In his inspirational new memoir, Breaking New Ground, Lester Brown traces life from a small farm to leadership as a global environmental analyst. Here is a selection of photos from his time at the Earth Policy Institute, a major nonprofit environmental research organization he founded in 2001.

1. EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE
photos of Lester R. Brown

2. Moving in day, May 2001. Reah Janise Kauffman, Lester, Janet Larsen, Dianne
Saenz, Millicent Johnson, and Shane Ratterman (note the lack of carpet).

3. Commencement speaker and recipient of an Honorary Doctor of
Science, Westminster College, Pennsylvania, 2001

4. Receiving Honorary Doctor of Science
from Ohio State University, 2001.
Among the other honorees was Bill
Cosby. Note that both he and Lester
are wearing running shoes!

6. At the Summer Palace, Beijing 2002.
Photo by Wei Lin

7. Wei Lin, son of Lin Zixin who for decades has published Lester’s books in
China, with Lester in Lanzhou, 2002. Wei is a professor of civil
engineering at North Dakota State University.

8. China 2003

9. December 2001 before
Board members and
staff dinner.
Janet, Millicent, Lester, a
nd Reah Janise – who
became the foundation
for the Institute.

10. Head of Ikari Corporation and sponsor of lectures in Tokyo, Masatsugu
Kurosawa is next to Lester, 2002

11. In an unusual role, Lester hosted one part of a three-part television program, Voyage to the
Future, for NHK, Japan, where a select group of international students traveled to various
countries in the region and learned about the environment. This one-hour segment was
filmed in December 2002.

12. Hadan and Reah Janise Kauffman, Lester, Bill Brown (standing, married to
Janet), Bill Mansfield, and Viviana Jimenez at EPI’s Board Dinner, 2002

13. Post-talk, Tokyo, 2003. Junko Edahiro, who arranged the speaking event, is on
Lester’s left.

15. Toshishige Kurosawa, head of Ikari
Corporation, and longtime friend of Lester.
Tokyo 2004

16. Inaugural ceremony of
a permanent exhibit of
Lester’s books at Martin
Hall, Cook College of
agriculture, Rutgers
University, 2005. With
Lester is Keith
Cooper, Executive
Dean of Research and
Graduation Programs.
Photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle.

17. The “Towers” living group, College of Agriculture campus, Rutgers University, 1953.
Lester graduated from Rutgers in 1955.

18. Larry Suydam, longtime friend, razzes Lester at the
ceremony. Photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle.

19. EPI board
member, Scott
McVay and his wife
Hella flank Reah
Janise at the
reception following
the ceremony. Photo by
Maureen Kuwano Hinkle.

21. All dressed up to receive the Georg and Greta Borgström Prize given by the Royal
Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm 2005

22. Brazil, 2006
With Eduardo Athayde in
the mid Atlantic rainforest

24. Interview in the snow at
the World Economic
Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, 2006
Photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle

25. Interview with Turkish
television at the World
Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, 2006
Photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle

26. Speaking at Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum, Sophia, 2006

27. Lester in his office. Photo by T. Hamada

28. Steve Curwood of NPR’s Living
on Earth introducing Lester at
the Cambridge
Forum, Massachusetts, 2006

29. On CNBC’s Global Players television program being broadcast
from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January
2007 (photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle)

30. 2007 visit to Schwalm-Eder, Germany, on its way to becoming
an environmentally sustainable community.

31. Launching the French edition of
Plan B 2.0 in Paris, 2007. On the
program with Nicolas Hulot.

32. NHK, Japanese television, team.
Tokyo, 2007. Soki Oda is behind on Lester’s
left.

33. Testifying before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on
biofuels, 2007

34. Post-lecture in Lexington, Massachusetts, 2008. Susan
Brown (red scarf) and Eileen Entin (next to Lester) of the
Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition, which hosted
the presentation. Second from l: Edward Markey, former
Congressman, now senator

35. Talking with Branksome Hall students (grade 6) about the effect of
overpopulation on the environment. Toronto 2008
L to r: Natalie Gaskin, Alexandra McVittie, and Hayley Miller

36. Speaking at the European Parliament, 2008

37. EPI 2008 team l to r: Jonathan Dorn, Frances Moore, Reah
Janise, Lester, Millicent, Consuela Headrick, Matt, and Janet (photo by T.
Hamada)

38. They’ve arrived!
Unloading boxes of Plan B 3.0.
Lester in truck, Jonathan Dorn and
Janet Larsen
Matt Roney and Jonathan

40. Presenting the Hindi edition of Plan B 3.0 to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, 2008.
Photo by Ranjit Barthakur and Samir Menon.

41. Speaking with the Mayor of Seoul, Oh See-
hoon, at Seoul City Hall, June 2008

42. Speaking with the Prime Minister of South Korea, 2008, after presenting him with
a copy of the Korean edition of Plan B 3.0.

43. Signing copies of the Korean edition of Plan B. 3.0. Yul Choi, head of Korea
Green Foundation and recipient of the Goldman Prize is on Lester’s left.

44. Snack time

45. Walking with Tom Weis, at this
time with enXco, a wind power
company, on their way to Lester’s
interview with Elephant
Journal, 2008. Tom now heads
Ride for Renewables.

46. Interview in Denver with Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal, 2008

47. Marc Pachter discusses Lester’s life at Portrait of Invention: A Conversation with Lester
Brown, Smithsonian Museum of American History, June 2009. photo by Hugh Talman

49. Caricature done when Lester appeared on the television program Roda Viva in Brazil, 2009

51. Millicent helping Lester as he autographs copies of Plan B 4.0.

52. Signing books at Barnes and
Noble, Bethesda, MD, 2009
Photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle

53. Dining in Italy (and being interviewed), 2010

54. Tokyo, 2010

55. Somehow Janet managed to get Lester on the Tokyo subway, 2010

56. Janet, Lester, Soki Oda (Japanese publisher), and interpreter, Tokyo, 2010

57. Junko Edahiro interviewing Lester in Tokyo, 2010

58. Speaking in Shanghai, 2010

59. Interview in Shanghai, 2010

60. Lester in Beijing with
Chinese edition of Plan B
4.0. Lin Zixin, head of the
translation team, is on his
right in the grey jacket.

61. Fiona Liu (reporter), Seth Cook (WWF), Lester and Janet in Beijing, June
2010, launching Chinese edition of Plan B 4.0. WWF was one of the sponsors of
the publication.

62. Bookworm Bookstore
presentation, Beijing, June 2010. Always a
favorite place to speak.

63. Receiving the Hero Award from the Alliance for Sustainable
Colorado, Denver 2010. Lester, David Orr and John Powers

65. Lester had the lead
article, “The New Geopolitics of
Food”, in the May/June 2011
issue of Foreign Policy.

66. Choson TV interview, Gwangju, South Korea, 2011.
photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle

67. Lester, Matt, Millicent, and Kristina Taylor (front), 2011

68. Lester talking with Judy Gradwohl (EPI’s board chair) and Bill Mansfield (board
member) at EPI’s 10-year anniversary dinner, 2011. Alice Day is on the left.

69. Lincoln and Alice Day talking with Lester at EPI’s 10-year anniversary dinner, 2011

70. Hadan Kauffman and Lester at EPI’s 10-year anniversary dinner, 2011.

72. GFN radio interview, Gwangju, S.
Korea, 2011. photo by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle

73. Speaking at the World Bank, November 2001

74. Lester being inducted into the University of
Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame, 2011

75. Blondeen and John Gravely, Maureen and Lester, Bob and Marion Spence at the reception for
the University of Maryland Hall of Fame, 2011. Blondeen had worked with Lester at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, the Overseas Development Council, and Worldwatch Institute.

77. Kyoto, Japan, 2012. Induction into the Kyoto Earth Hall of Fame

78. Yep, we like to eat together. Around the table starting on the left: Julianne
Simpson, Haley Moller, Emily Adams, Reah Janise, Matt, Lester, Janet, and

79. Ron Abler, President of the
International Geographical
Union, presenting Lester with
the Planet and Humanity
Award, 2012

80. EPI staff. Back row l to r: Millicent Johnson, Emily Adams, Matt Roney, Lester. Front
row: Reah Janise Kauffman, Julianne Simpson, Janet Larsen

81. EPI at the Green Inaugural Ball, 2013. l to r: Emily & Steve, Janet & Bill, Lester &
Maureen, Matt & Sarah, Julianne & her sister Laura (back row), Reah Janise & Hadan

82. Lester speaking at Oxford University, June 2013

83. Lester with Viviana
Jimenez, former
colleague, graduate of
Oxford University, who also
arranged for Lester to speak
at Oxford twice.

84. Lester with Ted Turner and Sally Ranney at AREDAY
Summit, Aspen, Colorado, August 2013. Photo by Maureen Kuwano

85. Teamwork: Unloading 125 cartons of
Breaking New Ground

86. Lester holding a copy of
Breaking New Ground fresh off
the truck, telling the story
behind an award he received
from President Lyndon Johnson.

87. Showing off after a successful transfer of 125 cartons of Breaking New
Ground from the truck to the office.
Savina Venkova (intern), Matt, Julianne, Lester, Reah Janise, and Emily.
Emily’s husband Steve, who also helped on his day off, took the photo.

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