Presented as part of CCA's Graduate Studies Lecture Series, we are honored to announce Hunter Lovins speaking to us on October 21st 2010 at 7pm - 9pm in Timken Lecture Hall (San Francisco campus). Hunter will talk about what steps we can take to redesign systems to be more sustainable in ecological, social, cultural, and financial terms.
For the past 30 years, as an author and promoter of sustainable development, she has worked to build teams that can create and implement practical and affordable solutions. She is the founder and president of Natural Capitalism Inc. and the Colorado-based nonprofit Natural Capitalism Solutions. She has taught at several universities and consulted for a wide array of citizens' groups, governments, and corporations. In 1982, with her then-husband, she cofounded the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and served as its CEO for strategy until 2002. Lovins also helped establish, and was for six years assistant director of, the California Conservation Project (Tree People), an urban forestry and environmental education group.
As a speaker and consultant Lovins has addressed the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Congress, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and hundreds of major conferences. She was named a Hero of the Planet by Time magazine. She received her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science from Pitzer College and a law degree from Loyola Law School.
Please join us and meet Hunter on the 21st.
