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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 3. Application of Ethics.

Ethics 247
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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

To this day, a book published in 2001 and co-written by Cole with Georgetown law professor Sheila Foster titled, From the Ground Up , is considered a treatise for the type of environmental justice work he practiced and taught. Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said.

Law 99
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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires. Instead, he believed the land was improved by ethical and sustainable management. Researchers fear that over the next two decades, severe wildfires could turn huge swaths of forests into scrubland and destroy critical habitat.