Amending the Constitution to Support Sustainability

Several years ago,  I began lamenting the fact that the United States' Constitution doesn't charge the federal government with  stewardship of the natural environment.  But only recently, while reading John Ikerd's  Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense (Kumarian Press, 2005), did I come to realize how thoroughly this oversight - understandable in the 18th century, but intolerable in the 21st - perpetuates the  extractive and exploitive economic practices that are degrading the earth. 

It will be a long, tough slog, but some sort of sustainability amendment must get incorporated into the Constitution.  In Sustainable Capitalism (pp. 151-152), Ikerd offers a Bill of Rights for Sustainability.  In future posts I'll address his recommendations in detail.   For now, please consider obtaining  Ikerd's 
book (available at Amazon and other online booksellers).  You can also check out a synopsis of his ideas at the following link:

http://web.missouri.edu/~ikerdj/papers/Korea%20-%20Sustainable%20Capitalism.htm