Acting As If Tomorrow Matters

Author : John C. Dernbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 1585761583

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Acting as If Tomorrow Matters by John C. Dernbach Pdf

This is a guide to making the United States environmentally sustainable. It explains the progress made to date on sustainability, including a description of the most significant obstacles to rapid and increased success. Building on the framework that has guided real progress so far, the author explains in detail how to make a greater variety of more sustainable decisions even more attractive, how law can provide an even better enabling environment for sustainability, and how public opinion and leadership can more effectively be engaged to support sustainability.

Author : John Ehrenfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000011647

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The Right Way to Flourish by John Ehrenfeld Pdf

In this ground-breaking book, pre-eminent thought leader in the fields of sustainability and flourishing, John R. Ehrenfeld, critiques the concept of sustainability as it is understood today and which is coming more and more under attack as unclear and ineffective as a call for action. Building upon the recent work of cognitive scientist, Iain McGilchrist, who argues that the human brain’s two hemispheres present distinct different worlds, this book articulates how society must replace the current foundational left-brain-based beliefs – a mechanistic world and a human driven by self interest – with new ones based on complexity and care. Flourishing should replace the lifeless metrics now being used to guide business and government, as well as individuals. Until we accept that our modern belief structure is, itself, the barrier, we will continue to be mired in an endless succession of unsolved problems.

Author : Stephen C. McCaffrey,Christina Leb,Riley T.Denoon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785368080

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Research Handbook on International Water Law by Stephen C. McCaffrey,Christina Leb,Riley T.Denoon Pdf

The Research Handbook on International Water Law surveys the field of the law of shared freshwater resources. In some thirty chapters, it covers subjects ranging from the general principles operative in the field and international groundwater law to the human right to water and whether international water law is prepared to cope with climate disruption. The authors are internationally recognized experts in the field, most with years of experience. The Research Handbook is edited by three scholars and practitioners whose publications and work deal with the law of international watercourses.

Author : Paul Kingsnorth
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781555979720

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Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays by Paul Kingsnorth Pdf

A provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide” Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist—an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the environmental movement began to focus on “sustainability” rather than the defense of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate change. Full of grief and fury as well as passionate, lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist gathers the wave-making essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth’s thinking. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls “dark ecology,” which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. This iconoclastic, fearless, and ultimately hopeful book, which includes the much-discussed “Uncivilization” manifesto, asks hard questions about how we’ve lived and how we should live.

Author : John C. Dernbach and James R. May,James R. May
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781783476152

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Shale Gas and the Future of Energy by John C. Dernbach and James R. May,James R. May Pdf

The rapid growth of shale gas development has led to an intense and polarizing debate about its merit. This book asks and suggests answers to the question that has not yet been systematically analysed: what laws and policies are needed to ensure that shale gas development helps to accelerate the transition to sustainability? In this groundbreaking book, more than a dozen experts in policy and academia assess the role that sustainability plays in decisions concerning shale gas development in the US and elsewhere, offering legal and policy recommendations for developing shale gas in a manner that accelerates the transition to sustainability. Contributors assess good practices from Pennsylvania to around the planet, discussing how these lessons translate to other jurisdictions. Ultimately, the book concludes that major changes in law and policy are needed to develop shale gas sustainably. Policymakers and educators alike will find this book to be a valuable resource, as it tackles the technical, social, economic and legal aspects associated with this sustainability issue. Other strengths are its clear language and middle-ground policy perspective that will make Shale Gas and the Future of Energy accessible to both students and the general public.

Author : Brent S. Steel
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 1213 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483368719

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Science and Politics by Brent S. Steel Pdf

Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by the key role government funding plays in scientific research and development, the market leading position of U.S.-based science and technology firms, and controversial U.S. exports (such as genetically modified foods or hormone-injected livestock). This groundbreaking, one-volume, A-to-Z reference features 120-150 entries that explore the nexus of politics and science, both in the United States and in U.S. interactions with other nations. The essays, each by experts in their fields, examine: Health, environmental, and social/cultural issues relating to science and politics Concerns relating to government regulation and its impact on the practice of science Key historical and contemporary events that have shaped our contemporary view of how science and politics intersect Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies is a must-have resource for researchers and students who seek to deepen their understanding of the connection between science and politics.

Author : John C. Pierce,Brent S. Steel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319534145

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Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West by John C. Pierce,Brent S. Steel Pdf

This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative energy technologies (e.g., wind, solar, wave) have been met by intense opposition from a variety of sources, including many environmentalists from whom one might expect support for non-carbon based renewable energy initiatives. This volume argues that there are indeed such discernible attributes, and moreover that the identification and exploration are important for the development of support strategies for the well-informed and achievable siting of such technologies.

Author : Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509918461

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State Responsibility, Climate Change and Human Rights under International Law by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh Pdf

The last decade has witnessed an increasing focus on the relationship between climate change and human rights. Several international human rights bodies have expressed concern about the negative implications of climate change for the enjoyment of human rights, and the Paris Agreement is the first multilateral climate agreement to refer explicitly to states' human rights obligations in connection with climate change. Yet despite this, there are still significant gaps in our understanding of the role of international human rights law in enhancing accountability for climate action or inaction. As the Paris Agreement has shifted the focus of the climate change regime towards voluntary action, and the humanitarian impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt around the world, accountability for climate change has become an increasingly salient issue. This book offers a timely and comprehensive analysis of the legal issues related to accountability for the human rights impact of climate change, drawing on the state responsibility regime. It explains when and where state action relating to climate change may amount to a violation of human rights, and evaluates various avenues of legal redress available to victims. The overall analysis offers a perceptive insight into the potential of innovative rights-based climate actions to shape climate and energy policies around the world.

Author : Rachel Carson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141994000

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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Pdf

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Price discrimination
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119642564

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Price Discrimination: the Robinson-Patman Act, and Related Matters by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Patricia DeMarco
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822983002

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Pathways to Our Sustainable Future by Patricia DeMarco Pdf

Pittsburgh has a rich history of social consciousness in calls for justice and equity. Today, the movement for more sustainable practices is rising in Pittsburgh. Against a backdrop of Marcellus shale gas development, initiatives emerge for a sustainable and resilient response to the climate change and pollution challenges of the twenty-first century. People, institutions, communities, and corporations in Pittsburgh are leading the way to a more sustainable future. Examining the experience of a single city, with vast social and political complexities and a long industrial history, allows a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in adapting to change throughout the world. The case studies in this book respond to ethical challenges and give specific examples of successful ways forward. Choices include transforming the energy system, restoring infertile ground, and preventing pollution through green chemistry. Inspired by the pioneering voice of Rachel Carson, this is a book about empowerment and hope.

Author : Bjö Bjerke,Claes Hultman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843766957

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Entrepreneurial Marketing by Bjö Bjerke,Claes Hultman Pdf

Just as society has realized the value of entrepreneurs, so entrepreneurs are gradually realizing the value of strategic marketing. In this text the authors explain the substantial role of marketing in the success of small firms which have emerged in the business environment since the late 1980s.

Author : John C. Dernbach
Publisher : Environmental Law Institute
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1585761338

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Agenda for a Sustainable America by John C. Dernbach Pdf

Agenda for a Sustainable America is a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary next steps toward achieving a sustainable America. Packed with facts, figures, and the well-informed opinions of forty-one experts, it provides an illuminating "snapshot" of sustainability in the United States today. And each of the contributors suggests where we need to go next, recommending three to five specific actions that we should take during the next five to ten years. It thus offers a comprehensive agenda that citizens, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders and policymakers can use to make decisions today and to plan for the future.

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1322 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social security
ISBN : STANFORD:36105219361834

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Amendments to the Social Security Act, 1969-1972 by United States Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Air
ISBN : SRLF:AA0000775478

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State Implementation of Federal Standards: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations Pdf