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WIlliam Powers (activist) (born 1971) is an American author, journalist, freelance writer, speaker, and environmental activist. He specializes in climate change and deforestation, ecological tourism, green trade, Bolivia, and Liberia. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, a think-tank.

Powers' books include Blue Clay People (Bloomsbury) which Booklist calls "A haunting account of one man’s determination and the struggles of a people living in a deeply troubled country” is about Powers' experiences in Liberia. His second book, Whispering in the Giant's Ear (Bloomsbury) is about his time spent with the indigenous communities in the Amazon in Bolivia . His latest book, Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off The Grid & Beyond The American Dream (New World Library), referred to as "penetrating" by notable environmentalist Bill McKibben, is about his experiences living in a 12x12 square feet cabin without electricity or water for a summer. It is already in its second printing.

Powers is a frequent writer and commentator in the media. He has published articles in the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Washington Post, and the International Herald Tribune. He has also appeared on ABC TV, NBC and National Public Radio's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Among his professional appointments, Powers has worked as a Fellow in the World Bank; Head of Programs for Catholic Relief Services in Liberia; Chief of Party of a major USAID / Conservation International rainforest conservation program in Bolivia; and Facilitator of the DFID / IUCN-World Conservation Union forest law-enforcement, governance, and trade dialogues project in Liberia.

He grew up in Long Island, New York and got his undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations from Brown University and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.