Lovins received an undergraduate degree in
sociology and
political science from
Pitzer College in 1972, and a
J.D. from
Loyola Law School in 1975. A practicing attorney (member of the
State Bar of California), Lovins helped establish the urban forestry and environmental education group California Conservation Project (Tree People), She served as policy adviser for
Friends of the Earth under
David Brower. In 1982, Hunter Lovins and Amory Lovins co-founded
Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, Colorado. They initially ran the research foundation out of their home and referred to it as a "think-and-do-tank". In 2013, Hunter served as a mentor for Unreasonable at Sea, a technology business accelerator for social entrepreneurs seeking to scale their ventures in international markets, founded by Unreasonable Group,
Semester at Sea, and
Stanford University’s
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Lovins is a founding professor of the MBA in sustainability at
Bard College, where she serves as a faculty member. Lovins has addressed major gatherings such as the
World Economic Forum, the
United States Congress, and the
World Summit on Sustainable Development. She has also done consulting for citizens’ groups, governments, and corporations. Lovins is credited with coining the phrase
global weirding—a play on the term
global warming—in the early 2000s. ==Awards and recognition==