Economist Jeffrey Sachs honored with Center for Science Writings’ 2009 Green Book Award

HOBOKEN , N.J. – Acclaimed economist Jeffrey D. Sachs has been awarded the 2009 Green Book Award from Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Science Writings. Sachs will discuss his latest book, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, during an award ceremony on April 20.

In his book, Sachs, who heads the Earth Institute at Columbia University, proposes detailed solutions for extreme poverty and related problems such as overpopulation and resource depletion.

Edward Wilson, the Harvard Biologist, calls Common Wealth "a state of the world report of immediate and enormous practical value."

Sachs is Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General; and a columnist for Scientific American and other publications. TIME has named him one of the most influential people in the world, and The Economist calls him "brilliant, passionate, optimistic, impatient."

John Horgan, Director of the Center for Science Writings will present Sachs with the 2009 Green Book Award, which includes a prize of $5,000 underwritten by Turner Construction, a leader in green buildings, during a ceremony on April 20.

The ceremony, followed by a discussion with Sachs on current views of our global problems, will be held in Room 122 of the Babbio Center from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

For more information please visit the center's website www.stevens.edu/csw.

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