ABOUT
About John J. Berger
I have been a consultant to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, corporations, utilities, and the U.S. Congress. I have also worked as a journalist, editor, and visiting associate professor at the University of Maryland. I co-founded the Nuclear Information and Resource Service to assist citizen safe-energy groups and founded Restoring the Earth to bring environmental restoration to national attention. The focus of my work has been environmental protection, conservation, and restoration and furthering environmental sustainability and of a clean energy transition.
Consulting Experience and Services
In addition to my work for the National Research Council, I have provided consulting services to corporations, individuals, foundations, utilities, and the U.S. Congress. I am available for consulting with foundations, investors, entrepreneurs, energy companies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, authors, publishers, and individuals.
In the philanthropic realm, I am available for board membership and for consultation with foundations in reviewing and conducting on-site evaluations of grantee proposals and projects in the areas of energy, climate, and the environment. I can also assist nonprofit organizations with fundraising efforts, including proposal writing and board development.
In the publishing arena, I offer editorial review and writing support for book and book proposal preparation, as well as assistance with the submission of finished work.
In the field of renewable energy and sustainable technology, I provide business development support to start-ups and conduct due diligence on behalf of investors.
Authorship
As a member of the American Association of Journalists and Authors, my magazine articles have appeared in Audubon, Omni, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Examiner, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, as well as in anthologies, book club selections, foreign editions, and through news service syndication.
I have edited books for the University of California Press and Straight Arrow Books, served as a scientific and technical editor at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and led an editorial group at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Additionally, I have worked as a newspaper and press service editor and edited Environmental Restoration: Science and Strategies for Restoring the Earth.