Peter G. Brown is a Professor at McGill University. Since the 1980s, he has focused on the thought systems that legitimate and facilitate the decline in the ability of the Earth to support complex life. He is principal investigator of the “Economics for the Anthropocene” project. His books include The Commonwealth of Life and Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy (with Geoffrey Garver).
Before coming to McGill, Brown was Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland’s graduate School of Public Policy where he founded the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, as well as the School of Public Policy itself.
Named “Tree Farmer of the Year” in 1995 in Garrett County (Maryland, USA), Brown is a Certified Quebec Forest Producer, has served as the “Steward” of Walker Pond in Hancock County (Maine, USA) and helped to found major conservation organisations in Maryland and Quebec. Brown is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
