Ken Cook

Ken Cook mai ba da shawara kan muhalli ne na Amurka kuma mai nazarin manufofi. Shi ne shugaban kasa kuma co-kafa kungiyar Environmental Working Group (EWG), kungiyar 501 (c) (3) mai zaman kanta da ke mai da hankali kan batutuwan muhalli da lafiyar jama'a. Cook ya ba da gudummawa ga manufofin aikin gona da muhalli na Amurka, musamman a cikin abinci da amincin kayan kulawa na mutum, magungunan kashe kwari da ruwan sha, shirye-shiryen kiyayewa don ayyukan noma da shirye-shirye na makamashi mai tsabta.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Cook ta girma ne a yankin St. Louis, Missouri. Ya shafe lokacin rani yana aiki a gonakin shanu na kawunsa, wanda ya rinjayi sha'awar aikin gona da muhalli. A makarantar sakandare, ya zama mai sha'awar muhawara tsakanin Paul R. Ehrlich da Barry Commoner game da karuwar yawan jama'a da tasirinsa a kan muhalli, yana bin binciken mai zaman kansa akan manyan littattafansu - bincikensa na farko na muhalli.

Ya halarci Jami'ar Missouri, Columbia, inda ya sami digiri na farko a fannin tarihi, digiri na farko na kimiyya a fannin noma, da kuma digiri na biyu na kimiyya a kimiyyar ƙasa.

 Ayyuka 
Cook ya fara aikinsa a wani tanki na muhalli kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi kan manufofin noma a Ma'aikatar Bincike ta Majalisa ta Laburaren Majalisa. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai fafutuka da mai sharhi ga kungiyoyin muhalli da kiyayewa" babban yunkuri na farko a cikin manufofin noma a lokacin muhawara ta Farm Bill ta 1985. Dokar da ta haifar ta ingantaccen manufofi, ta sa kiyayewa a cikin shirye-shiryen tallafi, kuma ta haifar da dubban biliyoyin daloli a cikin saka hannun jari na tarayya don kare kiyaye ƙasa, dabbobin daji, da ingancin ruwa. Daga baya ya yi aiki a Asusun Kula da namun daji na Duniya a karkashin William K. Reilly, yana aiki a matsayin darektan manema labarai, mai nazarin manufofi, da kuma mai fafutuka. A cikin 1990, ya taimaka wajen kafa shirin manufofi a cikin Cibiyar Tattalin Arziki, yana mai da hankali kan manufofin noma da kiyayewa.

 Sanarwa 
An ambaci Cook a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masu fafutuka na Washington ta hanyar The Hill da The Huffington Post. A shekara ta 2009, masu karatu na The Huffington Post sun zabi Cook a matsayin "Ultimate Green Game Changer".

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Cook ya auri Deb Callahan, kuma suna zaune a Arewacin California tare da ɗansu.

 Manazarta 
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