Lynton Keith Caldwell : an environmental visionary and the national environmental policy act / Wendy Read Wertz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wertz, Wendy Read.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalists--United States--Biography.

Environmentalists.

Environmental policy--United States--History.

Environmental policy.

United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

United States.

Caldwell, Lynton K. (Lynton Keith), 1913-2006.

Caldwell, Lynton K.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960's introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. For the next three decades, Caldwell played a leading role in establishing ethics-based environmental policy and administration as major areas of inquiry in the United States and around the world. Through his tireless global travels, writing, and lectures, and his work with the US Senate, the IUCN, UN, and UNESCO, Caldwell became recognized for his contributions to environmental ethics an...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: Choosing an Environmental Path; 1 A Century of History and Heritage: The Roots of an Environmental Focus; 2 Marriage, War, Children, and Career; 3 Choosing a Different Path; 4 A New Focus on Education: Ecology and the Environment Become Political Issues, 1965-1968; 5 "Those Were Exciting Years": Toward a National Policy for the Environment; 6 The National Environmental Policy Act and the Start of the "Environmental Decade"; 7 Early Challenges to NEPA: Trying for National Land-Use Policy; 8 NEPA, a New School, and New Directions

9 Increasing International Focus: The "Visiting Professor" 10 Conservation versus Consumption: A Division in Social Philosophy; 11 The Years of Going Backward; 12 Retirement: A New Focus on Global Environmental Issues; 13 Strengthening NEPA through a Constitutional Amendment; 14 The Grand Old Man of Environmental Policy; 15 The Final Years; EPILOGUE: Leaving a Legacy; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253010377

0253010373

OCLC:

870951084