsible Living (pp. 147–160). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_11

Vancouver

Fischer D. Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings. In Schrader U, Fricke V, Doyle D, Thoresen V, editors, Enabling Responsible Living. Berlin: Springer. 2013. p. 147–160 doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_11

Bibtex

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