I am a Professor Emerita of Environmental Science and Policy, a graduate program which I co-founded and directed for many years, in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment at Clark University. I have an appointment at Marsh Institute at Clark. I am Associate Fellow of the Tellus Institute in Boston, and a co-founder and Executive Board Member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), an international knowledge network of more than 800 scholars and practitioners. I am also a Chairperson of Newton Citizens Commission on Energy, an advisory body established in 1979 by city ordinance to advice to the Mayor and City Council and develop plans for energy conservation and renewable energy sources.