Michael Shellenberger

Michael Shellenberger "is co-director of the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank, and co-founder of American Environics, a research and strategy firm, Michael works on and writes about everything from politics to energy to changing social values.

"The Death of Environmentalism" Written in 2004
Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus coauthored the controversial and widely-read critique title The death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World in 2004.

In writing it they consulted with and interviewed dozens of environmentalists whom they thank:
 * Dan Becker
 * Phil Clapp
 * Tim Carmichael
 * Ralph Cavanaugh
 * Susan Clark
 * Bernadette Del Chiaro
 * Shelly Fiddler
 * Ross Gelbspan
 * Hal Harvey
 * David Hawkins
 * Bracken Hendricks
 * Roland Hwang
 * Eric Heitz
 * Wendy James
 * Van Jones
 * Fred Keeley
 * Lance Lindblom
 * Elisa Lynch
 * Jason Mark
 * Bob Nordhaus
 * Carl Pope
 * Josh Reichert
 * Jeremy Rifkin
 * Adam Werbach
 * Greg Wetstone
 * V. John White
 * Carl Zichella

The also write: We are especially grateful to George Lakoff ... and to Peter Teague

Background
Shellenberger graduated from Earlham College in 1993. He has a Master's degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Achievements
Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus coauthored the controversial 2007 book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, following a 2004 essay with a similar "Death of Environmentalism" name.

"In 2003 Michael co-founded the Apollo Alliance, referred to by the New Yorker as “an influential umbrella organization of Greens and trade unionists” that is advocating a New Apollo Project to create three million clean energy jobs, free America from foreign oil, and re-establish America's global economic leadership (www.ApolloAlliance.org).

"Michael has written articles on issues ranging from the New Apollo Project to ethical trade for the L.A. Times, the American Prospect, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Glamour Magazine, and other publications. He is the author of Race to the Top, a report on NGO ethical business campaigns (www.businessethicsnetwork.org).

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Ted Nordhaus

External articles

 * ”Biography”, Accessed January 2007.
 * Breaking the technology breakthrough myth — Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus again