Category Archives: Sustainability

Agenda 21: A Guide for the Perplexed

At a local government meeting on a land use plan, officials hear opposition based on the claim that it is tainted by Agenda 21.  A state public utility commission considering smart meters hears similar claims.  They are confused: what is Agenda 21…

By John Dernbach • July 19, 2013

The Growing Importance of Sustainability to Lawyers and the ABA

Sustainable development has its origins in the conservation and environmental movements in the United States and other countries, and in the laws that were adopted because of those movements. Lawyers in the public and private sectors drafted these…

By John Dernbach • July 6, 2013