L. Hunter Lovins

L. Hunter Lovins, author and promoter of sustainable development for over 30 years, is the founder and President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and Natural Capitalism Solutions, a non-profit in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. As professor at Presidio School of Management's MBA in Sustainable Management program, she has taught at various universities, consulted for citizens’ groups, governments and corporations. She co-founded with her then-husband Amory Lovins the Rocky Mountain Institute and led it for 20 years. In demand as a speaker and consultant, she has addressed the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Congress, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and hundreds of major conferences. Named millennium "Hero of the Planet" by Time Magazine, she has received the Right Livelihood Award, the Leadership in Business Award and dozens of other honors. Hunter proposes that citizens, communities and companies, working together within the market context, are the most dynamic problem-solving force on the planet. She has worked to build teams that can create and implement practical and affordable solutions to the problems facing us in creating a sustainable future.