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976 | Fighting for Our Planet: Jonathan Lash on Climate Action, Leadership & Corporate Change
I'm Jonathan Lash, I am a former Peace Corps volunteer, federal prosecutor, and environmental litigator. I have served as Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources, a law professor, and president of a college.
For a decade-and-a-half, I was the president of the World Resources Institute, an international organization dedicated to turning ideas into action to address global environmental and development challenges. In 2006, Rolling Stone Magazine recognized me as one 25 "Warriors and Heroes” fighting to prevent a planet-wide climate catastrophe. My efforts to persuade major corporations to take climate change seriously earned me recognition as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics” by Ethisphere Magazine (2007) and one of the world’s “Top 100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury and Risk Management Magazine (2005).
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Jonathan Lash
Jonathan Lash Biography
Jonathan Lash retired from Hampshire College in July 2018 after seven years as its President. He steered Hampshire through a period marked by significant advances in its student-centered education, access to higher education, diversity, sustainability, philanthropy, and infrastructure, recommitting Hampshire to the pursuit of its founding principles — to challenge students to shape their own eduction, to engage students and faculty in critical social issues, and for all to be a force for positive change in the world.
In 2014, Hampshire became the first U.S. institution not to accept SATs and ACTs, citing studies that show that the tests have little predictive value for determining who will excel at the College and are biased against low-income families. The school pioneered highly individualized recruitment and application processes.
During his tenure Hampshire significantly increased the diversity of its student body, Board of Directors, and Faculty. Hampshire also became the first residential college to obtain 100% of its annual electricity needs from solar power with savings of over four million dollars. He motivated record numbers of donors to invest in these efforts, more than doubling the college’s fundraising.
His essays and ideas on improving education have been published by Education Week, the New York Times, the Hechinger Report, the Washington Post, Money magazine, and the Huffington Post, extending Hampshire’s influence in higher education.
Before coming to Hampshire, Lash was president of the… Read More