SAGE News Clips: Butterfly JuliaWe hear from Julia Butterfly Hill, an activist seeking to save the South Central Farm, a 14 acre working urban farm, from being turned into a warehouse. Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 442, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Where does the concept of urban sustainability have its roots?
A. in the 19th-century works of Henry David Thoreau
B. in a 1962 environmental science book titled Silent Spring
C. in a 1987 report by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development titled Our Common Future
D. in a 1992 U.N. action plan titled Agenda 21
Answer: C
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