Dennis Dimick

Dennis Dimick serves as executive editor for the environment at National Geographic magazine, where he oversees the publication’s coverage of energy, climate and sustainability issues — exploring, in his words, “the nexus between human aspiration and the Earth’s ability to sustain it.” He guided the creation of a single-topic issue on global freshwater in April 2010 and was architect for a yearlong 2011 series, called “7 Billion,” on global population and its impact. The magazine’s climate change and energy projects have received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Overseas Press Club and Pictures of the Year International. Dimick has also co-organized the Aspen Environment Forum since its inception. He holds degrees in agriculture and agricultural journalism from Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He previously worked at newspapers in Oregon, Washington and Kentucky, and has photo edited a dozen National Geographic Society Books, including a 1996 book on the Endangered Species Act called The Company We Keep.