- Wangari Maathai
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". Dr.
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
(born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She is a former Prime Minister of Norway, and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization. She now serves as an Environmental Envoy of the United Nations.
- James Wolfensohn
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 the US that the time had come for him to pass on the baton after 10 years at the helm of the global institution. "I had 10 years and I think that's probably enough," the 71-year-old Mr Wolfensohn said. He is due to wrap up his second five-year term as the Washington-headquartered bank's president in June.
- M. S. Swaminathan
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist, born August 7, 1925, in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, The second of four sons of a surgeon. His ancestral home is the island village of Monkompu, Alleppey District, Kerala. He is known as "Father of the Green Revolution" in India, for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high yielding varieties of wheat in India.
- Calestous Juma
Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project. He holds a Ph.D. in science and technology policy studies and has written widely on science, technology, and the environment.
- Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Ms. Narain has been with the India-based Centre for Science and Environment since 1982. She is currently the director of the Centre and the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth.
- Simon Upton
Simon Upton is Chairman of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development. The round table is an informal forum offering key participants in the sustainable development debate an opportunity to take stock of progress at global level and think laterally about solutions that are difficult to introduce in formal negotiating processes.
- William Rees
William Rees (born December 18 1943), is a professor at the University of British Columbia and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. Rees has taught at the University of British Columbia since 1969-70. His primary interest is in public policy and planning relating to global environmental trends and the ecological conditions for sustainable socioeconomic development.
- Klaus Schwab
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. His wife and former secretary, Hilde, works with him on some of his projects. He was born in 1938 in Ravensburg, Germany.
- Donella Meadows
Donella "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 Elgin, Illinois, USA - February 20, 2001, New Hampshire) was a pioneering environmental scientist, a teacher and writer. She was the lead author of "Limits to Growth", and proposed the twelve leverage points to intervene in a system. She was educated in science, earning a B.A. in chemistry from Carleton College in 1963 and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University in 1968. She then became a research fellow at MIT, …
- Joke Waller-Hunter
Joke Waller-Hunter was a Dutch UN official who worked on several environmental issues including the Kyoto Accord until her death at the age of 58 on October 14, 2005. She was the first UN Director for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, a position which she served from 1994-1998. From 1998 to 2002 she was director of the OECD Environment Directorate. She then joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- Crispin Tickell
Sir Crispin Tickell (born 1930), GCMG, KCVO, is a British diplomat, environmentalist and academic. After secondary education at Westminster School as a King's Scholar, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1952 with first class honours in Modern History. He did his national service in the Coldstream Guards. As a diplomat he was Chef de Cabinet to the President of the European Commission (1977-1980), British Ambassador to Mexico (1981-1983), …
- Barbara Ward
Barbara Mary Ward (23 May, 1914 - 31 May, 1981), in later life Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share their prosperity with the rest of the world and in the 1960s turned her attention to environmental questions as well. She was an early advocate of sustainable development before this term became familiar and was well-known as a journalist, …
- Clive Hamilton
Clive Hamilton is Executive Director and public face of "The Australia Institute", a left leaning Australian think tank. He has a BA in Pure Mathematics from the Australian National University, a BEc (First Class Honours) in Economics from the University of Sydney and a PhD in economics from the University of Sussex. Hamilton has worked in economic research and policy evaluation in the area of natural resource management and environment.
- Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt , Co-Founder and Programme Director of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK's leading sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner organisations, including some of the world's leading companies. Jonathon was appointed by the Prime Minister as Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission in July 2000.
- David McGuinty
David Joseph McGuinty (born February 25, 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and the brother of Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty. He is also the son of former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Dalton McGuinty Sr.. He is a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Ottawa South. He was first elected in the 2004 federal election and was re-elected in the 2006 federal election.
- Line Beauchamp
Line Beauchamp is a Quebec politician. She is the current Quebec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the Montreal riding of Bourassa-Sauvé as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She is the current Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks since April 17, 2007. She was previously the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2003 to 2007.
- José María Figueres
José María Figueres Olsen, politician, businessman and international expert on Sustainable Development and Technology. President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998, Minister of Foreign Trade 1986-1988, and then Minister of Agriculture 1988-1990.
- Paul Raskin
Dr. Paul Raskin is the Founding Director of the Tellus Institute which has conducted over 3,500 research and policy projects throughout the world on environmental issues, resource planning, and sustainable development. His research and writing has centered on formulating and analyzing alternative global and regional scenarios, and the requirements for a transition to a sustainable, just, and livable future — a future he calls a "Great Transition".
- Eric Britton
Francis Eric Knight Britton (born in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 June 1938) is an American development economist and sustainability activist who has lived and worked in Paris France since 1969. Trained in the physical sciences and economics, his special skill lies in creating independent, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural peer networks that work in open partnerships for problem solving and policy counsel for government, the private sector, …
- Frank Popoff
Frank Peter Popoff Ex-Director - Chairman, The Dow Chemical Company *1 Director
- Claude Béchard
Claude Béchard is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the current Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. He is also the current Minister of Natural Ressources and Wildlife and was formally the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Parks, Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade.
- Corinne McLaughlin
Corinne McLaughlin is an author and a leader in the intentional communities movement. She is the co-author of "Builders of the Dawn", a study of enduring intentional communities around the world. She and her partner Gordon Davidson have been members of the Findhorn Community in Scotland and are co-founders of Sirius Community an ecological village and educational community in Massachusetts.
- Alex MacGillivray
Alex MacGillivray studied at the Oxford University and obtained a degree in Modern History. He then went on to get a master's degree from Imperial College London in Environmental Science. He is currently a senior associate for the New Economics Foundation – and the Institute for Social and Ethical Accountability. MacGillivray has worked for many national governments and multinational companies, as well as UN agencies. His most recent work was a book titled, …
- Musimbi Kanyoro
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, became the first woman from a developing country to head the World YWCA when she appointed as Secretary General (CEO) in 1998. (www.worldywca.org) The World YWCA celebrated its 150-year anniversary in 2005 and is the one of the largest and oldest women’s voluntary membership movements that reaches over 25 million women and girls through its member associations in 125 countries. Serving on numerous international boards, Dr.
- Robert W. Corell
Robert Corell is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society, and he recently completed an appointment as a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University which began in January 2000. He is currently actively engaged in research concerned with both the science of global change and the interface between science and public policy.
- Simon Pepper
Simon Pepper, OBE, was Director of the World Wildlife Fund (Scotland) from 1985 to 2005, and is the current Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews, having been inaugurated on March 10, 2006 and succeeding Sir Clement Freud. Pepper is a board member of the Deer and Forestry Commissions in Scotland, as well as acting as an advisor to Scottish Ministers on Sustainable Development as a member of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sustainable Scotland.
- Thomas J. Mulcair
Thomas J. Mulcair (born on October 24, 1954 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a lawyer and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey in Laval from 1994 to 2007. He served as the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from 2003 until 2006. He will be a candidate for the New Democratic Party of Canada in the next federal election.
- Matt Zone
Matt Zone is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Ohio. Matt was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Michael and Mary Zone, who were both prominent members of Cleveland City Council, and represented the same west side ward now represented by Matt. Zone's older sister is Peggy Zone Fisher, the wife of Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher. His younger sister, Melissa Zone, is an activist and urban planner in Florida.
- Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001. Noyori shared half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the Prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation). Ryoji Noyori was born in Kobe, Japan. He became fascinated with chemistry at the age of 12, after hearing a presentation on nylon.
- Yoshua Daely
Green Property and Resort Management. Has 30 years experience in Hospitality Industry, previously working with various hotels and resorts. Involved with The HITA properties. It is a luxury traditional home concept that will feature all exclusive private villas in a design that respects the surrounding environment, offer an enriching lifestyle experience that is based on local art, culture and community spirit.
- Mikoto Usui
Mikoto Usui is a Japanese born, US educated (MIT Faculty of Economics, PhD program) development economist and international scholar whose life work has centered on multilateral environmental diplomacy, sustainable development governance and science & technology for economic and social development. His recent research and writings have concentrated on the role of the private business sector in sustainable development governance and Corporate social responsibility.
- Jacques Bonjawo
Jacques Bonjawo is a software engineer, an author and a columnist in the application of technology to sustainable development. He's given a series of talks at various institutions, including Harvard University, the World Bank, and other international forums. His latest book "L'Afrique du XXIe Siècle" (Africa in the 21st Century) is in the list of the 5 best sellers at Karthala, a Paris-based publisher.
- Patrice Martin
Patrice Martin is a Quebec politician in Gatineau, Quebec. He is the councillor of the district of Wrightville-Parc de la Montagne located in the Hull sector of the city. Martin studied at the University of Ottawa until 1991 and received a master's degree in political sciences. He worked as a clerk in the Canadian House of Commons for over 10 years until his entry in municipal politics in the 2005 municipal elections.
- Gerry Sklavounos
Gerry Sklavounos (born December 16, 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and lawyer. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Laurier-Dorion in the Montreal region. He represents the Quebec Liberal Party. Sklavounos is a graduate of McGill University with a bachelor's degree in law and is a member of the Bar of Quebec since 1999.
- Janine Benyus
BIOMIMICRY is one of those rare hopeful notes in the modern chorus of environmental warnings. Janine offers a radical alternative to today's industrial model of progress - an elegant survival strategy drawn from a better understanding of those natural systems on which we are still totally dependent. Perhaps the best thing about this "quest for innovations inspired by nature" is that it is more than just a theory. It is already underway.
- Irina Krohn
Irina Kaarina Krohn (b. July 10, 1962) is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She is also member of the city council of Helsinki and has held positions in various other organisations. She was first elected to the parliament in 1995. She is a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and a member of the Sub-Committees on Sustainable Development and Population In December 2005, …
- Denise Laferrière
Denise Laferrière is a Quebec politician in Gatineau, Quebec. She is the councillor for the district of Hull. Lafferiere studied at McGill University and obtained a bachelor's degree in English drama before moving to Gatineau. She was later the president of the Commission Scolaire Outaouais-Hull (CSOH) which later changed to Commission Scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais after a merger with the former Aylmer school board in 1998.
- David Scrymgeour
David Scrymgeour is a Canadian entrepreneur and consultant. He is the founder of a group of companies in the information and training industries. Politically he has worked with the Green Party of Canada, the Green Party of Ontario, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He also does pro bono work for sustainable development organisations, NGOs and charities.
- Roland Duchâtelet
Roland Duchâtelet is a Belgian businessman who turned his progressive liberal ideology into a political movement that he called Vivant. He also chairs a notable soccer club K. Sint-Truidense V.V.. Duchâtelet studied civil engineering and economics, during his student years he participated in the 1968 student revolts. In 1990 he became involved in micro-electronics, while he worked for Xtrion. He founded several multinational corporations, of which Melexis, …