Our Common Journey: A Pioneering Approach to Cooperative Environmental Management - Hardcover

De Jongh, Paul; Captain, Sean

9781856497381: Our Common Journey: A Pioneering Approach to Cooperative Environmental Management

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856497380 ISBN 13: 9781856497381

Publisher: Zed Books, 1999

The classical approach to environmental policy--of activists and government regulators against polluting industries--has had impressive results. But it can never achieve a sustainable society that integrates environmental values into everyday thinking and decision-making. In Our Common Journey, Paul de Jongh proposes a new model of cooperative environmental management that brings together government, business, citizens and activists to negotiate long-term deals on policy. De Jongh's model is based on his leadership of the Dutch National Environmental Policy Plan, the international standard in sustainable development planning.

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About the Author:

Paul de Jongh is Director for Nature Protection in the Ministry of Agriculture, the Netherlands.

Sean Captain is a professional writer and policy analyst living in the US.

Review:

'An inspiring insider's guide to employing the two most powerful tools of environmental policy: cooperation and innovation' - Jonathan Lash, President, The World Resources Institute 'A ?must read? for anyone who aspires to build a sustainable future' - Molly Harriss Olson, Inaugural Executive Director, US President's Council on Sustainable Development 'There isn't a better explanation of what it takes to put environmental policies into practice!' - Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'The first practical case study of how to build and implement a national sustainable development strategy. The Netherlands is the planetary laboratory for sustainability and Paul de Jongh is one of its principal architects' - David Gershon, Founder and Chairman, the Global Action Plan

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