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MISSION
Since the publication of Silent
Spring and the birth of the modern environmental movement,
the environmental community has worked hard to arrest the deterioration
of the Earth’s health. Many battles have been won, but we are
losing the war. The Earth’s capacity to support the economy
continues to deteriorate. The gap between what we need to do to
arrest the deterioration of the Earth and what we are doing continues
to widen.
Somehow we have to turn the tide. The Earth Policy
Institute was founded May 2001 by Lester Brown and Reah Janise Kauffman to provide a vision of a sustainable
future and a plan for how to get from here to there.
DISSEMINATION
As a small organization with a global mission, the Earth Policy Institute has designed a unique information dissemination model, capitalizing on the synergy between a worldwide network of book publishers, the communications media, and the Internet. Through this distribution network, countless individuals and organizations have become aware of the environmental issues facing the world and many have been inspired to take action. Find out how.
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Our staff (l to r): Jonathan, Fran, Reah Janise, Lester, Millicent, Sway, Matt, and Janet
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STAFF BIOS
, founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, has been described
by the Washington Post as “one
of the world’s most influential thinkers” and as “the
guru of the global environmental movement” by The
Telegraph of Calcutta. The author of numerous
books, including Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization where he develops a vision for
an environmentally sustainable economy, chapters, articles, etc.,
he helped pioneer the concept of environmentally sustainable development.
His principal research areas include food, population, water, climate
change, and renewable energy. The recipient of scores of awards
and honorary degrees, he is widely sought as a speaker. In 1974,
he founded Worldwatch Institute, of which he was President for its
first 26 years. As President, he launched the World Watch Papers,
the Worldwatch/Norton books, the annual State
of the World report, the bimonthly magazine World Watch,
the annual Vital Signs, and the Institute’s News Briefs. For relaxation, Lester runs. Read a complete biography.
View a selected list of recent publications by Mr. Brown.
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Lester Brown
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, co-founder and
Vice President, has assisted Lester Brown in his work since 1986.
As in any small organization, Reah Janise wears many hats. She oversees
the administrative aspects of EPI, including managing its worldwide
publishing network, outreach program, website, marketing, fundraising,
and personnel. Prior to her work at EPI, she worked at the Worldwatch Institute for 15 years as Lester Brown's special assistant and as Director of International
Publications. Prior to joining
Worldwatch, she was an editor and technical writer focusing on sustainable
agriculture at Michigan State University, from which she graduated
with a degree in English. She and her husband are ministers with the Ann Ree Colton Foundation of Niscience. Reah Janise squeezes exercise into her busy
day by either running or biking to work.
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Reah Janise Kauffman |
, Manager of Publications
Sales and Assistant Treasurer, brings with her more than 20 years
of people-oriented sales/service experience. Warm and personable,
Millicent manages easily the diverse and exacting area of customer
service, publications fulfillment, database management, accounting, and ordering office supplies. Prior to Earth Policy,
she was the Publications Sales Coordinator at Worldwatch Institute
for 11 years. A graduate of Commonwealth College in Richmond, VA,
Millicent enjoys classic movies and reading.
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Millicent Johnson |
, Director of Research, holds a degree in Earth Systems from Stanford University. Janet manages Earth Policy Institute's research program with Lester Brown, planning new projects and coordinating the efforts of the research team. She uses her interdisciplinary background in researching the Eco-Economy Updates, and the Eco-Economy Indicators. Lester refers to her as his "alter ego." Prior to the incorporation of EPI, Janet worked at Worldwatch Institute on the Issue Alerts, State of the World, and Vital Signs. She is also a contributor to The Earth Policy Reader. Janet has written on a variety of topics including primate decline, illegal logging, land use, and population. Other interests include agriculture, biodiversity, global change, natural resource management, and urban design. She has spent time studying the rainforest and the amphibians of the Peruvian Amazon and enjoys the great outdoors.
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Janet Larsen |
Staff Researcher, holds a B.S. in Applied Biology, summa cum laude, from The Georgia Institute of Technology, a M.P.P. in Environmental Policy from University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from University of Arizona. He has served as an ORISE Fellow in the HIV Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an Environmental Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives, and a field researcher at Estacion Biologica La Suerta in Costa Rica where he studied Lepidoptera species diversity. Jonathan has written and published articles on HIV variability and detection, bioremediation of hydrocarbons, GMOs and the WTO, and international environmental agreements, such as NAAEC. Jonathan’s current interests include climate change, water scarcity, and ecological economics. As a staff researcher at EPI, Jonathan contributes to on-going research projects. In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys home restoration projects, gardening, nature walks, and entertaining his cats.
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Administrative Assistant, graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. in Journalism, and a minor in Anthropology. Throughout college, she worked as a Web Assistant for KPBS.org, San Diego’s local PBS/NPR station website, wrote and edited columns as The Daily Aztec’s Opinion Section Editor, and helped excavate the remains of a freed slave’s homestead on Palomar Mountain. At EPI, Sway assists Reah Janise with media outreach, organizes press clips, tracks website statistics, disseminates the Earth Policy News, and provides secretarial support for Lester. She has a knack for web-related communications, and enjoys maintaining websites and sharing vital news with friends and family. Sway loves to shop at vintage clothing stores, walk around the National Mall and Memorials, and DJ at bars and lounges in the District.
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Staff Researcher, graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2006 with a BS in Environmental Conservation, summa cum laude. He was named “Most Outstanding Student” by the E.C. faculty two years in a row. While attending UNH, he worked with the City of Dover, NH’s Environmental Projects division of Community Services. Matt scans internet resources for news clips and scientific studies relevant to the research team’s work, provides various reports for Lester, and assists Janet with the upkeep and organization of EPI’s library. Matt’s current interests include biodiversity and tropical ecology, ecotourism, Chesapeake Bay conservation, and climate change. In his free time, he enjoys eating crabs with his lovely wife Sarah, listening to reggae music, canoeing, and suffering as an Orioles fan.
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BOARD MEMBERS
Judith Gradwohl, Chairman
William Mansfield
Scott McVay
Raisa Scriabine
Hamid Taravaty
CONTACT US
Earth Policy Institute
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 403
Washington DC 20036
Phone: 202.496.9290
Fax: 202.496.9325
Email: epi@earthpolicy.org |
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The 2008 10-mile Cherry Blossom Race runners!
Top to bottom and left to right: Lester, Janet, Matt, Consuela, and Reah Janise
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