A Contract with the EarthJHU Press, 1. 11. 2007 - Počet stran: 256 Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism—a new era of environmental stewardship with principles that they believe most Americans will share. While acknowledging that liberals and conservatives do not see eye to eye on many issues, Gingrich and Maple argue successfully that environmental stewardship is a mainstream value that transcends partisan politics. Their thoughtful approaches to our environmental challenges are based on three main premises: environmental leadership is integral to America's role in the world, technologically savvy environmental entrepreneurs can and should be the cornerstone of environmental solutions, and cooperation and incentives must be dramatically increased to achieve workable and broadly supported environmental solutions. Gingrich and Maple believe that most people—regardless of how they categorize themselves politically—are weary of the legal and political conflicts that prevent individuals and communities from realizing the benefits of environmental conservation. The foundation of the book—a ten-point Contract with the Earth—promotes ingenuity over rhetoric as the way forward. |
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... will compromise the lives of our children and our grandchildren . However , if we engage our citizens and pull together in the same direction , I am confident we will avert a catastrophe and successfully re- new Preface.
... citizens who can see the world in a new way and who will work together to bring about revolutionary changes in the way we conduct our lives . A Contract with the Earth aims to inspire a commitment to protect the integrity of the natural ...
... citizens to accept the responsibility of global environmental leadership and to overcome our nation's troubled history of vacillation and withdrawal when the opportunity to lead beckons . We of- fer this preamble to A Contract with the ...
... citizens . To accomplish this , an empirical standard of objectivity should be reaffirmed . Polarized po- litical factions have spent decades fighting over the mean- ing of scientific findings often distorted by the media . Despite many ...
... citizens are more responsive when they are encouraged and rewarded to discover , implement , and ex- port new technologies and better industry and government practices . Free enterprise is not the enemy of the environ- ment ; it is the ...
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Missed Opportunities | 37 |
Partnering for the Earth | 61 |
Entrepreneurial Environmentalism | 85 |
Environmental Philanthropy | 107 |
Renewing the Natural World | 125 |
Leading the Way to a Better World | 153 |
From Many One | 171 |
Epilogue | 185 |
Sources and Suggested Reading | 199 |
Index | 209 |
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