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L. Hunter Lovins is President of the Natural Capitalism, Inc.
(www.natcapinc.com). She holds a JD and several honorary doctorates. Co-founder of California
Conservation Project (an innovative forestry group) she has extensive hands on experience with
economic development, forestry, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and construction of
sustainable buildings. She subsequently founded Rocky Mountain Institute, which she served for
20 years as CEO.
Hunter’s areas of expertise include Natural
Capitalism, sustainable development, eco-tourism,
globalization, water, energy and resource policy,
economic development, climate change, security
policy, land management, fire rescue and emergency
medicine. She has co-authored nine books, including
the 1999 book, Natural Capitalism, and hundreds of
papers, including briefings for Presidents Clinton
and Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The Sustainability of Business, The Business of Sustainability: Climate Protection as a Driver for Change
May 19-23, 2008
at the University of Oklahoma
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Sustainability is coming to be recognized as the next wave in business innovation. 75% of Fortune 100 companies state that they are “advancing sustainable practices in the workplace” and almost 90% of them believe that sustainability will be even more important five years from now.
The primary objective of this course is to provide students a basic understanding of the social and environmental challenges facing managers in today’s world, and the major frameworks of sustainability that have been developed to deal with them. The course develops students’ critical capacities for self-reflection and action in relation to these concepts.
Students will develop the understanding and ability to make the business case for sustainable practices and to integrate environmental and social sustainability with commercial and economic success. The readings, lectures, discussions, and projects provide critical knowledge in environmental and social issues, the history of the sustainability movement, and the key actors and the basic literature in the field.The course also addresses the global issues surrounding sustainable management.
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The Class Reading List: (These books and articles supplied
by OSLEP)
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The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a ParadigmShift by Andres Edwards
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Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken; Amory Lovins, and Hunter L. Lovins
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Articles/Manuscripts on Desire 2 Learn Class Web Site
-L. Hunter Lovins “The Economic Case for Climate Protection”
-L. Hunter Lovins “ The Path to Sustainability”
-L. Hunter Lovins “Development as if the World Mattered”
-Meadows, Donella “Thinking in Systems” (Pending permission to use)
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