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  1. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

    Jaylene Murray

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  1. Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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    Judy Rogers

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Murray, J. (2019). Student Empowerment and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_365-1

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