John C. Dernbach, Author on Sustainable Development & Climate Change Law
The Agenda for a
Sustainable America Project




    Praise for Agenda for a Sustainable America  
       
    "Agenda for a Sustainable America covers the gamut from air pollution to zoning
    regulations in assessing where we stand in sustainability and what we need to do to
    meet the challenges of the future. A follow-on to Stumbling toward Sustainability,
    Agenda is a must-read for the next Congress, as well as America's leaders in
    business, state and local governments, education, and civil society."    
    Paul R. Ehrlich, coauthor of The Dominant Animal (Island Press, 2008) and
    Bing Professor of Population Studies and professor of biological sciences at
    Stanford
    University


    "Sustainability is seldom described with the depth, scholarly detail, and richness of
    this work.  It is the sector-by-sector primer for what must be done to preserve our
    grandchildren's rights to the nation they will inherit."
                  Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus of Stanford University


    "With chapters from a wide range of leading thinkers An Agenda for a
    Sustainable         
    America blazes a trail toward environmental progress across a broad spectrum of
    critical issues.  Must reading for the new President--and for all of us."  
    Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale
    University

               
    "Far more than a report card on the disappointing performance of the United States
    in   fulfilling the pledges made at the 1992 United Nations Conference on
    Environment and Development, Agenda for a Sustainable America tells us where we
    should go from here.  The book lays out, sector by sector, what is needed to shape a
    brighter future for the nation and, by extension, the world community.  The next
    administration would be wise to use this as a guide book for its policies."  
    Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
John Dernbach leads Sustaining America, the Agenda for a Sustainable
America Project.  This project involves sustainability experts from a broad
array of disciplines, reviews sustainable development efforts in the United
States, and makes recommendations for future action.   

Three publications have resulted from these efforts. The first, an article
in the Environmental Law Reporter, published in 1997, catalogued U.S.
progress on Agenda 21 since the 1992 Earth Summit.  Five years later,
that progress was catalogued more thoroughly for the book Stumbling
Toward Sustainability.  Most recently, the book Agenda for a Sustainable
America (2009) provides the third review of U.S. progress toward
sustainability, along with recommendations for more progress.
(2009) Agenda for a
Sustainable America
edited by John C.
Dernbach
More about the book
below including reviews,
praise from experts and
reaction from the
blogosphere.
(2002) Stumbling
Toward Sustainability
edited by John C.
Dernbach
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the Stumbling Toward
Sustainability page
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and praise from experts
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(1997) U.S. Adherence
to its Agenda 21
Commitments: A Five
Year Review John C.
Dernbach, lead author
This article, the first
comprehensive review
of U.S. efforts to
implement its Earth
Summit commitment.
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