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Lester R. Brown
Lester R. Brown is the founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and twenty-five honorary degrees. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Books by Lester R. Brown

Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Lester R. Brown
Paperback, 2005
How human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities—and what we need to do about it.
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
Lester R. Brown
Hardback, 2011
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.
Breaking New Ground: A Personal History
Lester R. Brown
Hardback, 2013
An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown’s life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist.
The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown, Emily Adams, Janet Larsen, J Matthew Roney
Paperback, 2015
The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way.
Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
Lester R. Brown, Hal Kane
Paperback, 1994
In the Human Interest: A Strategy to Stabilize World Population
Lester R. Brown
Paperback, 1974

The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown, Emily Adams, Janet Larsen, J Matthew Roney
E Book, 2015
The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way.
Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Lester R. Brown
Substantially Revised, E Book, 2009
“[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington Post
Breaking New Ground: A Personal History
Lester R. Brown
E Book, 2013
An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown’s life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist.
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
Lester R. Brown
E Book, 2011
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now.


