VIDEO: Session 1: Sustainability: The History of an Idea

This session will trace the history of the idea of sustainability in various fields, including natural resources and environmental law, economics, international development policy, and business. In doing so, it will explore the different meanings and understandings of sustainability through time, its manifestation in the environmental history of particular places such as the American West, and its growing use by the business community. VIDEO: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. SESSION 1: Sustainability: The History of an Idea Moderator: William Boyd, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School Speakers: Charles Wilkinson, Professor, University of Colorado Law School Paul Sutter, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Department of Histor