The power of practice and community: a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina

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The power of practice and community : a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina. / Tjørring, Lise.

In: Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2013, p. 41-52.

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Harvard

Tjørring, L 2013, 'The power of practice and community: a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina', Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 41-52.

APA

Tjørring, L. (2013). The power of practice and community: a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina. Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies, 12(1), 41-52.

Vancouver

Tjørring L. The power of practice and community: a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina. Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies. 2013;12(1):41-52.

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Tjørring, Lise. / The power of practice and community : a case study of environmental living in El Bolson, Argentina. In: Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies. 2013 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 41-52.

Bibtex

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