General & Miscellaneous Law

Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability

Name: Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability
Author: John C. Dernbach
ISBN: 9781585761616

by John C. Dernbach

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Overview

In Acting as If Tomorrow Matters, author John Dernbach provides a how-to-guide for making the U.S. more environmentally sustainable across all major sectors based on input from more than four dozen experts.

They survey what has happened in the United States on sustainability over the past two decades and then provide an explanatory framework for the progress that has been made. They also describe the main types of obstacles that have impeded sustainability in the U.S. and explain how to accelerate progress and overcome those obstacles.

Acting as If Tomorrow Matters details 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 be more effectively engaged to support sustainability.

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About the Author, John C. Dernbach

John C. Dernbach is a professor of law at Widener University Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has divided his career between teaching and government service. Professor Dernbach teaches environmental law, property, international environmental law, international law, and a seminar on climate change. He is the editor of Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009) and author of Stumbling Toward Sustainability (2002), comprehensive assessments of U.S. sustainable development activities that include recommendations for future efforts. Before taking his teaching position at Widener, he worked in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for nearly 15 years, and served most recently as that agency's policy director.