Green Governance

by Weston, Burns H.; Bollier, David

• ISBN13: 9781107034365
• ISBN10: 1107034361
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-01-21
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

The vast majority of the world's scientists agree: we have reached a point in history where we are in grave danger of destroying Earth's life-sustaining capacity. But our attempts to protect natural ecosystems are increasingly ineffective because our very conception of the problem is limited; we treat "the environment" as its own separate realm, taking for granted prevailing but outmoded conceptions of economics, national sovereignty, and international law. Green Governance is a direct response to the mounting calls for a paradigm shift in the way humans relate to the natural environment. It opens the door to a new set of solutions by proposing a compelling new synthesis of environmental protection based on broader notions of economics and human rights and on commons-based governance. Going beyond speculative abstractions, the book proposes a new architecture of environmental law and public policy that is as practical as it is theoretically sound.

Table of Contents

Trends that point toward a new synthesis

The human right to a clean and healthy environment

The quest for a new rights-based pathway

Making the conceptual transition to the new paradigm

The commons as a model for ecological governance

The rise of the commons movement globally

Imagining a new architecture of law and policy to support the ecological commons

Catalytic strategies for achieving green governance

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