Taking Back Eden: Eight Environmental Cases that Changed the World
Taking Back Eden is the saga of an idea - that ordinary people can go to court to defend their environment - told through lawsuits brought in eight countries around the world. Starting in the United States, this idea has traveled the planet at warp speed, carrying protections for threatened environments and new notions of justice and democracy as well. Author Oliver Houck describes the sites at issue in their place and time, the project promoters, the people who rose up against them, their...
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Taking Back Eden is a set of case studies of environmental lawsuits. Choice "This modest volume poisnantly reminds the reader that environmental policy change is achieved not merely by amassing scientific evidence or lobbying for new laws, but by protest that eventually finds its way into courts of law...very useful and readable volume... recommended."
Introduction The Awakening 1Ch. 1 Storm King 7Ch. 2 Nikko Taro 23Ch. 3 Minors Oposa 43Ch. 4 Great Whale 61Ch. 5 Taj Mahal 89Ch. 6 Lenin's Trees 111Ch. 7 Acheloos 131Ch. 8 Trillium 151Reflections 175Acknowledgments 179Notes 183Index 229
\ Choice"This modest volume poisnantly reminds the reader that environmental policy change is achieved not merely by amassing scientific evidence or lobbying for new laws, but by protest that eventually finds its way into courts of law...very useful and readable volume... recommended."\ \ \ \ \ \ Mother Nature Network"Worthwhile read."\ \ \ \ "Interesting and well-written book."\ \ \ \ \ \ "Taking Back Eden is a must read for any who want to best understand the world of law and nature."\ \ \
