The Green Economy: Strategic Planning for a Future?

16 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2018

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Irma S. Russell

University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law

Date Written: June 8, 2018

Abstract

While the green economy is uniquely dependent on imagination, it is not imaginary. While it needs ideas to grow, it is not necessarily ideological. The term “green economy” brings to mind for many people wind turbines and solar energy installations, and, perhaps, organic produce and free-range chickens as well. All these usages convey the sense of “sustainability.” The use of the term “green” -- long associated with growth and life -- is in keeping with the term “sustainability” as articulated in the 1987 United Nation Brundtland Report, entitled Our Common Future. The report defines the term “sustainability” as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This concept is not new. It is essentially the Golden Rule in the environmental context. In other words: Use the resources of the world, but do not use them up.

Suggested Citation

Russell, Irma S., The Green Economy: Strategic Planning for a Future? (June 8, 2018). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 913, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3193166

Irma S. Russell (Contact Author)

University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law ( email )

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States

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