Mia MacDonald is Executive Director of Brighter Green (brightergreen.org), a New York-based public policy action tank working at the intersection of issues relating to the environment, animals, and sustainability, both globally and locally, with a particular focus on equity and rights. To read Brighter Green’s report on the growth of factory farming and rising meat and dairy consumption in China, click here.

MacDonald’s work has spanned the environment, sustainable development, globalization, women's rights and gender equality, reproductive health and population, and animal protection. She has published many articles in popular and environmental media, authored a number of policy papers and reports, and has contributed to three books: Unbowed (2006), Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai’s New York Times best-selling autobiography; Maathai’s most recent book, The Challenge for Africa (2009); and Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food (2008) by Gene Baur, a Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe best-seller.

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