Alan Thein Durning founded Sightline Institute (formerly Northwest Environment Watch) in 1993. He contributed sifignificantly to Sightline's effort to create a new regional index of progress, the Cascadia Scorecard. Durning is lead author or author of nine Northwest Environment Watch books including This Place on Earth 2002: Measuring What Matters. Prior to founding Sightline, Durning was a senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC, where he studied the relationships between social and environmental issues. While at Worldwatch, Durning wrote How Much is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth (1992), which was translated into seven languages. He also coauthored seven State of the World reports, and chapters in Worldwatch Papers on topics ranging from animal agriculture to indigenous peoples. Durning’s articles have been published in over 100 periodicals, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, Sierra, Utne Reader, and Technology Review. In 1996, he was awarded a Building Economic Alternatives award by Co-op America for his work.

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