Acting as if tomorrow matters : accelerating the transition to sustainability /
Dernbach, John C., 1953-
Acting as if tomorrow matters : accelerating the transition to sustainability / Accelerating the transition to sustainability John C. Dernbach. - Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law Institute, 2012. - xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
John C. Dernbach is identified as the principal author, with contributions from fifty-one other individuals.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Pt.] I. Modest progress toward an increasingly distant goal. Environmental and public health protection : steps forward and steps back -- Growing consumption and population -- Greater poverty, unemployment, and attention to environmental justice -- The built environment : shifting toward sustainability -- Governance : communities as sustainability leaders, states as energy leaders (and the federal government catching up?) -- Improving opportunities for sustainability education and engagement -- International activity : a more-sustainable direction but reduced influence -- [pt.] II. Drivers for sustainability. Growing support in spite of mixed public opinion -- More-sustainable decisions are easier to make and more attractive -- Lawmaking is not limited to environmental regulation -- [pt.] III. Obstacles to further progress. Habits, lack of urgency, and uncertainty about alternatives -- Unsupportive law and governance -- Political opposition and growing influence of other countries -- [pt.] IV. Accelerating progress, overcoming obstacles. More and better sustainability choices -- Law for sustainability -- Visionary and pragmatic governance -- An American sustainability movement.
9781585761586 (pbk.) 1585761583 (pbk.)
2012471401
Sustainable development--Law and legislation--United States.
Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation--United States.
Environmental law--United States.
Sustainable development--United States.
Environmental degradation--Political aspects--United States.
KF5505 / .D47 2012
Acting as if tomorrow matters : accelerating the transition to sustainability / Accelerating the transition to sustainability John C. Dernbach. - Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law Institute, 2012. - xxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
John C. Dernbach is identified as the principal author, with contributions from fifty-one other individuals.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Pt.] I. Modest progress toward an increasingly distant goal. Environmental and public health protection : steps forward and steps back -- Growing consumption and population -- Greater poverty, unemployment, and attention to environmental justice -- The built environment : shifting toward sustainability -- Governance : communities as sustainability leaders, states as energy leaders (and the federal government catching up?) -- Improving opportunities for sustainability education and engagement -- International activity : a more-sustainable direction but reduced influence -- [pt.] II. Drivers for sustainability. Growing support in spite of mixed public opinion -- More-sustainable decisions are easier to make and more attractive -- Lawmaking is not limited to environmental regulation -- [pt.] III. Obstacles to further progress. Habits, lack of urgency, and uncertainty about alternatives -- Unsupportive law and governance -- Political opposition and growing influence of other countries -- [pt.] IV. Accelerating progress, overcoming obstacles. More and better sustainability choices -- Law for sustainability -- Visionary and pragmatic governance -- An American sustainability movement.
9781585761586 (pbk.) 1585761583 (pbk.)
2012471401
Sustainable development--Law and legislation--United States.
Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation--United States.
Environmental law--United States.
Sustainable development--United States.
Environmental degradation--Political aspects--United States.
KF5505 / .D47 2012