Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

female, 69 years old
University of Pittsburgh alumni, National Assembly of Kenya, Conservationist, environmentalism, tetu, Natural Resources…sustainabledevelopment
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist....
Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland

female, 70 years old
norwegian, Karlspreis laureate, Prime Minister of Norway, politician, dag hammarskjold medal, Indira-Gandhi-Preis,…sustainabledevelopment
(born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health....
James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn

male, 75 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Jewish, American, Harvard Business School alumni, Business Person, lawyer, Economist…sustainabledevelopment
President of the World Bank for the past decade, has confirmed he will retire from his post later this year. He told the ABC television network in...
M. S. Swaminathan

M. S. Swaminathan

male, 84 years old
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Alleppey District, Synergy, Tamilnadu, Kumbakonam, high yielding varieties…sustainabledevelopment, sustainable agriculture
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist, born August 7, 1925, in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, The second of four sons of a...
Calestous Juma

Calestous Juma

male, 56 years old
Standard, business daily, Royal Academy of Engineering, Kennedy School of Government, Royal Society of London, Harvard University…sustainabledevelopment
Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. He...
Sunita Narain

Sunita Narain

female
development studies, Indian, political activist, Natural Resources, Padma Shri recipient, Centre for Science and Environment…sustainabledevelopment, development
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development....
Simon Upton

Simon Upton

male, 51 years old
Member of the Cabinet of New Zealand, Alumni of Wolfson College, Oxford, New Zealand National Party MP, Simon David Upton, Crown Research Institute, Resource Management Act 1991…sustainabledevelopment
Simon Upton is Chairman of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development. The round table is an informal forum offering key participants in the...

William Rees

male
University of British Columbia, sustainable socioeconomic development, ecological, ecology, University of British Columbia faculty, Ecologist…sustainabledevelopment
William Rees (born December 18 1943), is a professor at the University of British Columbia and former director of the School of Community and...
Klaus Schwab

Klaus Schwab

male, 71 years old
Business Person, World Economic Forum, hilde, philanthropist, economics, Klaus Martin Schwab…Board Member, Center for International Development, Center for International Development, sustainabledevelopment
Klaus Martin Schwab (born March 30 1938) is a Swiss economist and businessman, best known as the president and founder of the World Economic Forum....
Donella Meadows

Donella Meadows

female, deceased (2001)
Vermont culture, twelve leverage points to intervene in a system, World3, Jay Forrester, computer model, Limits to Growth…sustainabledevelopment
Donella "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 Elgin, Illinois, USA - February 20, 2001, New Hampshire) was a pioneering environmental scientist, a teacher...