Huey Johnson (January 6, 1933 – July 12, 2020) was an American environmentalist, noted as a prolific organizer of NGOs.
At age nine, Johnson moved with his family to Lansing, where his father worked in a General Motors assembly plant, and Huey was able to spend a lot of time outdoors.
[4] Johnson worked in a travelling sales position for Union Carbide, based first in San Francisco and later in Denver.
He publicly explained that, during his tenure, he valued opportunities to socialize informally with those who objected to parameters he put forward.
[12]: 348 Johnson was known for introducing Green Plans, an integrated approach to protecting and managing natural resources, to the United States.
He had travelled to Norway in the late 1980s where he developed a keen interest in green plans; the Norwegians told him he’d do better to study what had been accomplished with these in the Netherlands.
[13][14][15][16] Johnson founded the Resource Renewal Institute,in 1983, whose role is advocating for strategies for attaining environmental sustainability.