[IntLawProfessors] Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons

[Don Anton]

Greetings colleagues,


I am pleased to pass on notice of a recent book by Burns Weston and David Bollier entitled Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons.  


Falk, Speth, Shelton, and Palmer have all written glowing reviews.  

In essence, 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.

Contents
1. Trends that point toward a new synthesis; 2. The human right to a clean and healthy environment; 
3. The quest for a new rights-based pathway; 4. Making the conceptual transition to the new paradigm; 
5. The commons as a model for ecological governance; 6. The rise of the commons movement globally; 
7. Imagining a new architecture of law and policy to support the ecological commons; 8. Catalytic strategies for achieving green governance.



Kind regards,
DA