Lester R. Brown

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**Lester Russell Brown**
Born:	1934
Occupation:	Environmentalist
Writing period:	1963 - 2006

Lester Russell Brown (born 1934) is an environmental analyst who has written several books on global environmental issues. He is the founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute which is a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C.

Though he has written over twenty books, he is best known for Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. With books in more than 40 languages, he is one of the world's most widely published authors. The recipient of 40 honorary degrees and a MacArthur Fellowship, among numerous other awards, Brown has been described by the Washington Post as "one of the world's most influential thinkers."

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Man, Land and Food (1963)
Increasing World Food Output (1965)
Seeds of Change (1970)
Man and His Environment: Food (with Gail Finsterbusch) (1972)
World Without Borders (1972)
In the Human Interest (1974)
By Bread Alone (with Erik Eckholm) (1974)
The Twenty-Ninth Day (1978)
Running on Empty (with Colin Norman & Christopher Flavin) (1979)
Building a Sustainable Society (1981)
State of the World (with others) (1984-2001)
Vital Signs (with others) (1992-2001)
Eko Kezai Kakume: Environmental Trends Reshaping The Global Economy (1998) (in Japanese)
Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy (1992)
Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity (1995)
Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet (1995)
Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity (1996)
Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge (with Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil) (1999)
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth (2001)
Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2003)
Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures (2004)
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2006).