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Environmentalist
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Accomplishment
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| Edward Abbey |
American author whose works helped ignite the modern environmental movement. |
| David Attenborough |
British documentary filmaker whose work has introduced millions to the wonders of nature. |
| David Brower |
American conservationist and founder of Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters. |
| Robert Bullard |
African-American lawyer and leader in the environmental justice movement. |
| Rachel Carson |
American biologist who exposed the dangers posed by the pesticide DDT to humans and wildlife. |
| Dai Qing |
Chinese writer and environmental activist known as an opponent of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. |
| Sylvia Earle |
American oceanographer and environmental activist in the field of ocean biodiversity. |
| Lois Gibbs |
American grassroots activist whose protests over toxic waste dumping in Love Canal, New York, led to passage of the Superfund Law. |
| Chip Giller |
American founder and president of the environmental web site Grist.org. |
| Al Gore |
American politician and leader in the fight against global climate change; winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| James Hansen |
NASA climatologist who provided early evidence of global warming. |
| Van Jones |
African-American founder of Green For All, an organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged people find green jobs. |
| Jesus Leon Santos |
Mexican environmental activist who pioneered a program to end unsustainable farming practices using ancient indigenous techniques. |
| Aldo Leopold |
American naturalist who pioneered the field of wildlife management. |
| Wangari Maathai |
Kenyan scientist and founder of the Green Belt Movement to plant trees in Africa. |
| Bill McKibben |
American author and environmental activist in the fight against global warming. |
| Chico Mendes |
Brazilian labor union orgaizer and environmental activist who fought to end the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. |
| John Muir |
American naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club. |
| Margaret Murie |
American naturalist and writer who was instrumental in the creation of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
| Gaylord Nelson |
American politician and environmental activist, founder of Earth Day. |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
American president who created the National Park system. |
| Seattle |
Native American leader most famous for his 1854 speech outlining Indian beliefs about the relationship between man and nature. |
| Hammer Simwinga |
Zambian anti-poaching and sustainable development activist. |
| Sandra Steingraber |
American biologist and author known for her crusades against cancer-causing toxins. |
| David Suzuki |
Japanese-Canadian scientist and documentary filmmaker best known for the TV series Nature of Things. |
| Vandana Shiva |
Indian physicist and leading international advocate of sustainable development and agriculture. |
| Henry David Thoreau |
American author and naturalist whose works and philosophies influenced the environmental movement. |
| Paul Watson |
Candian "earth warrior" and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Socienty. |
