Physicist Amory Lovins is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an independent think-and-do-tank that creates abundance by design. RMI works with individuals and organizations of every imaginable kind to help them use energy and resources efficiently while being ever-better stewards of the environment. Published in 29 books and hundreds of papers, Lovins' work has been recognized by a MacArthur Fellowship and a Time 'Hero for the Planet' Award among many others. He advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource efficiency, and has led the technical redesign of $30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors to achieve very large energy savings at typically lower capital cost. The 'Wall Street Journal' named Mr. Lovins one of thirty-nine people worldwide 'most likely to change the course of business in the '90s'; 'Newsweek' has praised him as 'one of the Western world's most influential energy thinkers'; and 'Car' magazine ranked him the twenty-second most powerful person in the global automotive industry.
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A cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues began in 1988 as part of a mission to promote better understanding of world events and issues by Nebraskans. The Forum seeks out forceful speakers who are committed to the issues they address, seeking balance over the range of its programs rather than in each presentation. The Forum does not endorse the views of the individual speakers nor limit their freedom to express their points of view.