Background
Norton, Bryan G. was born on July 19, 1944 in Marshall, Michigan, United States. Son of Kenneth Lucien and Lida M. (Miller) Norton.
( While many disciplines contribute to environmental cons...)
While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that the central problem in conservation is a lack of effective communication, Bryan Norton shows in Sustainability how current linguistic resources discourage any shared, multidisciplinary public deliberation over environmental goals and policy. In response, Norton develops a new, interdisciplinary approach to defining sustainability—the cornerstone of environmental policy—using philosophical and linguistic analyses to create a nonideological vocabulary that can accommodate scientific and evaluative environmental discourse. Emphasizing cooperation and adaptation through social learning, Norton provides a practical framework that encourages an experimental approach to language clarification and problem formulation, as well as an interdisciplinary approach to creating solutions. By moving beyond the scientific arena to acknowledge the importance of public discourse, Sustainability offers an entirely novel approach to environmentalism.
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(This book examines the setting of sustainability as a goa...)
This book examines the setting of sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author explores ways to break down the disciplinary barriers to communication and deliberation about environment policy, and to integrate science and evaluations into a more comprehensive environmental policy. The book appeals to students and professionals in the fields of environmental policy and ethics, conservation biology and philosophy.
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(Today, six out of ten Americans describe themselves as "a...)
Today, six out of ten Americans describe themselves as "active" environmentalists or as "sympathetic" to the movement's concerns. The movement, in turn, reflects this millions-strong support in its diversity, encompassing a wide spectrum of causes, groups, and sometimes conflicting special interests. For far-sighted activists and policy makers, the question is how this diversity affects the ability to achieve key goals in the battle against pollution, erosion, and out-of-control growth. This insightful book offers an overview of the movement -- its past as well as its present -- and issues the most persuasive call yet for a unified approach to solving environmental problems. Focusing on examples from resource use, pollution control, protection of species and habitats, and land use, the author shows how the dynamics of diversity have actually hindered environmentalists in the past, but also how a convergence of these interests around forward-looking policies can be effected, despite variance in value systems espoused. The book is thus not only an assessment of today's movement, but a blueprint for action that can help pull together many different concerns under a common banner. Anyone interested in environmental issues and active approaches to their solution will find the author's observations both astute and creative.
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educator philosopher environmental scientist
Norton, Bryan G. was born on July 19, 1944 in Marshall, Michigan, United States. Son of Kenneth Lucien and Lida M. (Miller) Norton.
Bachelor in Political Science, University of Michigan, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1970.
Teaching fellow, lecturer University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-1970. From assistant to associate to professor New College of University South Florida, Sarasota, 1970-1988. Research associate University Maryland Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, College Park, 1981-1983.
Professor public policy Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, since 1988, coordinator philosophy of science and technical program, 1997—1999, 2000—2002. Associate scientist Zoo Atlanta, 1989—2004, distinguished professor, School Public Policy, since 2006. Consultant Eastern Research Group, 1992-1994, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1996-1998.
Member environmental economics advisory committee, science advisory board United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-1997. Board directors Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, 1996-2005. Editorial board member, GreenR, Gale Publications.
( While many disciplines contribute to environmental cons...)
(Today, six out of ten Americans describe themselves as "a...)
(This book examines the setting of sustainability as a goa...)
Active in numerous species protection efforts. Fellow Hastings Center. Member International Society Environmental Ethics, Society for Conservation Biology (board governors 1989-1994, 2002-2005), International Society Ecological Economics, Pi Sigma Alpha.
(National Political Science Honorary award 1966).