Acting as if tomorrow matters is a guide to making the united states environmentally sustainable it is based on the views of more than four dozen nationally known experts in a variety of fields synthesizing answers to essential questions about sustainability dernbach provides an empirically based framework to explain the progress made in the united states to date on sustainability including a description of the most significant obstacles to rapid and increased success building on the . Acting as if tomorrow matters is a guide to making the united states environmentally sustainable it is based on the views of more than four dozen nationally known experts in a variety of fields synthesizing answers to essential questions about sustainability dernbach provides an empirically based framework to explain the progress made in the united states to date on sustainability including a description of the most significant obstacles to rapid and increased success. Acting as if tomorrow matters accelerating the transition to sustainability in his previous book the well received and often quoted agenda for a sustainable america 2009 john dernbach made more than a hundred recommendations for making the united states more environmentally sustainable. Acting as if tomorrow matters environmental law institute by john dernbach isbn 13 9781585761586 isbn 10 1585761583 paperback covelo ca usa environmental law institute 2012 06 isbn 13 978 1585761586