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Brown has authored or coauthored fifty books, including
He helped pioneer the concept of environmentally sustainable development, and in 1986, the Library of Congress requested his personal papers noting that his writings "have already strongly affected thinking about problems of world population and resources." He is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including more than 20 honorary degrees, a MacArthur Fellowship, the 1987 United Nations' Environment Prize, the 1989 World Wide Fund for Nature Gold Medal, and the 1994 Blue Planet Prize for his "exceptional contributions to solving global environmental problems." In 1995, Marquis Who's Who, on the occasion of its fiftieth edition, selected Lester Brown as one of 50 Great Americans. Most recently he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Italy and the Borgström Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, and he was appointed an honorary professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He speaks on food, population, water, climate change, renewable energy, and building an environmentally sustainable economy. To discuss Lester Brown as a possible speaker, please call our toll-free number,, or send us an email message . More Information About Lester Brown Videos of presentations and interviews, NPR and other radio programs, articles, and other information by and about Lester are available here.
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Lester
R. Brown, founder and President of Earth Policy Institute, has been
described as "one of the world's most influential thinkers"
by the Washington Post. The Telegraph of Calcutta called
him "the guru of the environmental movement." Before starting
Earth Policy Institute, he founded Worldwatch Institute and was its
President for 26 years. In that capacity, he launched the World
Watch Papers, the annual State of the World report, the
bimonthly magazine World Watch, the annual Vital Signs,
and the Institute's News Briefs.
and 
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which was hailed by E.O. Wilson as "an instant classic."
One of the world's most widely published authors, his books have appeared
in some 40 languages. Among his earlier books are Man, Land and
Food, 
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and 
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His 1995 book 
challenged the official view of China's food prospect, spawning hundreds
of conferences and seminars.
