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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... Green is good , they say , when it serves the commonweal in accordance with the ideals that made this nation great . It may seem odd to some that a prominent political conservative should generate such a vision . But Gingrich ...
... green conservative ; indeed , a conservative philosophy is highly compatible with the mainstream , or entrepreneurial , en- vironmentalism that Terry and I advocate . I am not sur- prised that liberal thinkers have also promoted green ...
... to www.contractwiththeearth .com and work with us to restore and protect the good , green earth that our Creator has provided . Newt Gingrich ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is a collaboration that evolved over many XV Preface.
... green and productive Earth , clean air to breathe , and healthy streams , rivers , lakes , and oceans , life as we know it can- not survive . But where is America's environmental play- book ? And who has vetted the principles that will ...
... Green Enterprise . To protect and sustain Earth's vitality , we must endeavor to calculate , monitor , and control humanity's footprint , finding workable solu- tions to reverse the historical trend of waste , pollution , depletion ...
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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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