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COMMONER, Barry was born on May 28, 1917 in New York, United States. Son of Isidore Commoner and Goldie Yarmolinsky.
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In his monumental bestsellers, The Closing Circle and Science and Survival, Barry Commoner was one of the first scientists to alert us to the hideous environmental costs of our technological development. Now, twenty years later, Commoner reviews the vast efforts made in the public and private spheres to address and control the damage done and shows us why, despite billions of dollars spent to save the environment, we now find ourselves in an even deeper crisis. It is a book of hard facts and figures whose conclusion—that environmental pollution can be prevented only through fundamental redesign of the way we produce goods—demands basic changes all across America, from the highest offices in Washington, D.C., to your own kitchen garbage can. If, in the sixties and seventies, an eco-revolution seemed afoot, Commoner now documents how short we have fallen. Attempts to reshape consumer patterns have been halfhearted, there have been terrible miscalculations in government policy (and in environmental organization strategies), and we still face the deliberate resistance of private industry to change. Despite these problems, Commoner argues convincingly for the key role still to be played by community organizations in scrutinizing and directing environmental action. Translating technical information into digestible form, Commoner takes us step by step through an EPA “environmental impact” review, breaks down the arguments for and against incineration, explains dioxin, Bhopal, auto emission controls, mercury poisoning, the greenhouse effect, and the Byzantine calculation of “acceptable risk”—in ways that show how each of these factors affects all of us. With a new introduction by the author, Making Peace with the Planet makes a clear and impassioned plea for us to stop wasting money and precious nonrenewable resources, including time.
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"He predicted the energy crisis. Now he has a revolutionary solution to America's #1 problem." (Quoted from front cover blurb.) See Wikipedia, /wiki/Barry_Commoner
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Barry Commoner - the author is a biologist, ecologist, educator (A professor with a class of millions he has been called, is regarded as America's best informed and most articulated spokesman for the safegurding of man's envionment.
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COMMONER, Barry was born on May 28, 1917 in New York, United States. Son of Isidore Commoner and Goldie Yarmolinsky.
AB with honors, Columbia University, 1937. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1941.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Hahnemann Medical College, 1963. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clark University, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), Grinnell College, 1968.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Lehigh University, 1969. Doctor of Science (honorary), Williams College, 1970. Doctor of Science (honorary), Ripon College, 1971.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Colgate University, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary), Cleveland State University, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University California, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Grinnell College, 1981. Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Lawrence University, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lowell University, 1990.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Connecticut College, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), Queens College, 2001.
Assistant biology, Harvard, 1938-1940;
instructor biology, Queens College, 1940-1942;
associate editor, Science Illustrated, 1946-1947;
associate professor plant physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, 1947-1953;
professor, Washington University, 1953-1976;
department chairman botany, Washington University, 1965-1969;
director, Washington University (Center for the Biology of Natural Systems), 1965-1981;
University professor environmental science, Washington University (Center for the Biology of Natural Systems), 1976-1981;
professor department geology, Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1981-1987;
professor emeritus, Queens College, Flushing, New York, since 1987;
director Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, Flushing, New York, since 1981. Visiting professor community health Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, 1981-1987. Distinguished university professor industrial policy U. Massachusetts, Lowell, 1992-1995.
President St. Louis Committee for Nuclear Information, 1965-1966, board directors, 1966. Member National Tuberculosis Commision on Air Conservation, 1966-1968. Board directors Scientists Institute Public Information, since 1963, co-chairman, 1967-1969, chairman, 1969-1978, chairman of the executive committee, since 1978.
Chairman special consultant group sonic boom Department Interior, 1967-1968. Member of advisory county on environmental education Office Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971. Member international sponsoring committee Chaim Weizmann Centenary Celebration, 1974-1975.
Member of advisory committee Coalition Health Communities, 1975. Member secretary's advanced.coun. Department Commerce, 1976.
Member science advisory county on dioxin Vietnam Veterans American Foundation, since 1985. Member science advisory New York State Committee on Science and Technology, since 1981. Member of advisory board Committee for Responsible Genetics, since 1983.
(Barry Commoner - the author is a biologist, ecologist, ed...)
( In his monumental bestsellers, The Closing Circle and S...)
(In Science and Survival, Barry Commoner announces that "t...)
(In Science and Survival, Barry Commoner announces that "t...)
(One of the original explanations of what is wrong environ...)
(Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology Jan 01, 1974 ...)
(The great and contemporary dilemma. facing ENERGY in his ...)
("He predicted the energy crisis. Now he has a revolutiona...)
Board consultant experts Rachel Carson Trust for Living Environment, since 1967. Advising committee Center for Development Policy, 1978. Member board Universities National Anti-War Fund.
Advisory board Fund for Peace, 1978, Citizens Party candidate for president of the United States, 1980. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chairman of Commission science in promotion of human welfare 1958-1965, director 1967-1974, Chairman of Commission on environmental alterations 1969-1972), American School Health Association (honorary).
Member Society Biological Chemists, Society General Physiologists, American Society Plant Physiologists, Sierra Club, National Parks Association (trustee1968-1970), Soil Association England (honorary life vice president), American Chemical Society, American Society.Biol. Chemists, Federation American Scientists, Ecological Society American, Institute Environmental Education (trustee), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married 1st Gloria Gordon in 1946, one son one daughter. Married 2nd Lisa Feiner in 1980.