Michael Brune
Encyclopedia
Michael Brune is the executive director of the Sierra Club
, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist John Muir
in 1892. Brune was appointed to his position as executive director in January, 2010.
Prior to working for the Sierra Club, Brune was the executive director of the Rainforest Action Network
for seven years. He also worked as an organizer for Greenpeace.
In 1999, while working at Rainforest Action Network, Brune ran a successful campaign to get Home Depot stores to stop purchasing and selling wood from old-growth forests.
Time
magazine listed this as its top environmental story of that year.
Brune is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, a progressive website founded by Arianna Huffington
, as well as SolveClimate and Daily Kos
.
In 2008 he published a book called Coming Clean -- Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal.
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist John Muir
John Muir
John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions...
in 1892. Brune was appointed to his position as executive director in January, 2010.
Prior to working for the Sierra Club, Brune was the executive director of the Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, USA. The organization was founded by Randy "Hurricane" Hayes and Mike Roselle in 1985, with the financial help of Fund for Wild Nature....
for seven years. He also worked as an organizer for Greenpeace.
In 1999, while working at Rainforest Action Network, Brune ran a successful campaign to get Home Depot stores to stop purchasing and selling wood from old-growth forests.
Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine listed this as its top environmental story of that year.
Brune is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, a progressive website founded by Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s...
, as well as SolveClimate and Daily Kos
Daily Kos
Daily Kos is an American political blog that publishes news and opinions from a progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party...
.
In 2008 he published a book called Coming Clean -- Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal.