Why care for Nature? In search of an ethical framework for environmental responsibility and education / by Dirk Willem Postma.

What is it that inspires us humans tot take responsibility for our involvement with the natural environment? And how do we familiarise children with practices of environmental responsibility? These questions are at the heart of this book, resulting from a comprehensive inquiry into the ethical and p...

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Main Author: Postma, Dirk Willem (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics, 9
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