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2005 Pesek Colloquium on
Sustainable Agriculture: Energy and Sustainable
Agriculture
Presented by L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism,
Inc., Eldorado Springs, Colorado
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at
Iowa State University, Ames, and
Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Indian Hills
Community College, Centerville
Sponsored by the Henry A. Wallace Chair for
Sustainable Agriculture at ISU and the Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa Energy
Center, Alliant Energy, Indian Hills Community
College, ISU College of Business, ISU Committee
on Lectures (funded by GSB), ISU Global
Agricultural Programs, ISU Extension, ISU
Lectures Program, ISU Office of Biorenewables
Programs, NCR Center for Regional Rural
Development, Practical Farmers of Iowa, and
Women, Food and Agriculture Network
News release
Event flier [PDF]
More about the Pesek Colloquium
Article in The Leopold Letter, Spring
2005
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L. Hunter Lovins |
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L. Hunter Lovins is the president of
Natural Capitalism, Inc., a Colorado-based
company that helps businesses, government, academic
institutions, and communities become more profitable
and environmentally and socially sustainable.
Trained as an attorney, she is a globally recognized
sustainability and energy analyst, has co-authored
nine books and hundreds of articles, presented at
prestigious forums around the work, and been honored
with numerous awards including being named a Time
magazine Hero of the Planet in 2000.
She co-authored the 1999 groundbreaking paradigm for
the economy, Natural Capitalism, with Amory Lovins
and Paul Hawken. The principles of natural
capitalism include:
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Radical resource efficiency for
energy, water, and materials;
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Design for sustainability
through innovative forms of green design
processes such as biomimicry; and
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Management for prosperity and
sustainability to achieve no net loss of natural
and human capital.
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