program. wood wanted to twhoe what it had to do with sustain ability in the first place. he got his answer in a university of delaware computer presentation he found during his investigation. it illustrated the concept of sustain ability with three overlapping circles. healthy environments plus strong economies and social justice. where they overlap that s the sustain ability sweet spot. in other words, sustain ability is about a lot more than the environment. discovered notions like anti colonialism echo feminism and echo socialism can be part of sustain ability, too. also taking free enterprise getting you tell set with the social justice agenda. the term sustain ability was coined in the 87 united nations report says burn who should know he was part of the panel on
program. wood wanted to twhoe what it had to do with sustain ability in the first place. he got his answer in a university of delaware computer presentation he found during his investigation. it illustrated the concept of sustain ability with three overlapping circles. healthy environments plus strong economies and social justice. where they overlap that s the sustain ability sweet spot. in other words, sustain ability is about a lot more than the environment. discovered notions like anti colonialism echo feminism and echo socialism can be part of sustain ability, too. also taking free enterprise getting you tell set with the social justice agenda. the term sustain ability was coined in the 87 united nations report says burn who should know he was part of the panel on
disgrace. for the first time polls showed the environment was one of america s greatest worries. that presented an opportunity for lbj s success. president nixon in 1958 he was moved that get out front in the environment. just days after nixon took office a huge oil spill in santa barbara california and ohio s river caught fire. nixon s senior environmental advisors. you have rivers catching fire you better be aggressive. weeks after earth day in 1970 nixon established the grand new environment tal protection agency. it is fair to say the government does a good job at cleaning things up. absolutely. he writes extensively on
something new. so did the epa. anthropologist peter wood has written extensively on the movement. it began to look at a more elusive threat of chemicals that might or might not be carcinogenic. americans want protection from threats of all sorts. by the 1970s increasingly intrusive epa regulations led to a backlash. we will not permit the safety of our people or our environmental heritage to be jep arred died. but we are going to reaffirm the economic prosperity of our people is a fundamental part of our environment. the epa managed to turn a community into a ghost town. times beach missouri scientists found signy traces of dioxins at the time thought to be the most
climate change would share the 2007 noble peace prize awith al gore. we need to figure out on the one hand how to make a world that would be economically improved. on the other hand make sure we bee keith a functioning environment for future generations. green is part of the equat n equation. much of the credit for turning the u.n. s idea of sustainable development into a true movement in the u.s. goes to anthony corteze former commissioner of the massachusetts department of environmental protection. he got a big assist from one of america s top democratic power couples. rio summit in 92 terry and teresa i aims got together. they contacted you. yes. john kerry called me up and said i think we need to promote sustainable development.