Christopher Flavin is the former president of the
Worldwatch Institute
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, an independent research organization focused on natural resource and environmental issues, based in Washington, D.C.. He is also a founding member of the Board of Directors of the
Business Council for Sustainable Energy and is a member of the
National Academy of Sciences
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, the Climate Institute, and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. His research and writing focus is international energy and climate policy.
[Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap]
p. 4. One of his popular quotes on Sustainability states "Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The question is where societies choose to put their creative efforts".
Biography
Christopher Flavin has participated in several notable international conferences, including the
Earth Summit
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in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and the Climate Change Conference in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. He has testified before national and state legislatures and meets frequently with government and international leaders.
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Flavin is a native of ]Monterey, California
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and a cum laude graduate of Williams College
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, where he studied economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
, biology
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, and environmental studies
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.Worldwatch Institute
Selected publications
*''Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution'', W.W. Norton, 1994.
*''Rising Sun, Gathering Winds: Policies to Stabilize the Climate and Strengthen Economies'', Worldwatch Paper 138, November 1997.
*Regular contributions to ''
State of the World, Vital Signs'' and ''World Watch''.
*
Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap', 2008.
See also
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State of the World 2008
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Lester Brown
Lester Russel Brown (born March 28, 1934) is an American environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and former president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC ...
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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 Nation ...
Nourishing the Planet project*
State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet'
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American non-fiction environmental writers
People associated with energy
American climate activists
Williams College alumni
People from Monterey, California
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Activists from California