John Robbins

John Robbins is the author of The New Good Life Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less He is also author of the international bestseller DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth THE FOOD REVOLUTION How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World HEALTHY AT 100 The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the Worlds Healthiest and LongestLived Peoples THE AWAKENED HEART Meditations on Finding Harmony in a Changing World andRECLAIMING OUR HEALTH Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the Source of True Healing Johns work has been the subject of cover stories and feature articles in The San Francisco Chronicle The Los Angeles Times Chicago Life The Washington Post The New York Times The Philadelphia Inquirer and many of the nations other major newspapers and magazines His life and work have also been featured in an hour long PBS special titled Diet For A New America The only son of the founder of the BaskinRobbins ice cream empire John Robbins was groomed to follow in his fathers footsteps but chose to walk away from BaskinRobbins and the immense wealth it represented to pursue the deeper American Dreamthe dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms A dream of a society that is truly healthy practicing a wise and compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem Considered by many to be one of the most eloquent and powerful spokespersons in the world for a sane ethical and sustainable future John has been a featured and keynote speaker at major conferences sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility Beyond War Oxfam the Sierra Club the Humane Society of the United States the United Nations Environmental Program UNICEF and many other organizations dedicated to creating a healthy just and sustainable way of life He is the recipient of the Rachel Carson Award the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award the Peace Abbeys Courage of Conscience Award and lifetime achievement awards from groups including Green America The widespread media attention he has received has included numerous appearances on national shows including Oprah Donahue and Geraldo When John spoke at the United Nations he received a standing ovation John serves on the Boards of many nonprofit groups working toward a thriving just and sustainable way of life He is the Founder and Board Chair Emeritus of EarthSave Internationalearthsaveorg an organization dedicated to healthy food choices preservation of the environment and a more compassionate world John is also the Board Chair of YESyesworldorg which educates inspires and empowers young leaders to take positive action for all life on Earth Johns life is dedicated to creating an environmentally sustainable spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet He lives with his wife Deo their son Ocean and his wife Michele and their grandsons River and Bodhi in the hills outside Santa Cruz California The Robbins offices and home run on solar electricity