Ernest Callenbach (edit name/settings)

was a writer and editor best known for his visionary novel Ecotopia (1975), an environmental classic that has sold almost a million copies. He also wrote the novels Ecotopia Emerging (1981) and Publisher's Lunch (1989) and a half dozen nonfiction books on ecological issues, including Ecology: A Pocket Guide (1998) for UC Press. He was a popular speaker and lecturer at universities and conferences around the world. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Freiberg in 2009, and he received the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Distinguished Career Achievement Award.