Dominique Browning
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Dominique Browning is an American climate activist, writer, and editor who also co-founded environmental nonprofit Moms Clean Air Force, a special project of the Environmental Defense Fund. From 1995 to 2007 she was the editor-in-chief of the Conde Nast shelter publication House & Garden. Prior to House & Garden she worked at Savvy, American Photographer, Esquire, Newsweek, and Mirabella. As the editor-in-chief of the re-launched House & Garden, she said she introduced global environment issues to the magazine, and sought to search for the more meaningful ideals behind the consumerism of Condé Nast publications.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/design-matters-with-debbie-105 |title=Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Dominique Browning |publisher=Design Observer |date= |accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
Life
Browning graduated from Wesleyan University in 1977 with a major in philosophy, literature, and history, and is a classically trained pianist.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2010/04/16/after-losing-job-editor-dominique-browning-finds-a-healing-place/ |title=After Losing Job, Editor Dominique Browning Finds A Healing Place – Hartford Courant |publisher=Articles.courant.com |date=April 16, 2010 |access-date=February 17, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.edf.org/personalnature/about-dominique-browning/ |title=Dominique Browning's Personal Nature Blog " About Dominique Browning |publisher=Blogs.edf.org |date=November 10, 2009 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://magazine.wesleyan.edu/magazine/mag_archives/index.html |title=Archive |work=Wesleyan University Magazine |accessdate=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201025125/http://magazine.wesleyan.edu/magazine/mag_archives/index.html |archivedate=February 1, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} She is the founder of Moms Clean Air Force, an environmental protection organization dedicated to improving air quality standards, maintains a personal blog called 'Slow Love Life', and her writing is regularly featured in The New York Times and Time.Browning, Dominique (August 22, 2012). [https://ideas.time.com/2012/08/22/the-real-lesson-of-formaldehyde-in-baby-shampoo/ "The Real Lesson of Formaldehyde In Baby Shampoo"], Time. Retrieved September 21, 2012. She currently contributes to multiple newspapers and magazines, and has a monthly column on the website of the Environmental Defense Fund.{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/books/article/Finding-yourself-again-2195418.php |title=Finding Yourself Again – San Antonio Express-News |publisher=Mysanantonio.com |date=September 29, 2011 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}
Writing
Browning has authored the following books:
- Around the House and In the Garden: a Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement
- Paths of Desire: the Passion of a Suburban Gardener
- Slow Love: How I Lost my Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness (released May 9, 2010){{cite news|last=Seymour |first=Miranda |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/books/review/Seymour-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine |title=Book Review – Slow Love – By Dominique Browning |work=The New York Times |date=May 14, 2010 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Browning |first=Dominique |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/magazine/28fasttrack-t.html |title=Dominique Browning – What I Lost When I Lost My Job |work=The New York Times |date=March 25, 2010 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052005159.html |title=Dominique Browning's 'Slow Love,' reviewed by Carolyn See |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= May 21, 2010|accessdate=February 17, 2012}}
Browning's books deal with her personal life. She was married to Nicholas Lemann,"Dominique A. Browning Marries Nicholas Lemann", May 21, 1983, The New York Times. with whom she has two sons, Alexander and Theodore. Her most recent book, Slow Love, recounts her post-divorce relationship with "Stroller", the pseudonym of the legally separated man with whom she had a seven-year relationship, and who repeatedly asked her why it mattered that he was married.
Browning has also written books under the House & Garden brand:
- The House & Garden Book of Style
- The Well-Lived Life
- Gardens of Paradise
- House of Worship{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADominique%20Browning&field-author=Dominique%20Browning&page=1 |title=Dominique Browning: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}
Environmental Activities
Browning co-founded Moms Clean Air Force in 2010 with a focus on climate change. The national organization now has 1.5 million members and more than one dozen state chapters {{Cite web |title=Meet the Moms Who Are Fed Up with the Climate Crisis — and Fighting to 'Change the Conversation' |url=https://people.com/moms-clean-air-force-fed-up-with-climate-crisis-fighting-to-change-conversation-7571170 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} She was honored in 2016 with The Rachel Carson Award presented by The National Audubon Society.{{Cite web |title=The Rachel Carson Award Honorees {{!}} Audubon |url=https://www.audubon.org/about/rachel-carson-award-honorees |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.audubon.org |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.dominiquebrowning.com}}
- [http://www.slowlovelife.com Dominique Browning's Blog]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/magazine/28fasttrack-t.html Excerpt from Slow Love]
- [http://www.momscleanairforce.org/ Moms Clean Air Force]
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Category:American magazine editors
Category:American women magazine editors
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