- David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D (born March 24 1936), is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid 1970s, Suzuki has become known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, "The Nature of Things", seen in syndication in over 40 nations. - Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist, who has promoted a wide range of issues, including consumer rights, feminism, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. Nader has been a staunch critic of American foreign policy in recent decades, which he views as corporatist, imperialist, and contrary to the fundamental values of democracy and human rights. - Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose landmark book, "Silent Spring", is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. "Silent Spring" had an immense effect in the United States, where it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. - Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken (b. 4 February 1946) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author. At age 20, he dedicated his life to changing the relationship between business and the environment, and between human and living systems in order to create a more just and sustainable world. His work includes starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce upon the environment, … - Amory Lovins
Amory Bloch Lovins is a "consultant experimental physicist" with an MA in physics from Oxford. He is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient (1994), and author and co-author of books which make arguments for and popularize energy-efficiency principles to public and corporate audiences. Lovins' works include "Winning the Oil Endgame", "Factor Four" with Hunter Lovins and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, … - Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is a writer and activist on global warming, alternative energy, and the need to reshape our economy and our communities. His first book, The End of Nature , was the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages. In late summer 2006, Bill helped lead a five-day walk across Vermont to demand action on global warming that some newspaper accounts called the largest demonstration to date in America about climate change. - Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party and a candidate for President of the United States in both 2004 and 2008. Kucinich currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. - John Muir
John Muir was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still popular today. His direct activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. - George Monbiot
George Monbiot (born January 27, 1963) is a journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist in the United Kingdom who writes a weekly column for "The Guardian" newspaper. He is on the advisory board of "BBC Wildlife" magazine. - Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R. and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement, as well as being the youngest President in United States history, at age 42. He served in many roles including Governor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier. - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, environmentalist, and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation, … - Ed Begley Jr.
Edward James Begley, Jr. (born September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor (son of veteran character actor Ed Begley) and environmentalist who is perhaps best known for his work on the television series "St. Elsewhere" as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations. Other numerous works in television and film include recurring roles on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "7th Heaven", … - Robert Redford
Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. on August 18 1936), is a American motion picture actor, director, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist, and philanthropist. One of Hollywood's biggest superstars, Redford's appeal has lasted several decades. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (b. January 17, 1954), often referred to as RFK Jr. or Bobby Jr., is the third of eleven children born to Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. He is an environmental lawyer and co-host of "Ring of Fire" on the Air America Radio network. - Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore, born 1947 in Winter Harbour, B.C., Canada, is a founding member of Greenpeace, although he now criticizes the organization. He holds a Ph.D. in ecology from the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia. He works as a consultant and public speaker on environmental issues. - Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin, nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert and television personality. He achieved world-wide fame from the television program "The Crocodile Hunter", an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. Together with her, he also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by his parents in Beerwah, Queensland. - Tim Flannery
Professor Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammologist, palaeontologist and global warming activist. Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and presently an adjunct professor at Macquarie University. His controversial views on shutting down conventional coal burning for electricity in the medium term are frequently cited in the media. - Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for "Walden", a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, "Civil Disobedience", an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. - Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (b. November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India), is a physicist, ecofeminist, environmental activist and author. Shiva, currently based in New Delhi, is author of over 300 papers in leading scientific and technical journals.<br /> Shiva participated in the nonviolent Chipko movement during the 1970s. The movement, whose main participants were women, adopted the tactic of hugging trees to prevent their felling. - Laurie David
Laurie Lennard David (born 22 March 1958) is a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council and a member of the Advisory Board of The Children's Nature Institute. She is a contributing blogger to the The Huffington Post, and a political activist. She was also married to Larry David (co-creator of "Seinfeld" and creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), for fourteen years. - John Adams
Professor John Adams of University College London, is a professor of geography and leading theorist on risk compensation and an environmentalist. His book "Risk" is an analysis of how humans assess and respond to perceived risks. Adams spoke at the "Shared Space" conference held in Ipswich, UK in June, 2005, … - Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress, singer, and a Grammy Award nominee. - Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. He was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation. Aldo Leopold is considered to be the father of wildlife management in the United States and was a life-long fisherman and hunter. Leopold died in 1948 from a heart attack, while fighting a brush fire on a neighbor's farm. - Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy-winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. Her music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound. Crow is also a noted political activist who uses her fame to promote causes she supports. - Kat Swift
Kat Swift is an American political activist, co-chair of the Green Party of Texas, and spokesperson for the Green Party's National Women’s Caucus. She announced her intention to seek the 2008 Presidential nomination of the US Green Party at the 2006 Green Party National Meeting. She is one of the youngest candidates to seek the office in 2008, and will only just be of age to serve on Inauguration Day in 2009. In 2007 Swift ran for City Council, District 1 in San Antonio, … - Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include the novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang", which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work "Desert Solitaire". Writer Larry McMurtry referred to Abbey as the "Thoreau of the American West". - Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, … - Mark Lynas
Mark Lynas (b. 1973) is a British author, journalist and environmental activist focussed on climate change. He is a contributor to New Statesman, Ecologist, Granta and Geographical magazines, and "The Guardian" and "The Observer" newspapers in the UK. He holds a degree in history and politics from the University of Edinburgh. - Hank Green
Hank Green (William Henry Green) is a writer and environmental activist living in Montana. He is the publisher and chief editor of the environmental technology weblog ecogeek, and has written for mental_floss magazine and the environmental magazine TreeHugger. He is also coauthor of the nonfiction book "Scatterbrained" (ISBN=9780060882501 0060882506), published by HarperCollins in 2006. - Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial, LLC, and a member of the firm's executive leadership team. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. In March 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Apple Computers, Inc. Mr. Gore is a Visiting Professor at two universities in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University, and at UCLA. - Elizabeth May
Elizabeth Evans May, LL.B, DHumL (h.c.), OC (born June 9, 1954) is the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. She is also an environmentalist, writer, activist and lawyer. She was the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006. May lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her daughter, Victoria Cate May, born in 1991. - Carl Pope
Carl Pope is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, an American environmental organization founded by conservationist pioneer John Muir in 1892. Pope was appointed to his position as Executive Director in 1992, the club's centennial. Pope has worked with the Sierra Club for nearly 30 years, and has served as a board member for other organizations as well, including the National Clean Air Coalition, California Common Cause, and Public Interest Economics Inc. - John Roberts
John Moody Roberts, PC, BA, B.Phil, D.Phil (Born November 28, 1933 in Hamilton, Ontario - Died March 30, 2007) was a Canadian politician. Roberts was born in Hamilton, Ontario and grew up in Toronto. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1968 as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of York-Simcoe. He was defeated in the 1972 federal election but returned in 1974. - Michael Braungart
Michael Braungart is a chemist and the founder of the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA) in Hamburg, Germany. Prior to starting EPEA, he was the director of the chemistry section for Greenpeace. Since 1984 he has been lecturing at universities, businesses, and institutions around the world on critical new concepts for ecological chemistry and materials flow management. - Stephen King
Stephen King is a New Zealand conservationist. He is well known for his tree top protest in the Pureora Forest in order to halt native forest logging during campaigning in the 1970s and 1980s. King also is involved in the protection of kauri trees in the Waipoua Forest. He is one of the patrons of the New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers and is one of the founding trustees of the Waipoua Forest Trust. - David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born on 8 May 1926 in London, England) is one of the world's best known broadcasters and naturalists. Widely considered one of the pioneers of the nature documentary, his career as the respected face and voice of British natural history programmes has endured more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the eight "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, … - Van Jones
Van Jones (1968-) is a civil rights and human rights advocate in Oakland, CA working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental destruction. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which now employs 24 staff members. Jones founded the Ella Baker Center in 1996. Named for the civil rights and human rights heroine Ella Baker, … - Paul Watson
Paul Watson (born December 2, 1950) is the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and is a significant, albeit controversial, figure in the environmental movement and the movement for animal rights. - Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. He was appointed as Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts in December 2006. He was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from the 1970s to their disbanding in 2002. - David Bellamy
David J. Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner, and a global warming sceptic.
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