Pat Hynes is an ardent feminist who has worked for environmental justice for communities of color and women's rights for years. An environmental engineer, she was Professor of Environmental Health at Boston University's School of Public Health and author of 6 books, among them The Recurring Silent Spring, which was nominated for the 1990 Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights Award and A Patch of Eden: Community Gardens in Inner Cities which won the 1997 National Arbor Day Foundation Award. She is a member of the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, which she directed for 11 years.
