Lester Brown

Lester Brown
Founder of Earth Policy Institute

If you know who he is or have read his books you are fortunate.

If you haven’t heard of him then an introduction is in order.

He is the founder of the Earth Policy Institute which is dedicated to building a sustainable future as well as providing a plan of how to get from here to there.

He has written 50 books on state of our world one of which was published in 2006: Plan B 2.0 - Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble.

"Lester Brown tells us how to build a more just world and save the planet from climate change in a practical, straightforward way. We should all heed his advice." –President Bill Clinton http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/index.htm
Lester Russell Brown (born 1934) is an environmental analyst who has written several books on global environmental issues. He is the founder of the Worldwatch Institute and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute which is a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C.
Though he has written over twenty books, he is best known for Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. His books have been translated into more than forty languages. 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Brown

His current book is: Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to save Civilization.

Read an interview of Lester Brown from Grist:
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/03/06/roberts/

Hear two podcast interviews of Lester Brown:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=5&prgDate=11-Jan-08
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1700189,00.htm