Valerie A. Brown

Valerie A. Brown is Director of the Local Sustainability Project, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University; and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Health, University of Western Sydney. She has held national advisory positions in public health, environmental management and higher education, and presented innovative programs in these fields in the Asia-Pacific, Canada and Europe. Valerie is the author of over 200 research papers and 12 books on linking social and environmental issues and social change, the most recent being Towards whole-of-community engagement: a toolkit of strategies 2004 (with Heather Aslin); Sustainability and health: supporting global integrity in public health Earthscan 2005 (with J. Grootjans, J. Ritchie, M. Townsend and G.Verrinder); Social learning and environmental management Earthscan 2005 (with M.Keen and R. Dyball) and Leonardo's vision. A guide to collective thinking and action SENSE 2008

Books by Valerie A. Brown :

		Risks and Opportunities Managing Environmental Conflict and Change Edited by Valerie A. Brown, D. Ingle Smith, Rob Wiseman, John Handmer 320 pages, 6 3/4" x 8 3/4", August 1995 Paper, 978 1 85383 236 9, $35.00

		Sustainability and Health Supporting Global Ecological Integrity in Public Health Valerie A. Brown, John Grootjans, Jan Ritchie, Mardie Townsend, Glenda Verrinder 360 pages, 7" x 9 3/4", February 2005 Cloth, 978 1 84407 174 6, $136.00 Paper, 978 1 84407 173 9, $45.00

		Tackling Wicked Problems Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination Edited by Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris, Jacqueline Y. Russell 312 pages, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", July 2010 Cloth, 978 1 84407 924 7, $160.00 Paper, 978 1 84407 925 4, $59.95