L. Hunter Lovins

L. Hunter Lovins (born 1950) is a leading author, consultant and lecturer on sustainable development. She is the founder and President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and Natural Capitalism Solutions, working with businesses, governments and organisations to implement a profitable approach to developing sustainable businesses and communities. She has been at the cutting edge of environmental thinking for the past 30 years. As CEO for Strategy, she helped grow the world-renowned Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) into a 50-person applied research centre and source of some of the most innovative environmental policy ideas of recent decades.

Lovins is co-author of nine books and dozens of papers. Lovins is also a founding professor of business at Presidio World College, which offers the first accredited MBA in Sustainable Management. For her work, she has been recognized with the Mitchell Prize, the Right Livelihood Award, and the Lindbergh Award for Environment and Technology. In 2000, she was named a 'Hero for the Planet' by Time magazine. She is a professional speaker on natural capitalism, sustainability, governance in a globalising world, energy policy, land management, green real estate development, and community economic prosperity.

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In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.

In this video, L. Hunter Lovins, co-author of Factor Four (1998) and Natural Capitalism (1999), two of the most influential books on sustainability, talks about reflections on heat and the climate challenge with CPSL Senior Associate Wayne Visser, on 28 July 2008. The interview was part of the Cambridge Top 50 Sustainability Books Project.