Background
Durning grew up in Seattle, spent his high school years in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and attended Oberlin College during the mid-1980s.
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Alan Durning
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Oberlin College.
Career
From 1986 to 1993, Durning worked as a researcher at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, District of Columbia In 1993, Durning returned to Seattle and founded Northwest Environment Watch. Durning is the author or coauthor of dozens of books and articles His published books include:
How Much Is Enough?: The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth
This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence
The Carolina and the City
Misplaced Blame: The Real Roots of Population Growth
Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things
Tax Shift
Green Collar Jobs: Working in the New Northwest
Durning"s newspaper and magazine articles have appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and the Utne Reader.
Durning has been a commentator on National Public Radio and has lectured at universities, conferences, and at the White House.
