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As a Leading Environmental Organization Closes, Its Leader is Upbeat (Lester Brown)
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/04/22/as-the-earth-policy-institute-closes-its-leader-is-upbeat/
As a Leading Environmental Organization Closes, Its Leader is Upbeat
by Renee Cho | 4.22.2015 at 8:03am
Lester Brown, the global environmental leader, turned 81 this year and on July 1, he will close The Earth Policy Institute, the environmental research organization he founded in 2001. (Brown’s organization is separate from Columbia University’s Earth Institute.)
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Just in time for Earth Day, Brown and his colleagues have released his newest book, The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy. It is one of the most exciting books he’s ever worked on, he said, because it shows how we can work our way out of the dangerous situation we’ve created as CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels warm the planet.
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While the Earth Policy Institute is closing its doors due to a board decision, Brown will continue to do research and write books, maintaining his habit of working seven days a week. He’s already planning his next book about the looming crises of water and dust bowls.
A Lester Brown reading room is being established at Rutgers University, to house a collection of all 600 language editions of his books, his honorary degrees and his awards. Rutgers will also take over the website of the Earth Policy Institute, maintaining it as an archive.
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As a Leading Environmental Organization Closes, Its Leader is Upbeat
by Renee Cho | 4.22.2015 at 8:03am
Lester Brown, the global environmental leader, turned 81 this year and on July 1, he will close The Earth Policy Institute, the environmental research organization he founded in 2001. (Brown’s organization is separate from Columbia University’s Earth Institute.)
<snip>
Just in time for Earth Day, Brown and his colleagues have released his newest book, The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy. It is one of the most exciting books he’s ever worked on, he said, because it shows how we can work our way out of the dangerous situation we’ve created as CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels warm the planet.
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While the Earth Policy Institute is closing its doors due to a board decision, Brown will continue to do research and write books, maintaining his habit of working seven days a week. He’s already planning his next book about the looming crises of water and dust bowls.
A Lester Brown reading room is being established at Rutgers University, to house a collection of all 600 language editions of his books, his honorary degrees and his awards. Rutgers will also take over the website of the Earth Policy Institute, maintaining it as an archive.
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