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Summer 2015 — The Long View – No. 20
- What Does the Papel Encyclical, Laudato Si, Say to Lawyers? by Max Miller
- Thinking Globally on Global Climate Change: An Evangelical Reflection by Paul Louis Metzger
- A Survey of Oregon Groups Taking a Grassroots Approach to Climate Change: Part Two by Ann McQuesten
- Oregon Bike Law: A Quick Reference Guide by Charley Gee
- Section Announcements:
- Head Over Heels for Bike Law, August 26, 2015, 12:15-1 pm
- Save the Date – Tree Planting Event, November 14, 2015
- 2015 Sustainable Law Office Leadership Award: Compost Challenge! Applications due August 28, 2015
Spring 2015 — The Long View – No. 19
- 45 Days of Earth Days – A Critical Overview by Brian Tokar
- Just a Theory on People and Climate Change by Steve Harvey
- New York Court Rules that Chimpanzees Must Have Duties to be Considered “Persons” by Lindsay A. Byrne
- Oregon Public Policy Initiatives – Responding to Climate Change by Lyndon “Tuck” Wilson
- A Survey of Oregon Groups Taking a Grass Roots Approach to Change: Part One by Ann McQuesten
- Book Review by Max Miller: “The Conscience Economy: How A Mass Movement For Good is Great For Business” by Steve Overman
Winter 2014 — The Long View – No. 18
- Crowd Funding for Small Oregon Businesses: Proposed New Rules by Jeffery S. Cronn and Claire E. Brown
- A Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax: Good for the Economy, the Climate, and the Psyche by Daniela Brod
- The OSB Sustainable Future Section: A Five Year Report by Dick Roy
- Section News:
- Steven R. Schell Receives the 2014 President’s Sustainability Award
- Bodyfelt Mount LLP Receives the 2014 Sustainable Law Office Leadership Award
- Book Review by Bill Halmark: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism v. The Climate” by Naomi Klien
Fall 2014 — The Long View – No. 17
- Climate Change Plaintiffs Advance in Court of Appeals by Liam Sherlock
- Guardians for Future Generations in Other Nations by Jesse Matsukawa
- Are Livestock Animal Welfare and Environmental Sustainability Compatible? by Marie Burcham
- Section News:
- 2014-2016 Partners in Sustainability
- Opinion:
- Why You Should Vote Yes on Ballot Measure 92 by George A. Kimbrell
- Why You Should Vote No on Ballot Measure 92 by John A. DiLorenzo, Jr.
Summer 2014 — The Long View – No. 16
- Corporate Social Responsibility – Making it Meaningful by Jeff Cronn and Marco Materazzi
- Program Announcement! Climate Change Plaintiffs Score in Court of Appeals (August 5, 2014)
- Western Water Law and Sustainability by John DeVoe
- Is Western Water Law Sustainable? by Martha Pagel
- Lines in the Sand – Climate Change and the Oregon Coast by Steven R. Schell
- The Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Connection by Marie Burcham
Spring 2014 — The Long View – No. 15
- Genetically Engineered Salmon. Aurora Paulson, a Legal Fellow at the Center for Food Safety, discusses issues related to genetically engineered salmon and efforts being made to secure FDA approval to raise GE Salmon for food.
- Program Announcement! Collaborative Forestry Field Trip on June 28, 2014
- 2014 Law Office Leadership Award Announcement: Paperless Office (Nominations due July 31)
- Partners in Sustainability Program: Revised Criteria
- Around Town: Innovations to Advance Sustainability: In 2013, the Section presented its third annual Sustainable Law Office Leadership Award to Markowitz Herbold Glade & Mehlhaf PC to recognize the most innovative recent practice of a law firm in advancing sustainability. In this article, we describe the innovative practices of the other law firms who applied for the 2013 Award.
Winter 2013 – The Long View – No. 14
Individual Articles:
- Climate Change and Public Health. A summary of the Multnomah County Climate Change and Public Health Preparation Plan by Ann McQuesten, attorney at White, Summers, Caffee & James, in Portland.
- OSB award to Max Miller and ABA award to the Section in 2013. Max Miller receives the OSB President’s Sustainability Award and the Section receives an award from the ABA.
- Review of 2013 section activities. The Section provided newsletters, programs, and public recognition to our members.
- The effects of climate change in the Northwest. Philip W. Mote summarizes the findings and predictions for the social, health and economic impacts to the Northwest.
- Rep. Jules Bailey on Oregon’s next legislative session on climate change. Q&A with Rep. Bailey on the prospects for legislation related to climate change.
Consider This . . . “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judg-ment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms” ~President Barack Obama, 2013 inaugural address
Spring 2013 – The Long View – No. 13
Individual Articles:
- Biodiversity 101: What is Biodiversity? Amy Atwood, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity, explains the web of life, the variability of life at all levels of organization, and the correlation of biodiversity with the diversity of human cultures and languages.
- Getting on the List Noah Greenwald, conservation biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity, describes the backlog for listing under the Endangered Species Act and the 2011 settlement to accelerate the listing decision process for 757 different species.
- Amy Atwood and Noah Greenwald take a look at 40 years of the Endangered Species Act.
- Why Save the Marbled Murrelet? Tanya Sanerib, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity, explains the importance for both humans and the environment to save any single species, such as the marbled murrelet in Oregon.
Upcoming event: Phil Mote to speak on June 5 on projected impacts of climate change on natural areas in Oregon.
Consider This . . . “When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored planet..” ~E.O. Wilson
Winter 2012 – The Long View – No. 12
Individual Articles:
- Restoring Forest Health: Collaboration and Responsibility in Eastern Oregon, by Susan Jane Brown and Mark Webb, founding members of Blue Mountains Forest Partners
- Sustainable Future Section 2012 Annual Meeting Report by Michelle Slater, Sustainable Future Section Chair
- Photographs from the 2012 Sustainable Law Office Award reception for Stoel Rives, with keynote speaker Congressman Earl Blumenauer
- Sustainability in the Legal Profession – Law Schools and the Sustainability Movement in Higher Education, by Amy Bushaw
- Diane Henkels Receives Oregon State Bar President’s Sustainability Award – deserved recognition for a career in promoting sustainability in Oregon’s communities.
Consider This . . . “Society is a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are dead, and those who are yet to be born.” ~Edmund Burke
Fall 2012 – The Long View – No. 11
Individual Articles:
- Sustainability in Education: Is there a need for a general text on “sustainability law”? by Amy Bushaw
- Principle 10: Beyond Rio + 20 by Dr. Lalaina R. Rakotoson and Diane Henkels
- The Business Case for Sustainability by Jared Kennedy
- 2012 Sustainable Law Office Leadership Award – Stoel Rives by Ellen Grover
- Sustainability for the Holidays by Bill Kabeiseman
- New Partners in OSB Partners in Sustainability Program
- In My Opinion: Can Existing Environmental Laws Meet the Challenges of Sustainability? by Amanda Righi
The Sustainable Future Section congratulates Diane Henkels as this year’s recipient of the OSB President’s Sustainability Award.
Consider This . . . Is Human Activity a Substantial Cause of Global Climate Change?
Pro: “The greatest barrier to public recognition of human-made climate change is probably natural variability of local climate . . . Actions to stem emissions of the gases that cause global warming are unlikely to approach what is needed until the public recognizes that human-made climate change is underway and perceives that it will have unacceptable consequences….” ~James E. Hansen, PhD, Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, et al. Aug. 6, 2012 study, “Perception of Climate Change,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Con: “It is a simple fact that CO2 is plant food and the world around us evolved when levels of CO2 were five to ten times what they are today. Our green world is a consequence of atmospheric CO2. And, food for plants means food for people. The extra CO2 we are putting into the atmosphere not only invigorates the biosphere, but also enhances the yields of our food crops. This is a tremendous benefit to nature and us in my view . . .” ~John R. Christy, PhD, M.Div, Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Aug. 1, 2012 testimony before the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, available at the Senate’s website.
Summer 2012 – The Long View – No. 10
Individual Articles:
- Beside the Blue River: An Ethic of, and for, the Earth by Kathleen Dean Moore
- Seeking a New Jurisprudence … for Earth Matters by Pat Siemen, JD, OP
- RFPs for Legal Services Adopt Sustainability Criteria by Jennifer Gates
- Founding Partners in OSB Partners in Sustainability Program
Consider This . . . “The ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ applies to the number within the womb of time, compared to which those now alive form but an insignificant fraction. Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wild life and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.” ~Theodore Roosevelt, 1916
Spring 2012 – The Long View – No. 9
Individual Articles:
- How Green is Your Bar? Results of a 50-State Survey by Jennifer Berg
- Green with Envy? Your Bar Should Be by Rod Wegener
- Oregon’s New Reach Code: Mainstreaming and Streamlining Energy Efficiency by Aeron Teverbaugh
- Ice Age Lessons for Future Climate Change by Andreas Schmittner
- Psychology as if the Whole World Mattered by Thomas Joseph Doherty
Consider This . . . “First we need to decide what needs to be done. Then we do it. And then we ask if it is possible.” ~Lester Brown
Winter 2011 – The Long View – No. 8
Individual Articles:
- Sustainability and the Discount Rate: An Economist’s Perspective by James Randall Pozdena, PhD
- Green Pro Bono – Helping Provide Solutions to Climate Change by Nancy Reiner
- Report on Sustainable Future Section Annual Meeting by Robin B. Seifried
- Oregon’s New Carbon Footprint of Consumption by David Allaway
- The Schwabe “Cups-To-Go” by Carmen Calzacorta
- James M. Kennedy Receives OSB President’s Sustainability Award
- Investing With Impact: Generating Strong Financial, Environmental, and Social Returns by Nathan Kadish
- Announcements: Partners in Sustainability Program
Consider This . . . “We are seeing the birth of a new perspective of the world, where ecology and economics are two sides of the same coin ” ~Leif Johansson
Fall 2011 – The Long View – No. 7
Individual Articles:
- The Future of Perpetuity: Conservation Easement Concerns in the 21st Century by James L. Olmsted
- Conservation Easements: An Overview by Nancy Duhnkrack
- Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Awarded for Sustainable Law Office Leadership
- Oregon’s Public Trust Doctrine in the 21st Century: Public Rights in Waters, Wildlife, and Beaches by Michael C. Blumm & Erika A. Doot
- Trickle Down Sustainability at the Oregon State Bar Center by Rod Wegener
- Mission and Work of the Deschutes Land Trust by Brad Nye
Consider This . . . “As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.” ~Steve Jobs
Summer 2011 – The Long View – No. 6
Individual Articles
- The Ethical Dimensions of Sustainability by Reed Elizabeth Loder
- Ecosystem Services and Markets by Sara Vickerman
- Introducing Net Zero Building by Clark Brockman
- Moving Green Building Forward: Carrots or Sticks? by Marian Thomas and Chris Forney
- Nominations due July 15 for OSB Sustainable Future Section Sustainable Law Office Leadership Awards
Consider This . . . “Almost anything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” ~M.K. Gandhi
Spring 2011 – The Long View – No. 5
Individual Articles
- The impact of population, affluence and technology on the biotic world by Dick Roy
- Going Paperless in a large firm by Lori Hughes
- Double-sided filings in Oregon Circuit Courts by Amie Jamieson
- Paperless practices at the Office of Public Defense Services by Kathryn Aylward
- Going paperless at a small firm by Janis Alexander
- Opinion: 2011: The Year of Seven Billion by Marilyn Hempel
- Opinion: Breathing Room Economics by Robert Dietz
- Editor’s Notes on opinion pieces
- Announcements
Consider This . . . “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.” ~Albert Einstein
Winter 2010 – The long View – No. 4
Individual Articles
- Climate Change Related D&O Liability – the Coming Flood?
- The Precautionary Principle
- Sustainable Future Section Annual Business
- Robin Morris Collin: Leader in Sustainability
- Miller Honored with Sustainable Leadership Award
- Is the Precautionary Principle Sustainable?
- The Precautionary Principle: Taking Precautions Now to Protect the Future
Consider This . . . “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ~Isaac Asimov
Fall 2010 – The Long View – No. 3
Individual Articles
- Ecosystem Services – A Framework for Thinking about Sustainability
- The Sustainable Law Office
- Max Miller and Robin Morris Collin receive the Section’s Sustainable Leadership Awards
- Oregon State Bar Sustainability Practices
- Dick Roy First Recipient of OSB President’s Sustainability Award
- Legislative Initiatives Encourage Corporate Social Responsibility
- Ater Wynne Receives Sustainable Law Office Leadership award
- Introducing Sustainability to Environmental Policy and Strategies for Development
Consider This . . . “Even though the relationship between economic growth, wellbeing and human happiness is tricky territory, it is territory that should no longer be avoid, if richer no longer means better, or happier..” ~UK Sustainable Development Commision (2003)
Summer 2010 – The Long View – No. 2
Individual Articles
- Law of Science and Sustainability: A Framework for Dialog
- The Law Office Sustainability Policy
- Creating a Law Firm Sustainability Practice
- Signaling Sustainability Through Eco-Certifications
- Oregon Certified Sustainable Wine
Consider This . . . “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” ~Charles Darwin
Spring 2010 – The Long View – No. 1
Individual Articles:
- Welcome from the Executive Committee
- Sustainability and the Oregon Legal Profession
- Oregon State Bar: Carbon Report
- Making Oregon the Delaware of Green Business
- Sustainability and Environmental Justice
- Biomimicry – Life’s Principles: Applying the Laws of Nature
Consider This . . . “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” ~John Cage