Rudolph Steiner
Father of Biodynamics – Austria Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), founder of the biodynamic approach to agriculture, was a highly trained scientist
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Rohit Mehra
Green Man of Ludhiana – Punjab, India “In the next five years, I want to create 1000 jungles across India”
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Janine Benyus
Biomimicry Institute – Montana, USA Janine Benyus is a biologist, a self-proclaimed “Nature Nerd”, an innovation consultant, and author of
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Centre for International Governance Innovation & Inuit Circumpolar Council – Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a Canadian Inuit Activist
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Alfred Brownell
Green Advocates International – Liberia/USA Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell is a Liberian environmental activist and lawyer. Under threat of violence,
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African Development Bank – Sudan Balgis Osman Elasha is a Sudanese climate scientist who studies the effects of climate change
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Ina Wilkie
Kambashu Institute – Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia & Germany Ina Wilkie set out to address food insecurity in Namibia’s biggest informal
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Scientist for Chemical Safety Program at the Eco Accord Center – Russia Olga Speranskaya is a Russian scientist and environmentalist.
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Samson Parashina
Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust – Kenya Samson Parashina, a Maasai warrior, son of a local chief and respected safari guide,
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Fatima Jibrell
Sun Fire Cooking – Somalia Fatima Jibrell is a Somali-American environmental activist. She was the co-founder and executive director of
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The Ocean Cleanup – Delft, Netherlands Boyan Slat is a Dutch Inventor and entrepreneur who creates technological solutions to global
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Eco Innovator (UnSchool) – Melbourne, Australia Leyla Acaroglu is an Australian designer, sustainability innovator, and educator. She challenges people to
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National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) – Mexico José Sarukhán Kermez is a plant biologist and
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Afroz Shah Foundation – Mumbai, India Afroz Shah is an Indian environmental activist and lawyer from Mumbai. He is best
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Exposure Labs – Boulder, Colorado USA Jeff Orlowski-Yang is a Filmmaker and served as director, producer, and cinematographer of the
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Indigenous Peoples Rights International – Cordillera, Philippines Joan Carling is an indigenous Filipino human rights activist and environmentalist who has
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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Conservation Through Public Health: Gorilla Conservation Coffee – Uganda Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a Ugandan veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through
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The Cacao Project – San Fernando, Philippines Louise Emmanuelle de Guzman Mabulo is a Filipino environmentalist, farmer, social entrepreneur and
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Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM) – Haiti Jean Wiener is a Haitian marine biologist. He was
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Wouter Helmer
Rewilding Europe – Nijmegen, Netherlands Wouter Helmer, co-founder and Director of Rewilding Europe, is described as ‘an instigator of modern
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Nizar Hani
Shouf Biosphere Reserve – Chouf Region, Lebanon Nizar Hani works with holistic ecosystem management, which includes civic engagement and local
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Octavian Berchanu
Former Environmental Officer – Bucharest, Romania Octavian Berceanu, a former commissioner for the Romanian environmental police is now a climate
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Sunderlal Bahuguna
Chipco Movement Environmental Activist – Uttarakhand, India (Deceased) Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927-2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The
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LEAD Foundation – Tanzania Retired Bishop, Simon Chiwanga from Mpwapwa in Tanzania, has been strongly committed to reforestation over a
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Slow Food – Italy “A Slow Revolution toward respecting food, a deeper appreciation of food that serves as an example
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Icelandic Forest Service – Iceland Thröstur Eysteinsson spent his childhood exploring Iceland’s bountiful natural world. His grandfathers were active volunteers
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Soil Biogeochemistry Lab @ UC Merced – Merced, CA USA Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a soil and global-change scientist and
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Copaiba – Sao Paulo, Brazil Sisters Ana Paula and Flávia Balderi founded Copaíba as teenagers in 2009. Horrified by the
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Ron Finley
“Gansta Gardener” – The Ron Finley Project – Los Angeles, CA USA Armed with a shovel, some soil and seeds,
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“The Planetwalker” – West Cape May, NJ USA John Francis is an American environmentalist nicknamed The Planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia,
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Autumn Peltier
Water Warrior – Manitoulin Island, Ontario Canada “It’s because for years and years our ancestors have passed on traditional oral
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Water Defender – Santurban, Colombia Feminist activist Celina Suárez Mantilla is a water defender and has been part of the
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Fundacion Entropika – Leticia, Colombia Ángela Maldonado has dedicated her life to the conservation of our planet and stopping illegal
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Isidro Baldenegro
Activist – Sierra Madres, Chihuahua, Mexico (Deceased) Isidro Baldenegro was a was a farmer and community leader of Mexico’s Tarahumara
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Protectionist/Activist – Agua Caliente, Guatemala Rodrigo Tot is an indigenous Q’eqchi leader in Guatemala. He represents an isolated, small Q’eqchi
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Maxima Acuña de Chaupe
Protectionist/Activist – Tragadero Grande, Peru Máxima Acuña is a Peruvian weaver and subsistence farmer living in a remote town in
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Francisca Linconao
Mapuche Spiritual Leader – Padre Las Casas, Chile Francisca Linconao is a machi, a Mapuche spiritual leader, and a human
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Maria Taant
Environmental Protector – Ecuador Rainforest (Deceased) María Taant was a Shuar leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon. She was a widow
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Bertha Zuniga
Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras [COPINH] – Rio Blanco, Honduras Bertha Zuñiga is an environmental and
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Berta Cáceres
Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras [COPINH] – Rio Blanco, Honduras Berta Caceras (1971-2016) was an Indigenous
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Homero Gómez González
El Rosario Monarch Reserve – Ocampo, Michoacan, Mexico (Deceased) Homero Gómez González was a Mexican environmental activist, agricultural engineer, and
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Gonzalo Cardona Molina
ProAves – Tolima, Colombia Gonzalo Cardona Molina (1966-2021) dedicated more than two decades of his life to the protection of
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MoveGreen – Kyrgystan Maria Kolesnikova is the director of MoveGreen, a youth environmental movement in the Kyrgyz Republic. Together with
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EnviroPro – Peru Landazuri is an Environmental Engineer implementing a project that restores degraded soils on the coast of Peru.
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Patricia Kombo
PaTree Initiative – Kenya Patricia Kombo is an undergraduate student in Moi University studying Communication and Journalism. She founded the PaTree
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Believe Youth – Kampala, Uganda Mulindwa Moses is a climate and environmental justice advocate from Uganda involved in lobbying for
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Maria Wilvenna Añora
AtoANI – Bohol, Philippines Maria Wilvenna Añora is the co-founder and the strategy lead of AtoANI, a startup social enterprise,
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Kehkashan Basu
Green Hope Foundation – Canada, Dubai UAE At only 20 years old, Kehkashan Basu is already a global influencer, environmentalist,
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David Chapoloko (“Mr. Green”)
Art 4 Climate & Passion For Greens – Zambia David Chapoloko is a Climate Change Activist, an Environmentalist, Forester &
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Understanding Ag & The Soil Health Academy – Missouri, USA Ray Archuleta has had a long career in the world
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The Backyard Adventurer – Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Beau Miles is an Australian YouTuber, educator, author, and outdoorsman as well as
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