L. Hunter Lovins (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Sheldon, born February 26, 1950 in

Middlebury, Vermont Middlebury is the shire town (county seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History. History One o ...

) is an American

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that s ...

, author,

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desi ...

proponent, co-founder of

Rocky Mountain Institute RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) is an organization in the United States co-founded by Amory Lovins dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the field of sustainability, with a focus on profitable innovations for energy an ...

, and president of the nonprofit organization Natural Capitalism Solutions.

Education and career

Lovins received an undergraduate degree in

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and ...

and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

from

Pitzer College Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is k ...

in 1972, and a J.D. from

Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Academics Degrees offered include the Juris Doctor (JD); Master of Science in Legal ...

in 1975.Loyola Law Schoo
"L. Hunter Lovins '75: Director, Natural Capitalism Academy of the Global Academy"
, Retrieved July 19, 2019. A practicing attorney (member of the

State Bar of California The State Bar of California is California's official attorney licensing agency. It is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct, prescribing appropriate disciplin ...

), Lovins helped establish the urban forestry and environmental education group California Conservation Project (Tree People), and was their assistant director for about six years. She served as policy adviser for

Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries. The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with ...

under

David Brower David Ross Brower (; July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Earth ...

.Grist staff
"Hunter Lovins, thinker on sustainability, answers questions"
''Grist'', August 3, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2019. In 1982, Hunter Lovins and Amory Lovins co-founded

in Snowmass, Colorado.David Barry and Brad Lemley
"Lovin' Hydrogen"
''Discover'', November 2001 issue. Retrieved July 19, 2019. They initially ran the research foundation out of their home and referred to it as a "think-and-do-tank." Hunter Lovins served as RMI's CEO for strategy until 2002. Lovins has taught at several universities including

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

, where she was a Henry R. Luce visiting professor, and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute's

Pinchot University Pinchot University was a private graduate university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2002, Pinchot University was the first school to offer an MBA in Sustainable Business. In August 2016, Pinchot University was acquired by Presidio Graduate ...

, which became Presidio Graduate School in 2016. In 2013, Hunter served as a mentor for Unreasonable at Sea, a technology business accelerator for social entrepreneurs seeking to scale their ventures in international markets, founded by Unreasonable Group,

Semester at Sea Semester at Sea (SaS) is a study-abroad program which was founded in 1963 and managed by the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado State University is the current academic sponsor and the program is condu ...

, and

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...

’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Lovins is a founding professor of the MBA in sustainability at

Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic District—a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1860, ...

, where she serves as a faculty member. Lovins has addressed major gatherings such as the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

, the

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washin ...

, and the

World Summit on Sustainable Development The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, took place in South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss ustainable developmentorganizations, 10 years after the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. (It was the ...

. She has also done consulting for citizens’ groups, governments, and corporations.

Awards and recognition

In 1983, she and Amory Lovins were awarded the

Right Livelihood Award The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob ...

for "pioneering soft energy paths for global security." Lovins received a 1993 Nissan Award for an article on the Hypercar. The Lindbergh Foundation recognized her with the 1999 Lindbergh Award for "outstanding achievements in energy and environmental practice and policy." Lovins received a Leadership in Business Award at the Natural Business Conference in June 2001 for her work in the lifestyles of health and sustainability (

LOHAS Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) is a demographic defining a particular market segment related to sustainable living, "green" ecological initiatives, and generally composed of a relatively upscale and well-educated population segmen ...

) industry. She received

’s Alumni Association Board of Governors Recognition Award in 2000. The following year, Lovins and her ''Natural Capitalism'' co-authors were recognized with a

Shingo Prize The ''Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence'' is an award for operational excellence given to organizations worldwide by the Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. In order to be ...

for manufacturing research. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award of

. ''Time'' magazine featured Lovins in 2000 as one of their "Heroes for the Planet."

Personal life

In 1979, Hunter married

Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947) is an American writer, physicist, and former chairman/chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written on energy policy and related areas for four decades, and served on the US National ...

. The couple separated in 1989 and divorced in 1999.

Publications

Lovins co-authored the following books: * ''Energy/War, Breaking the Nuclear Link'' (1981) * '' Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security'' (1982) * ''Least-Cost Energy: Solving the CO2 Problem'' (1981) * ''The First Nuclear World War: A Strategy for Preventing Nuclear Wars and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons'' (1983) * ''Energy Unbound: A Fable for America's Future'' (1986) * ''Green Development: Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate'' (1998) * ''Factor 4: Doubling Wealth - Halving Resource Use and Least Cost Energy'' with

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born 25 June 1939) is a German scientist and politician ( SPD). He was a member of the German Bundestag and served as co-president of the Club of Rome jointly with Anders Wijkman 2011 – 2019. Family A member of ...

(1998) * '' Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution'' (1999) * '' Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change'' (2011) * ''The Way Out: Kickstarting Capitalism to Save Our Economic Ass'' (2012) * ''Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability'' (2013) * ''A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life'' with Stewart Wallis, Anders Wijkman, John B. Fullerton (2018) Lovins has also written articles for Unreasonable Group's online hub focused on

social entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of ...

.L. Hunter Lovins
UnreasonableGroup.com
Retrieved July 19, 2019.

References

External links

Natural Capitalism Solutions
Hunter Lovins' company
L. Hunter Lovins - MIPtalk.com Interview
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