Ecological Social Work and Environmental Citizenship in Southern Africa

Antoinette Lombard; Marichen van der Westhuizen; Catherina Johanna Schenck; Allucia Lulu Shokane

doi:10.25159/2708-9355/18975

Authors

Antoinette Lombard University of Pretoria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-2435
Marichen van der Westhuizen University of the Western Cape
Catherina Johanna Schenck University of the Western Cape https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-5335
Allucia Lulu Shokane University of Zululand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2928-1526

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2708-9355/18975

Keywords:

ecological social work, environmental citizenship

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Antoinette Lombard, University of Pretoria

Professor in Social Work and Head of Department of Social Work and Criminology

Marichen van der Westhuizen, University of the Western Cape

Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape

Catherina Johanna Schenck, University of the Western Cape

Professor in Social Work, Department of Social Work

Allucia Lulu Shokane, University of Zululand

Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zululand

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