7/06/06

L. Hunter Lovins

TOPIC: The Green Race: How Corporations are Changing their Color

I was completely inspired and empowered by my conversation with Hunter Lovins. I know that you will be inspired also as you hear about some of the positive changes taking place in our world today. Let’s use our power to increase their scope and effectiveness.
- John English

L. Hunter Lovins, Esq., is the president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, Inc. and co- creator of the Natural Capitalism concept. In 1982 she co-founded the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with Amory Lovins, and proceeded to lead that organization as its CEO for Strategy until 2002. Under her leadership, RMI grew into an internationally recognized research center, widely celebrated for its innovative thinking in energy and resource issues. By the time she left, the institute had grown to a staff of 50 people and a $7 million annual budget, half of it earned through programmatic enterprise.   Lovins has co-authored nine books and dozens of papers, and was featured in the award-winning film, Lovins On the Soft Path. Her latest book, Natural Capitalism, co-authored with Amory Lovins and business author Paul Hawken, was released in September 1999. It has been translated into a dozen languages and was the subject of a Harvard Business Review summary. Her recent articles have appeared in World Link, World Business Academy Review, American Prospect, and Los Angeles Times. You can learn more about Hunter Lovins and her work at www.natcapsolutions.org