Wendy Abrams
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Wendy Abrams is the founder of Cool Globes, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of global warming solutions. Using the venues of public art and education, the inaugural "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" exhibit premiered in Chicago in June 2007. Since that time, Cool Globes went on to tour in more than a dozen cities across the United States and Europe. Cool Globes Amsterdam will open in June 2011.

Ms. Abrams serves on the National Council of Environmental Defense, NRDC's Action Fund Board, the Union of Concerned Scientists' National Advisory Board. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Waterkeeper Alliance; and is a trustee of The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Wendy earned her bachelor's degree from Brown University, and received an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Ms. Abrams lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband Jim, and their four children.

Blog Entries by Wendy Abrams

Keystone Is Obama's Energy Test

16 Comments | Posted October 24, 2011 | 12:06:30 (EST)

Let's remember why we elected President Obama. He may blame inaction on the Republicans, but the Keystone pipeline project will be a test (no Congressional vote) on whether he chooses to commit the next few decades to an energy plan based on fossil fuels or whether he really wants to...

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How Much Poison is OK for Our Kids?

Posted April 4, 2011 | 09:40:31 (EST)

As a mother of four, the question is absurd to me. Really, can you imagine if you asked someone that question and they answered, "Well, some is ok, as long as it doesn't kill them, subjecting them to injury and chronic illness seems fine." That would be insane.

But that...

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Reality Check!

Posted November 12, 2010 | 17:26:16 (EST)

When did we Americans become so spoiled and have such a sense of entitlement? Since when are we so fragile that when an accident happens or a problem arises, we are so overwhelmed with self pity that we are unable to shrug it off and make the best of the...

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