Adam Werbach is an environmental activist who was elected as the youngest-ever national president of the Sierra Club in 1996. He was 23 years old. blank">http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F15FC345D0C718CDDAF0894DE494D81

In 1991, he founded the _Sierra Student Coalition, the United States' largest student-run environmental organization.

In 1997, while president of the Sierra Club, Adam wrote "Act Now, Apologize Later", a series of essays and autobiographical anecdotes published by HarperCollins.

In 2003, he was appointed by San Francisco city supervisor Chris Daly to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission while then Mayor Willie Brown was out of town. blank">http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40712FD3E550C778EDDA90994DB404482

In late 2004, he wrote and presented a speech called Is Environmentalism Dead at the _Commonwealth Club of California. This widely-circulated, controversial speech suggested that advances in environmentalism had stalled, due to outdated thinking and approaches. He challenged the environmental establishment to tackle the issues differently, by linking environmental goals with other broad social and economic goals. blank">http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/13/werbach-reprint/

In 2006, he controversially began to work with _Wal-Mart to help lead their efforts in sustainability. blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/business/22walmart.html?ex=1160712000&en=5bf1fc52d4d5a2ea&ei=5070

In April 2006, Adam was elected to the 6 member international board of Greenpeace.

While he was an undergrad at _Brown University, Adam was a member of the all-male a cappella group, The Brown Derbies.http://www.brownderbies.com/roster-single.asp?member_id=awerbach