Withdrawal from international agreements the removal of regulations and reductions in agency staff and enforcement have become dominant developments in environmental law since 2017. A great dismantling has negatively affected the rights of recipients the expectations of actors the determinants of public occupational and environmental health and the processes we rely on for understanding and managing the world. The result is unsustainable and the prospect of restoration is before us. This course engages students who want to participate in establishing sensible systems to protect the public interest remaking the world for sustainability and shaping the law so that it becomes a priority for everyone. The course examines how to nurture the development of these possibilities with students offering their personal choices of focus to create a communal learning experience. It combines practical historical legal and other information to produce a focus on common fate and shared effort. Students produce an original product focused on the kind of governance they argue we ought to have and through class interaction work to improve the professional value of their paper or project.
