Angels by the River: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603585850 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has also been administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, chair of the U.N. Development Group, professor of law at Georgetown University, and chair of the U.S. He currently teaches at Vermont Law School, and is a senior fellow at the Democracy Collaborative where he is co-chair of the Next System Project. Council on Environmental Quali
One of our great environmental leaders At this point in our history we need leaders with vision and unflinching dedication to creating a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren. Gus Speth is the archetypal such leader from my generation. I have admired his work and ability to speak with clarity and strength. We were honored and privileged to have him as commencement speaker at Unity College in spring 2013. As president of an environmental col. Angels is the account of how a lifetime of clear-eyed commitment can indeed help change the world for the better, over and over Born in the American South in 19Angels is the account of how a lifetime of clear-eyed commitment can indeed help change the world for the better, over and over Dahvi A Wilson Born in the American South in 1942, Speth experienced a powerful opening of the eyes as an undergraduate at Yale, and he found himself forced to reexamine the social structures and cultural assumptions under which he had grown. Lucky for us, he was willing to listen to the nagging doubts tugging on his heart, and to stay on the winding road that would unfold before him to bring him here, to a time when once again, he . 2, Speth experienced a powerful opening of the eyes as an undergraduate at Yale, and he found himself forced to reexamine the social structures and cultural assumptions under which he had grown. Lucky for us, he was willing to listen to the nagging doubts tugging on his heart, and to stay on the winding road that would unfold before him to bring him here, to a time when once again, he . "A powerful new approach to environmentalism addressing the underlying drivers of our significant problems" according to Kelly Levin. Don’t miss Gus Speth’s inspiring memoir. Learn about his upbringing in a divided South, his journey founding and leading top environmental institutions, and his advocating for a new approach to environmentalism by addressing the underlying drivers of our significant problems.The book captures the reader so easily. The personal detail draws you in – it’s reads like a story book. I was thinking t
I urge you to accompany Gus Speth through his early life in the segregated South, the liberal North, the heady days of the environmental movement and his disenchantment with inside-the-system fixes. His voice is absolutely essential when it comes to the environment. He chronicles how he poured his youthful energy into environmental advocacy because he believed that he 'had largely missed one great American struggle, civil rights, and…did not want to miss another.' The author writes modestly of his distinguished career, explaining the jobs he held and the ones he didn't get, offers generous praise to those who taught him and helped him along the way, and gives a nod to the role playe
Born and raised in an idyllic but racially divided town that later became the scene of South Carolina's horrific Orangeburg Massacre, Speth explores how the civil rights movement and the South's agrarian roots shaped his later work in the heyday of the environmental movement, when he founded two landmark environmental groups, fought for the nation's toughest environmental laws, spearheaded programs in the United Nations, advised the White House, and moved into a leading academic role as dean of Yale's prestigious School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Yet, in the end, he arrived somewhere quite unexpected–still believing change is possible, but not within the current political and economic system. In the process he invites others to join him politically at or near the place at which he has arrived, wherever they may have started.. Reflections on race, environment, politics, and living on the front lines of changeIn Angels by the River, James Gustave "Gus" Speth recounts his unlikely path from a southern boyhood through his years as one of the nation's most influential mainstream environmentalists and eventually to the system-changing activism that shapes his current work. Throughout this c