Lester R. Brown

Lester R. Brown

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birthdate = 1934
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occupation = Environmentalist
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Lester Russell Brown (born 1934) is an environmental analyst who has written over twenty books on global environmental issues. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. He is the founder of the Worldwatch Institute and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute which is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C.

One of his best known works is "". The recipient of forty honorary degrees and a MacArthur Fellowship, among numerous other awards, Brown has been described by the "Washington Post" as "one of the world's most influential thinkers." [ [http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/events/lesterbrown.html Lester Brown at earthinstitute.columbia.edu] ]

Bibliography

* "Man, Land and Food" (1963)
* "Increasing World Food Output" (1965)
* "Seeds of Change" (1970)
* "Man and His Environment: Food (with Gail Finsterbusch)" (1972)
* "World Without Borders" (1972)
* "In the Human Interest" (1974)
* "By Bread Alone" (with Erik Eckholm) (1974)
* "The Twenty-Ninth Day" (1978)
* "Running on Empty" (with Colin Norman & Christopher Flavin) (1979)
* "Building a Sustainable Society" (1981)
* "State of the World" (with others) (1984-2001)
* "Vital Signs" (with others) (1992-2001)
* "Eko Keizai Kakumei: Environmental Trends Reshaping The Global Economy" (1998) (in Japanese)
* "Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy" (1992)
* "Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity" (1995)
* "Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet" (1995)
* "Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity" (1996)
* "Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge (with Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil)" (1999)
* "Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth" (2001)
* "Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble" (2003)
* "Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures" (2004)
* "" (2006)
* "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" (2008)

Quotes

On urban sprawl:

“"The world’s cities are in trouble. In Mexico City, Tehran, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the quality of daily life is deteriorating."”cite web
url= http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/340-Urbanisation-Designing-sustainable-cities
title= Urbanisation: Designing sustainable cities
author= Lester Brown
publisher=chinadialogue
date= 2006-09-04
accessdate= 2008-07-17
]

References

External links

* [http://www.earth-policy.org/About/Lester_bio.htm Earth Policy Institute] - biography of Lester R. Brown
* [http://www.altruists.org/f254 Lester Brown Interview about The Water Crisis] MP3
* [http://www.treehuggertv.com/a_conversation_with_lester_brown.php A Conversation With Lester Brown] - TreeHuggerTV interview with Lester Brown
* [http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/04/lester-brown-full-interview/ "If You Like Challenges, There's No Greater Time to be Alive."] Video interview with Lester Brown, from elephant journal.Books online:
* [http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PlanB_contents.htm "Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress & a Civilization in Trouble" (2003); complete book online (html pages and pdf document)]
* [http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htm Lester R. Brown: "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization" (2008); complete book online (html pages and pdf document)]


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