Lester Brown

Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 7:30
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater

National Book Launch

Breaking New Ground by Lester Brown"One of the world’s most influential thinkers,” said the Washington Post. “The guru of the environmental movement,” said The Telegraph of Calcutta. The Library of Congress requested his papers, saying his writings “have strongly affected thinking about…world population and resources.” After publishing over 50 books, Lester Brown now releases his autobiography, Breaking New Ground: A Personal History, an inspirational memoir tracing his life as the son of a sharecropper to one who dines with heads of state. A pioneer in providing models for sustainable economies, Lester Brown founded the first institute devoted to analyzing environmental issues on a global basis, Worldwatch Institute, and later, Earth Policy Institute. He’s the winner of a MacArthur “genius” Award and the United Nation’s Environmental Prize. He has brought to the fore such issues as climate change, overpopulation, women’s education, lagging agricultural productivity, and the global economy, using impeccable research while proposing pragmatic, employable solutions. He will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening.

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