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Chapter 30. Imagining a Sustainable Future. Developing a Sustainable Future. Evolutionary rather than revolutionary Inclusive, not exclusive Proactive, not reactive Attracting, not attacking Assisting the disadvantage, not taking advantage. Environment and Law.
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Chapter 30 Imagining a Sustainable Future Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Developing a Sustainable Future • Evolutionary rather than revolutionary • Inclusive, not exclusive • Proactive, not reactive • Attracting, not attacking • Assisting the disadvantage, not taking advantage Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Environment and Law • Common Law System: laws derived from custom, judgment and decrees of the courts, rather than from legislation • When individual behavior infringed on the property of well-being of others, the common law provided protection through doctrines prohibiting trespass and nuisance Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Mediation • A method of conflict of dispute resolution • Seeks to avoid lengthy and expensive litigation by arriving at a compromise whereby each party gains enough to prefer a settlement to litigation Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e
Challenge to Students of the Environment • Continue to work toward environmental and social justice • Enhance the development of sustainability • Minimize local, regional and global environmental degradation • Develop and support international agreements Botkin and Keller Environmental Science 5e