David Pimentel for Sierra Club
Board of Directors

DAVID PIMENTEL
RESIDENCE: Ithaca, New York
CURRENT MEMBER SINCE: 1992
OCCUPATION: Cornell University Professor: Ecology and Agricultural Sciences
See David Pimentel's Curriculum Vitae

Elected Member, Boards of Directors: National Audubon Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Rachel Carson Council (current President). Chaired, Environmental Studies Board, National Academies of Science. Editor, Journal of Environment, Development, and Sustainability.

As a lifelong ecologist, concerned about endangered species and wilderness and the effect on them of air and water pollution, my research investigations include sustainable agriculture, safe chemical use, fossil energy use, renewable energy alternatives, water and soil conservation, and management of invasive species. I've written 560 scientific publications, including 23 edited books. I developed and teach an Environmental Policy course.

Our precious natural environment, including the very resources that sustain life, is under growing pressure from human activities spreading throughout Earth's terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. While sound science is necessary to preserving a healthy biosphere, social and political implementation is essential. Sadly, Americans have not elected a really good environmental President since Jimmy Carter nearly 30 years ago.

Our Club is losing the national political battle- we need more effective leaders at the national level. Since Carter's election, the USA has grown by 80 million persons and this growth is accelerating rather than diminishing. Concurrently, our agricultural land, natural areas, biodiversity, and water and energy resources are under increasing pressure. We must courageously address America's surging environmental problems and thereby equitably manage our resources for all generations.

With your vote I will contribute my lifetime of accumulated scientific knowledge to the Board and to the Club's knowledgeable, progressive, energetic, and caring activists.

Endorsers:

LESTER BROWN (cofounder, Worldwatch Institute; President, Earth Policy Institute): "I heartily endorse David's candidacy."

SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON (Earth Day Founder, Presidential Medal of Freedom, John Muir Award).

EDWARD O. WILSON (conservation biologist, Harvard University): "David is a pioneer of ecology and conservation science in America, with a record of dedicated public service."

GEORGE WOODWELL (Director, Woods Hole Research Center): "The Sierra Club would be brilliantly well served by David."

Read Stop the Creeping Moral Corruption Within the Sierra Club by David Pimentel, Frank Morris and Dick Lamm

Read David Pimentel's answers to questions submitted to all Board candidates.

Read David Pimentel's position Genetic Engineering and on Immigration.

There is an excellent explantion on the SUSPS website of the relationship of U.S. population growth to our ecological carrying capacity.

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