Brad Allenby
Brad Allenby is currently Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Law, at Arizona State University, having moved from his previous position as the Environment, Health and Safety Vice President for AT&T in 2004. Dr. Allenby received his BA from Yale University in 1972, his J. D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1978, his Masters in Economics from the University of Virginia in 1979, his Masters in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University in the Spring of 1989, and his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers in 1992. He is currently President of the International Society for Industrial Ecology; Chair of the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; a Batten Fellow in Residence at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration; and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. From 1995 to 1997, he was Director for Energy and Environmental Systems at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and from 1991 to 1992 he was the J. Herbert Holloman Fellow at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC. His areas of expertise include Design for Environment, industrial ecology, telework and netcentric organizations, and earth systems engineering and management.
Is Environmental Science Really a Science?
Is the “purpose” of environmental science to perceive and validate new knowledge or to impose normative institutions and futures on society — for example, by forcing society to be “sustainable”? Read More
Environmentalism and Technology
Wait a minute, you might say: it’s environmentalism against technology? Positioning environmentalism against technology, however, has its problems. Read More
Tribalism vs. Globalism?
It is no doubt convenient to adopt the fiction of a fundamental conflict between community and globalism. But it is not just wrong; it is, in the end, an insult to human creativity and freedom. Read More
But I Want to Work on Environmental Stuff!
Thinking about an "environmental" career? By all means remain committed to sustainability -- but get expertise in international business, chemical engineering, or finance. Then, when you get your non-environmental line position -- you can start to change the world. Read More
Climate Change and Social Engineering
Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague. Read More
The Commoditization of Nature
There are those for whom nature, in at least some of its manifestations, is sacred, beyond price. Perhaps nowhere are these conflicts more apparent than in the global climate-change arena. Read More
Privileging the Present
Precautionary environmentalism for its own sake is irresponsible: it ignores important ethical, metaphysical, and religious questions. Read More
The Eschatology of Technology and Environment
What kind of Earth do we humans want to design? Read More