1. Imagining a Sustainable Future
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Imagining a Sustainable Future
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2. Developing a Sustainable Future
Evolutionary rather than revolutionary
Inclusive, not exclusive
Proactive, not reactive
Attracting, not attacking
Assisting the disadvantage, not taking advantage
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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
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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
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8. 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
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