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Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability

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  1. Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida, USA

    Peter Blaze Corcoran

  2. Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Arjen E. J. Wals

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Agyeman, J., Crouch, C. (2004). The Contribution of Environmental Justice to Sustainability in Higher Education. In: Corcoran, P.B., Wals, A.E.J. (eds) Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48515-X_10

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