Sustainable Development Lecture
Posted by on November 07, 2011
The Sierra Club of Southeastern PA presents
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Monday, November 14, 2011, 7:00 PM (15 minutes later than usual)
The Free Library of Philadelphia, 19th and Vine Streets, 4th Floor
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John Dernbach, Professor of Law at Widener University in Harrisburg, will speak. Sustainable development recasts the role of environment in human affairs—from something that can be used and degraded to something that must be protected and restored in order to sustain human well-being and quality of life. The United States, which has 5% percent of the world’s population but consumes one quarter to one third of the world’s energy and resources, will play a key role in global efforts to achieve sustainability. Dernbach edited the only comprehensive nongovernmental assessments of U.S. efforts. These are Stumbling Toward Sustainability (2002) and Agenda for a Sustainable America (January 2009).
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