Hunter Lovins, president and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and California Conservation Society, will keynote the WaterSmart Innovations 2010 opening session on Wednesday, October 6.
Through NCS, Lovins educates senior public- and private-sector decision-makers about strategies to enable companies, communities, and countries to become more sustainable. Lovins developed the Economic Renewal Project and is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. Time Magazine in 2000 named her a "Hero of the Planet" and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed Lovins a "Green Business Icon."
Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including Brittle Power (1982), Energy Unbound (1986), Factor Four-Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997), Green Development (1998), Natural Capitalism (1999), and hundreds of papers and articles.
