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Woodwell, George Masters was born on October 23, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip McIntire and Virginia (Sellers) Woodwell.
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Is it possible for a group of the world’s most respected environmental scientists to truly practice what they preach? Can their expertise in climate change help them in transforming an old house and its nine acres into their new office building and campus—a building that is as energy efficient as possible, uses local materials, and generates all of the energy it consumes? In this candid, charming, and informative book, the director of the renowned Woods Hole Research Center tells a story that will interest anyone who has ever thought about doing a “green” rehab, has tried to build green, or just wonders what’s actually possible. The Woods Hole Research Center is an international leader in identifying the causes and consequences of environmental change. When the WHRC needed a new administration building, its scientists and staff decided that the building should utilize “state-of-the-shelf” green building techniques and materials. However, the new office had to conform with the laws and building codes of the time, and with materials that were then available—no matter how frustrating these requirements were to the resident scientists and contractors. The author, George M. Woodwell, founder of the WHRC, was intimately involved in the design and construction of the Gilman Ordway Campus, which was completed in 2003 in collaboration with McDonough + Partners. He details the challenges they faced, some of which are familiar to everyone who tries to “build green”: the vagaries of building codes, the whims of inspectors, the obstreperousness of subcontractors, the search for appropriate materials, and the surprises involved in turning an old house into a modern office building. Woodwell puts the building in a larger context, not only within the work of the Center and the tradition of Woods Hole, but in the global need to minimize our carbon emissions and overall environmental impact. Building a world that works requires rethinking how we design, reuse, and live in the built environment while preserving the functional integrity of the landscape.
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Having surged past the six billion mark, the human population of the twenty-first century is making overwhelming demands on the earth and its forests. Although economic and political considerations once dominated the management of forests and land, in today's crowded world environmental concerns are rapidly emerging as dominant. This book, drawn from experience with the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, presents a concise, accessible view of the current status of forests globally, of demands on them, and of their importance in maintaining a fully functional human habitat. The book also presents a major challenge in planning for land use in a full world where defence of the public interest becomes more and more difficult and demanding. Opening with an examination of forests and the effects of human activities on them, the book then considers the relationship of forests to global warming, agriculture, biotic impoverishment, water resources, and climate. Later chapters discuss the global wood supply, plantation forestry, and forests as a source of energy. The final chapters call for local and global planners to weigh the spiraling competitive demands for forest resources and to redefine what is in the public interest in the context of forests.
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Woodwell, George Masters was born on October 23, 1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Philip McIntire and Virginia (Sellers) Woodwell.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1950. AM, Duke University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1958.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Williams College, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), Miami University, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), Carleton College, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Muhlenberg College, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Duke University, 1994., Dartmouth College, 1996.
Member faculty, U. Maine, 1957-1961; associate professor botany, U. Maine, 1960-1961; visiting assistant ecologist, biology department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1961-1962; ecologist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1965-1967; senior ecologist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1967-1975; founder, director, Ecosystems Center, 1975-1985; deputy and assistant director, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; founder, president and director, Woods Hole Research Center, since 1985. Founder, chairman Conference on Long Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, 1982-1983. Board of trustees Institute Research on Amazon Bason, Belem, Brazil, since 1995, World communications of Forests and Sustainable Development, 1994-1998.
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Founding trustee Environmental Defense Fund, 1967, Natural Resources Defense Council, 1970, vice chairman, 1974-1904, World Resources Institute, 1982-1996, Woods Hole Research Center, since 1985. Board directors Conservation Foundation, 1975-1977, Center for Marine Conservation, 1990-1998, The Ocean Conservancy, 1999-2006, World Wildlife Fund, 1970-1984, chairman, 1980-1984, Ruth Mott Fund, 1984-1991, chairman, 1989-1991. Board trustees Institute Environmental Research in Amazon, since 1996.
Advisory committee Three Mile Island Public Health Fund, 1980-1994. Board trustees World Media Foundation, since 1998, Grand Canyon National Park Foundation, 1999-2008, chairman, 2007-2008. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member National Academy of Sciences, British Ecological Society, Ecological Society of America (vice president 1966-1967, president 1977-1978), Sea Education Association (board directors 1980-1985), World Communications on Forests and Sustainable Development, 1994-1998, Sigma Xi.
Married Alice Katharine Rondthaler, June 23, 1955. Children: Caroline Alice, Marjorie Virginia, Jane Katharine, John Christopher.