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In his previous book, the well-received and often-quoted Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009), John Dernbach made more than a hundred recommendations for making the United States more environmentally sustainable. Yet it is increasingly clear that the modest progress made by the United States since the Earth Summit in 1992 is not caused by the absence of specific and feasible policy recommendations. What we need to do is well known. How we are going to do it is much less clear.
Acting as if Tomorrow Mattersÿis a guide to making the United States environmentally sustainable. It is based on the views of more than three dozen nationally known experts in a variety of fields. Synthesizing answers to essential questions about sustainability, Dernbach provides an empirically based framework to explain the progress made in the United States to date on sustainability, including a description of the most significant obstacles to rapid and increased success.ÿ
Building on the framework that has guided real progress so far, Dernbach 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.ÿ The book thus provides a checklist of ideas and opportunities for moving toward sustainable development-starting now.
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"John Dernbach has been the leading chronicler of the 20-year quest for sustainability in the United States since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. What Professor Dernbach has observed in the United States is reflective what is going on around the world."--Jacob Scherr "Director of Global Strategy and Advocacy, Natural Resources Defense Council "
ISBN: 9781585761586
ISBN-10: 1585761583
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 520
Published: 23rd July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.4
x 2.7
Weight (kg): 0.697
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