Global warming, rising inequality, economic instability.... What if you could transform the dominant economic paradigm to solve all these crises and drive enhanced prosperity and human well being? This is the challenge put to an International Expert Working Group convened by the King and Prime Minister of Bhutan to build a New Development Paradigm. Hunter Lovins, Co-editor of the Sustainable Economy section of the IEWG delivers the 2012 Regents lecture on the opportunities and pitfalls of constructing a replacement for the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
L. Hunter Lovins is President and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS). NCS educates senior decision-makers in business, government and civil society to restore and enhance the natural and human capital while increasing prosperity and quality of life. In partnership with leading thinkers and Implementers, NCS creates innovative, practical tools and strategies to enable companies, communities, and countries to become more sustainable. Trained as a sociologist and lawyer (JD), Hunter is also currently a professor of sustainable business management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Bard College, and Denver University; and the chief insurgent of the madrone project. Recipient of such honors as the Right Livelihood Award, Lindbergh Award and Leadership in Business, she was named Time Magazine 2000 Hero of the Planet and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed her a "Green Business Icon." She has co-authored nine books and hundreds of papers, including the 1999 book, Natural Capitalism, 2006 e-book, Climate Protection Manual for Cities, and the 2009 Transforming Industry in Asia. She has served on the boards of governments, non- and for profit companies.