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  Amory Lovins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lovins has been one of the most influential American voices advocating a "soft energy path" for the U.S. and other nations.
Lovins (not quite 29 at this point) described the "hard energy path" as involving inefficient liquid-fuel automotive transport, as well as giant, centralized electricity-generating facilities, often burning fossil fuels (e.g., coal or petroleum) or harnessing a fission reaction, greatly complicated by electricity wastage and loss.
Hunter received her undergraduate degree in sociology and political studies from Pitzer College, and her J.D. from Loyola University's School of Law.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amory_Lovins   (978 words)

  
 Amory and Hunter Lovins - USA - 1983 Right Livelihood Award Recipient
Hunter and Amory Lovins work together as analysts, lecturers and consultants on energy, resource and security policy in over 30 countries.
Hunter Lovins has degrees in Law, Political Studies and Sociology and an honorary doctorate, and is a member of the California Bar.
Amory Lovins is a consultant experimental physicist, educated at Harvard and Oxford, who has published 23 books (many co-authored with Hunter) and several hundred papers.
www.rightlivelihood.org /recip/lovins.htm   (451 words)

  
 L. Hunter Lovins - Four Steps to Self-Reliance
Hunter Lovins is president of Rocky Mountain Institute and co-author (with Amory Lovins) of a number of books including Brittle Power and Energy Unbound.
Hunter: The way we sought to deal with that is to build into the front end at least a two-month process of somebody (not us) going around in the community and identifying the major different entities: the old woman who taught everybody school from fourth grade on, the pro-development folks, the anti-development folks.
Hunter: Yes, but we can do a lot of communities, if all we have to do is phone conversation, letter writing, trying to get a sense that the person we're talking to is the right person to run the project.
www.context.org /ICLIB/IC14/HLovins.htm   (4557 words)

  
 Amory Lovins -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lovins' works include Factor Four with Hunter Lovins and (additional info and facts about Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker) Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, and (additional info and facts about Natural Capitalism) Natural Capitalism with Hunter Lovins and (additional info and facts about Paul Hawken) Paul Hawken.
Amory Lovins has been one of the most influential American voices advocating a " (additional info and facts about soft energy path) soft energy path" for the U.S. and other nations.
Hunter received her under-grad degree in sociology and political studies from Pitzer College, and her J.D. from (additional info and facts about Loyola University) Loyola University's School of Law.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amory_lovins.htm   (934 words)

  
 Hunter Lovins 2005 Australian Tour with TNEP
The focus was on regional areas and Hunter traveled to the Central Coast (Gosford), Sydney, Ballina, Byron Bay, Northern Rivers, Melbourne, Currumbin Valley, Brisbane, Townsville, Canberra and of course Alice Springs.
Hunter undertook a series of public lectures from audiences of 1000 in Townsville to small groups in Gosford.
Hunter was able to meet with and talk to a range of people active in implementing natural capitalism using various strategies.
www.naturaledgeproject.net /HunterTour2005.aspx   (238 words)

  
 'Natural capitalism' guru hits Sydney. 30/03/2004. ABC News Online
HUNTER LOVINS, NATURAL CAPITALISM GROUP: Venture capitalism is a way of doing business, that solves most of the environmental and many of the social problems facing the world today and is more profitable.
HUNTER LOVINS: It is leading to a situation where we are losing most of the natural capital on the planet, the ecosystems on which life depends.
HUNTER LOVINS: Sure, and you can't expect a company to stop doing what it is doing today but you can ask it to begin moving in a transition to becoming a more sustainable company.
www.abc.net.au /business/mnb/content/s1077205.htm   (639 words)

  
 Hunter S. Lovins - Abundant Opportunities
Hunter: Probably more so, because they embody all of the energy opportunities, plus the full range of what makes people be and feel secure - how we feed and employ ourselves, and grow to old age in good health.
Hunter: Agriculture is an area in which we may have some of the greatest opportunities - and where we are currently courting disaster.
Hunter: There are three things that ought to be the task of people concerned about promoting sustainability: identify the technology that will get the job done the way we'd like to see it; identify the barriers holding it up; and get information to people.
www.context.org /ICLIB/IC25/Lovins.htm   (3731 words)

  
 The Natural Edge Project: About TNEP
Hunters presentation was very well balanced and measured and effectively built on the main themes from the conference that day.
Hunter's legendary knowledge and insights into the pressing challenges for our industry and the globe generally were nothing other than an inspiration to the listeners.
Hunter wants the world to know of initiatives such as the WA State Sustainability Strategy, and the green buildings that she visited on her tour.
www.naturaledgeproject.net /HunterTour.aspx   (841 words)

  
 Conscious Choice: Hunter Lovins on Natural Capitalism
Lovins is co-CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit organization that she and her husband Amory established in 1982 in Snowmass, Colorado.
Hunter assisted in the establishment of the California Conservation Project that conducts urban forestry and environmental education.
Hunter Lovins (HL): Capitalism as currently practiced is an aberration, not because it is capitalistic, the greatest known system for creation of wealth that the planet has ever known, but because to date it is violating its own logic.
www.consciouschoice.com /2000/cc1304/hunterlovins1304.html   (3320 words)

  
 Natural Capitalism, Inc. - L. Hunter Lovins
Hunter Lovins, Esq., is the president and founder of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept.
Lovins has co-authored nine books and dozens of papers, and was featured in the award-winning film, Lovins On the Soft Path.
Lovins shared a 1982 Mitchell Prize for an essay on reallocating utility capital, a 1983 Right Livelihood Award (often called the "alternative Nobel Prize"), a 1993 Nissan Award for an article on Hypercars, and the 1999 Lindbergh Award for Environment and Technology.
www.natcapinc.com /core_hunter.htm   (633 words)

  
 Natural Capitalism Pioneer L. Hunter Lovins Joins Global Academy Team
Lovins will also be working with the GA WORKS team to create a Natural Capitalism Program Series, which includes briefings for corporate leaders, executive seminars, and workshops that will enable managers to increase profits, reduce costs, enhance brand equity, and help companies become more socially and environmentally responsible.
Lovins is a world-recognized celebrity in the energy and sustainability communities, having worked on these issues since 1965.
Hunter has lectured extensively, including at the World Economic Forum at Davos, the International Symposium on Sustainable Development in Shanghai, and the Global Economic Forum in Washington D.C. Lovins' areas of expertise include sustainable development, energy and resource policy, economic development, climate change, land management, and fire rescue and emergency medicine.
www.ereleases.com /pr/2002-07-18b.html   (591 words)

  
 Tech Tidbit -- October 7 & 14, 2002
Amory Lovins received his education in experimental physics at Harvard and at Oxford Universities, from which he holds an M.A. He has received (at last count) eight honorary doctorates and numerous awards and prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship (1993, known informally as a "genius award"), the Mitchell Prize (1982), and a World Technology Award (1999).
She has collaborated on seven books with Amory Lovins and the two shared the 1999 Lindbergh Award, a 1993 Nissan Prize, a 1983 Right Livelihood Award, and the Onassis Foundation's first Delphi Prize in 1989.
Hunter Lovins discusses the future of natural capitalism (video interview).
www.alteich.com /tidbits/t100702.htm   (722 words)

  
 The Global Academy
Hunter Lovins, Esq., is the Director of the Natural Capitalism Group of The Global Academy.
Lovins has consulted for governments and the private sector, briefing senior management at such groups as Interface, Bank of America, Allstate, Calvert Social Investment Fund, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Interface, and numerous utility companies.
Lovins has served on the Boards of one government, two private corporations, and many public interest groups.
www.theglobalacademy.org /hlovinsbios.asp   (678 words)

  
 L. Hunter Lovins, Speaker on Natural Capitalism & Energy Policy
As President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept, L. Hunter Lovins works with businesses, governments and organizations to implement this profitable approach to developing sustainable businesses and communities.
Lovins is also a founding professor of business at Presidio World College, which offers the first accredited MBA in Sustainable Management.
For more information about L. Hunter Lovins and her speaking topics, experience, fees and availability, please call our toll-free number, 866-658-4848, or send us an email message here.
www.ecospeakers.com /speakers/lovinsh.html   (215 words)

  
 An excerpt from Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins | By Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins ...
Imagine for a moment a world where cities have become peaceful and serene because cars and buses are whisper quiet, vehicles exhaust only water vapor, and parks and greenways have replaced unneeded urban freeways.
Paul Hawken is coauthor, with Amory and L. Hunter Lovins, of Natural Capitalism and author of The Ecology of Commerce and Growing a Business.
Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins are cofounders of the Rocky Mountain Institute and coauthors, with Paul Hawken, of Natural Capitalism.
www.grist.org /advice/books/2000/02/22/a   (1304 words)

  
 UNIDO - General Conference, 10th Session - Participants - Ms. Hunter Lovins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hunter Lovins is currently Co-Chair of the Natural Capitalism Group, a not-for-profit education and consulting organization based in Snowmass, Colorado, USA.
Lovins holds a BA from Pitzer College, and a JD from Loyola University School of Law with the alumni Award for Outstanding Service to School.
Lovins helped establish and for six years was Assistant Director of the California Conservation Project, an innovative forestry and environmental education group.
www.unido.org /doc/19518   (237 words)

  
 Book Review- Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter ...
Along the way, he and his wife Hunter have garnered a passel of awards and built a research center high in the mountains of Colorado where bananas grow (in a high-tech, high-altitude greenhouse) and solutions to the world's most discomfiting dilemmas issue forth with impressive regularity.
Instead, the Lovins' are giving it all away from their non-profit Rocky Mountain Institute, including a design for a gas-powered and electric "hybrid" automobile that promises nearly 100 miles per gallon of gasoline and is just now rolling off the assembly lines of Toyota and some of its rivals in the auto industry.
Hawken and the Lovins might have better covered their flank, and discouraged intellectual hitchhikers, by consciously ignoring power, declaring it not the province of this book, and letting the chips fall.
www.futurenet.org /Reviews/hawken.html   (1250 words)

  
 L. Hunter Lovins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hunter and Amory Lovins have worked as a team since 1979 on a wide range of issues linking energy and other resources, the environment, development, and security.
Hunter Lovins, RMI's President and Executive Director, holds BAs in political science and sociology from Pitzer College, a JD from Loyola University School of Law, and an honorary LHD.
Lovins as Henry R. Luce Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College, published numerous papers, and coauthored nine books and numerous papers.
www.nutrition4health.org /NOHAnews/Biographies/LovinsLHBio.htm   (140 words)

  
 Earthbeat:: 3 April  2004  - Natural Capitalism
Hunter Lovins was one of the keynote speakers.
Hunter Lovins: The theme of the conference is Australia as a sustainability super power.
Hunter Lovins: I run a tiny bottleshop, a little liquor store in Colorado, and when we put in more efficient lights in our little store, it increased our bottom line.
www.abc.net.au /rn/science/earth/stories/s1079145.htm   (1264 words)

  
 The natural capitalism group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hunter Lovins, Esq., is a founder of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept.
In 1982 she co-founded RMI with Amory Lovins, and proceeded to led that organization as its CEO for Strategy until 2002.
Lovins has shared a 1982 Mitchell Prize for an essay on reallocating utility capital, a 1983 Right Livelihood Award (often called the "alternative Nobel Prize"), a 1993 Nissan Award for an article on Hypercars, and the 1999 Lindbergh Award for Environment and Technology.
www.natcapsolutions.org /NCG/html/hunter.html   (572 words)

  
 Leopold Center - Hunter Lovins to discuss energy and sustainable agriculture
Author and energy analyst Hunter Lovins will examine the challenges that Iowa farmers face and how they can be leaders in making their operations and communities more sustainable as part of a two-day event March 9-10 in Ames and Centerville.
Lovins is president of Natural Capitalism, a Colorado-based company that helps businesses, government, academic institutions and communities become more profitable and environmentally and socially sustainable.
Time magazine named Lovins a "Hero of the Planet" in 2000, and was one of four North American delegates to the United Nation's prep conference for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
www.leopold.iastate.edu /news/newsreleases/2005/pesek_030205.htm   (560 words)

  
 EWB-USA - People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hunter Lovins, is President of the Natural Capitalism Inc. Trained as a lawyer, she co-founded the California Conservation Project (Tree People), and subsequently Rocky Mountain Institute, which she led for 20 years.
She was also named one of four people from North America to serve as a delegate to the United Nations Prep conference for Europe and North America for the Earth Summit conference.
In her spare time, Hunter rides rodeo and competes nationally at polocrosse.
www.ewb-usa.org /people-lovins.html   (185 words)

  
 Advisory Team - L. Hunter Lovins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hunter Lovins, Esq., holds BAs from Pitzer College (Political Studies and Sociology), a JD from Loyola University School of Law (Los Angeles) with the Alumni Award for Outstanding Service, and several honorary doctorates.
In 2001, she received an honorary doctorate of public service and the Leadership in Business Award and was also named one of four people from North America to serve as a delegate to the United Nations Prep conference for Europe and North America for the Earth Summit conference.
Lovins serves on the boards of one government, two private corporations, many public interest groups and advises numerous companies and nonprofits, including Green Mountain Energy Company.
www.interfacesustainability.com /llovins.html   (314 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain Institute Staff List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Amory B. Lovins, chief executive officer of Rocky Mountain Institute, is a consultant experimental physicist educated at Harvard and Oxford.
Lovins one of thirty-nine people worldwide "most likely to change the course of business in the '90s"; Newsweek has praised him as "one of the Western world's most influential energy thinkers"; and Car magazine ranked him the twenty-second most powerful person in the global automotive industry.
Nathan Glasgow is special aide to RMI CEO Amory Lovins and a consultant advising RMI clients in the energy, commercial, and industrial sectors.
www.rmi.org /sitepages/pid166.php   (7746 words)

  
 A Talk With L. Hunter Lovins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In her spare time, Lovins serves on the local fire/rescue service as an EMT.
You've been very involved in hybrid and alternative fuel automobiles at the Rocky Mountain Institute, especially with the hypercar [The Lovins' hypercar is a concept vehicle made out of ultralight carbon composites and powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
A Talk With L. Hunter Lovins An interview with L. Hunter Lovins, whose groundbreaking work explains a new environmentalism.
www.motherearthnews.com /library/2000_August_September/A_Talk_With_L__Hunter_Lovins   (1960 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Natural Capitalism Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It emerged in the 1990s as a coherent theory of how to exploit market systems and mechanisms of neoclassical economics to save energy, discourage waste, mimic ecology (biomimicry), and to generally support the goals of environmentalism by reframing commodity and product relations as a strictly service economy - extending the services of natural capital.
When capitalized as Natural Capitalism, the term usually refers to the specific set of reforms described in 1999 by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins in the book of the same name.
There is a well-developed theory of natural capital that predates this work, and some generic use of the phrase to apply to environmental economics.
www.ipedia.com /natural_capitalism.html   (237 words)

  
 Sustainable International Development Conference: Boulder, CO: Hunter Lovins
Hunter Lovins is currently director of the Natural Capitalism Group, consultants on sustainability for business and the non-profit sector.
Co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, which works on a wide range of issues linking energy, the environment, development, and security, Hunter has been a leading advocate of sustainable development for over 25 years.
Lovins has consulted with scores of utilities, industries, and governments worldwide and her work with Amory Lovins has been featured in many leading print and broadcast media, including "60 Minutes", "The Today Show", CNN, and "The 700 Club."
www.thesustainablevillage.com /sr2003/program/lovins.html   (155 words)

  
 The Books: Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, L. Hunter Lovins and Amory Lovins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the long-anticipated new book by Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins these durable, practical, and stunningly profitable principles are synthesized for the first time into the foundations for a system called natural capitalism.
With hundreds of thousands of copies of their works in print worldwide, the authors are leaders in setting the agenda for rational, ecologically sound industrial development, and in Natural Capitalism they have written their most significant and genuinely inspiring work.
The companies that practice it will not only take a leading position in addressing some of our most profound economic and social problems, but will gain a decisive competitive advantage through the worthy employment of resources, money, and people.
www.twbookmark.com /books/64/0316353167/index.html   (436 words)

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