Worldwatch Institute

The Worldwatch Institute is a globally-focused environmental research organization. Based in Washington, D.C., the institute was founded in 1974 by Lester Brown. Christopher Flavin is the current president. Current researchers include Erik Assadourian, Zoe Chafe, Robert Engelman, Hilary French, Gary Gardner, Brian Halweil, Michael Renner, Alice McKeown, Janet Sawin, Yingling Lui, Ambika Chawla, and Amanda Chiu. The Institute also lists a number of Senior Fellows, including Christopher Bright, Eric Martinot, Mia MacDonald, Danielle Nierenberg, Sandra Postel, Molly O'meara Sheehan, Payal Sampit, Victor Vovk, and Zoe Chafe.

Since 1984, the institute’s annual The State of the World report has provided an annual assessment of urgent global environmental problems and the innovative ideas proposed and applied across the globe to address them. The 2008 version of this report focuses on innovations in sustainable economics, including emissions trading, renewable energy investment, and efficient production.

The institute also publishes Vital Signs bi-annually, tracking several social, environmental and economic trends annually. In 2008 Vital Signs became available online, an electronic database of trends. Worldwatch Institute publications have been published in more than three dozen languages by its global partners in 40 countries.

See also

• Ed Ayres

External links

• Worldwatch Institute
• Worldwatch Brazil
• Worldwatch Japan
• Work on biofuels and Renewables 2007 Global Status Report