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Christopher Flavin is the former president of the
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Christopher Flavin is the former president of the Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute was a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C., founded by Lester R. Brown. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Surv ...
, an independent research organization focused on natural resource and environmental issues, based in Washington, DC
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. 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 Roadmapp. 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 theEarth 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.
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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, biology
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, and environmental studies
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.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
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See also
* State of the World 2008 *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 ...
*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 Nationa ...
Nourishing the Planet project
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State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet
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References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flavin, Christopher Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American environmentalists American non-fiction environmental writers People associated with energy Climate activists Williams College alumni People from Monterey, California Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Activists from California