Kirk Weinert is a liberal environmentalist activist and writer who has staffed and led numerous left-of-center non-profits throughout his career, many of which are or were affiliates of the controversial Public Interest Network. Weinert attended Tufts University. He is married and has one daughter. ^[1]

Career

Weinert’s activist career began at Tufts University where he joined the Tufts Political Action Coalition to oppose nuclear energy and support divestment from South Africa in response to apartheid. ^[2]

In 1979, Weinert began working with the Public Interest Network (PIN), a national affiliation of over one hundred left-wing activist organizations. Weinert works as a senior writer and advisor for PIN in the “Development” and “Editorial and Creative” departments, where he is described as “the in-house expert on polling, data analysis and reporting, small donor fundraising strategy, ballot measures and democracy issues.” Weinert also co-founded PIN’s departments of publications, direct mail, telephone outreach, and membership services. ^[3]

Weinert has worked for numerous organizations under the umbrella of PIN. He was the president of the environmentalist group 2030 Fund until it went inactive in 2009. ^[4] He also served as director of the Fund for the Public Interest, a political activism group that targets environmental issues, from 2008 until 2013. ^[5] Concurrently, Weinert was the director of Environment Massachusetts from 2008 until 2010. ^[6]

Writing

Weinert has written dozens of articles for numerous publications, mostly on environmental consumption issues.

From September 2018 to September 2019, Weinert wrote 57 articles on Medium.com, a popular blogging platform, on topics ranging from the impact of pesticides on bee colonies to the hunting of pangolins. ^[7]

Weinert has published similar articles at Environmental Action, another environmentalist advocacy group affiliated with PIN. ^[8]