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Dan Kittredge

Founder of Bionutrient Food Association – USA Internationally renowned as one of the leading proponents of “nutrient density,” Dan Kittredge

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Michal Kravčík

Water Management Engineer – Slovakia Michal Kravčík is an internationally recognized Slovak water scientist, water management engineer, ASHOKA fellow, and

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Omar Tello

“The Forest Man” of – Puyo, Ecuador Omar Tello is known locally as “The Forest Man,” who grew a piece

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Hanne Strong

Manitou Foundation – Crestone, CO Since 1972, Hanne Marstrand Strong has traveled to over 100 countries and has coordinated numerous

March 28, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Dr. Ranil Senanayake

Father of Analog Forestry – Sri Lanka Dr. Ranil Senanayake, popularly known as the “Snake Man,” is the nephew of

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March 27, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Jean Giono

Author of The Man who Planted Trees – France Jean Giono (1895-1970) was one of France’s greatest writers. His published

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March 26, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Ahmed Salah

The Organic Pharmacist – Sinai, Egypt Ahmed is known simply as “the Doctor” despite his lack of professional credentials or

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March 26, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Project GreenHands

Community Ecological Initiative – Southern India An inspiring ecological initiative of the Isha Foundation, Project GreenHands seeks to prevent and

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March 23, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Hugo M. Schiecht

Hugo Meinhard Schiecht (1922-2002) was an Austrian architect, engineer, botanist, professor, author, vegetative cartographer, and painter. He stood out for

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March 21, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Allan Savory

Savory Institute of Holistic Management – Zimbabwe, Africa Allan Savory is a Zimbabwean scientist, livestock farmer, and president and co-founder

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Bill Zeedyk

“Stream Restoration Wizard” – New Mexico, USA Bill Zeedyk is a “River Re-creator,” and the Principal author of “Let the Water Do the Work:

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Percival A. Yeomans

P.A. Yeomans (1905 – 1984) was an Australian inventor known for the Keyline System for the development of land and

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Zachary Weiss

Elemental Ecosystems – USA Protégé of revolutionary Austrian farmer Sepp Holzer, Zach Weiss is the first-ever person to earn the

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Dr. Nancy Turner

Premier Ethnobotanist – British Columbia Nancy Turner is an author and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of

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Dr. Willie Smits

The Orangatans’ Best Friend – Borneo In 1989, while working as a forest researcher in Indonesia, microbiologist Willie Smits first

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Joey Santore

“Crime Pays, but Botany Doesn’t” – California, USA Perhaps our favorite botanist to watch and learn from, Joey Santore offers

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Dr. Chris Reij

Sustainable Land Management – Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr. Reij was honored by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as

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Rowan Reid

Agroforestry Pioneer – Melbourne and Victoria, Australia Founder and owner of Bambra Agroforestry Farm, (essentially a 42-hectare outdoor classroom for

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Mazin Qumsiyeh

PIBS Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability – Palestine Mazin Qumsiyeh is a scientist, author and activist, and is the founder and

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Alfredo Quarto

Mangrove Action Project – USA and International Alfredo Quarto has been active for over 40 years in organizing and writing

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Jadav Payeng

The “Forest Man” – India Jadav Payeng is an environmental activist and forestry worker popularly known as the Forest Man

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Latifa Oumlil

Perma Atlas Foundation – Amsterdam, Netherlands and Morocco, Africa A notable permaculturalist and educator currently working on an Earth Repair

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El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo

The Man Who Plants Baobabs – Burkina Faso El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo has nurtured thousands of baobab trees from tiny

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Helena Norberg-Hodge

Local Futures – Sweden Helena is a linguist, author, producer and filmmaker, and the founder and director of Local Futures.

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Anand Dhawaj Negi

Cold Desert Afforestation – India Anand Dhawaj Negi, 1947-2021, popularly known as AD, was a retired bureaucrat turned “Forest man

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Vladimir Megre

Author of “The Ringing Cedars of Russia” – Russia Vladimir Megre is a Russian entrepreneur and writer best known as

Andy Lipkis

TreePeople – Los Angeles, CA, USA Andy Lipkis is a practical visionary who has dedicated his life to healing the

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Eugenio “Ego” Lemos

Permaculturalist and Singer-Songwriter – East Timor, Indonesia Eugenio Lemos is an environmental activist and musician. He is the founder (2001)

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Brad Lancaster

Desert Harvesters – Tuscon, Arizona USA Brad Lancaster has taught, designed, and consulted on regenerative-design systems of permaculture and integrated

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John Kaisner

The Natural Farmer – India John Kaisner is a much-loved international teacher, designer and practitioner of Permaculture. But it wasn’t

William R. Jordan III

Ecological Restoration Journal – Madison, Wisconsin USA William “Bill” Jordan is an American botanist and journalist who has played a

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Anna Hazare

Ralegan Village Re-Greening – India Kisan Baburao “Anna” Hazare is a social activist who has led movements to promote rural

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Ernst Götsch

Syntropic Agriculture – Switzerland Ernst Gotsch is a Swiss farmer and researcher working mostly in Brazil. He has originated a

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Alan Watson Featherstone

Trees for Life – Scotland, UK Alan Watson Featherstone is an inspirational public speaker, ecologist, nature photographer and writer based

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Boris Ersson

Boris is perhaps best known for his film, “Battle of the Elms,” which depicts the Elm Conflict, a public protest

March 16, 2022 Global Earth Repair

Storm Cunningham

RECONOMICS Institute – Washington, D.C. USA Storm Cunningham is thought to be one of the world’s most prolific leaders on

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Park Chung-Hee

Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979) led the reforestation of South Korea after the Korean war. Normally politicians aren’t mentioned in honors lists

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Daniel Valdiviezo

Daniel Valdiviezo is an Ecosystem Restoration Developer and Biomimicry Designer. He combines design thinking, consciousness, and an inclusive viewpoint allows

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Joost Wouters

Joost Wouters is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and the “SeaEO” of the Seaweed Company. Joost and his team aim to

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Daan Bleichrodt

Daan Bleichrodt is on a mission to re-connect urban kids with nature worldwide. He is Chief Tree Planting Officer at

Dr. Simon Moolenaar

Dr. Simon Moolenaar is an expert in sustainable soil and land management and has been working on environmental and sustainability

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Delphine Robbe

Gili Eco Trust – Indonesia Delphine Robbe is a marine and land Conservationist actively involved in the protection of reefs

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Dr. William Albert Albrecht

Dr. William Albert Albrecht (1888 – 1974) was not only a distinguished scientist and brilliant scholar; he was also a

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Robert Adrian de Jauralde Hart

Robert Adrian de Jauralde Hart (1913-2000) was an English pioneer of forest gardening in temperate zones. He created a model

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“Amigo Bob” Cantisano

Robert “Amigo Bob” Cantisano (1951-2020) is one of the most widely experienced and influential figures in California organic agriculture and

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Bill Mollison

Permaculture Institute – Australia Bill Mollison (1928-2016) was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. He was a co-founder

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Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski

Friends of the Trees Society, Global Earth Repair Foundation – Pacific Northwest, USA Our founder, Michael Pilarski, has been making

Joel Salatin

Polyface Farm – Virginia, USA Joel Salatin calls himself a “Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.” Others who like him

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John Wick

Marin Carbon Project – California, USA John is co-owner of the Nicasio Native Grass Ranch. John is also co-founder of

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John Kempf

Advancing Eco Agriculture – Ohio, USA John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host and teacher in the field of

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Chikukwa Project

Communal Village Regeneration Project – Zimbabwe, Africa For the last 20 years, villagers in this area have taken their lives

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Peter Andrews

Natural Sequence Land Restoration – Australia Peter Andrews is the creator of “natural sequence land restoration,” a holistic land management

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Yacouba Sawadogo

The Green Wall of Africa – Burkina Faso, Africa Yacouba Sawadago is famed for being “The Man who Stopped the

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Anil K. Gupta

Honey Bee magazine – India Anil K. Gupta is an Indian scholar and pioneer in the area of grassroots innovations.

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Peter Proctor

Biodynamic Agriculture – New Zealand, India Peter Proctor (1928-2018) was one of the most respected and influential figures in contemporary

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Rajendra Singh

Tarun Bharat Sangh & The Flow Partnership – India/UK Rajendra Singh is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar

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Tony Rinaudo

Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration – Niger, Africa Tony Rinuado is an Australian agronomist, who is widely known as the “forest maker.”

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John D. Liu

Ecosystem Restoration Camps – America, China, International John D. Liu is is an American ecologist and filmmaker and one of

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Wendy Campbell-Purdie

Wendy Campbell-Purdie – Woman Against the Desert – Africa Born and raised in New Zealand in the 1920’s, Wendy Campbell-Purdie

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Richard St. Barbe Baker

Richard St. Barbe Baker – Men of the Trees Society – Kenya, Africa Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889-1982) is the

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Wangari Maathai

Green Belt Movement – Kenya, Africa Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first

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John Jeavons

John Jeavons is a leader in the field of Biointensive agriculture. He developed the small-scale, high-yielding, resource-conserving “GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable

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Rishi Kumar

Sarvodaya Institute – Los Angeles, CA, USA Rishi Kumar is a small-scale farmer, land-artist, writer, and educator. Since 2010, he

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Neal Spackman

Regenerative Resources – USA Neal Spackman is a Terraformer, an internationally recognized pioneer of hyper-arid agro-forestries. Neal is the director

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Manavendra Singh Shekhawat

Manavendra Singh Shekhawat, changed the fortune of a 500 acre barren, degraded landscape (only 30 trees on it) using traditional

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Charlie McGee

Formidable Vegetable Sound System – Australia, International Charlie McGee is the most famous permaculture singer in the world as a

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Michael Evenari

Michael Evenari (1904-1989) was an Israeli botanist originally from Germany. Evanari figured out the secrets of the ancient Nabatean runoff

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J. Russell Smith

J. Russell Smith (1874-1996) was an American geographer and is considered the father of the field of agroforestry. In 1929,

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Ilarion Merculieff

Ilarion (Larry “Kuuyux”) Merculieff is an Indigenous messenger and teacher. He is one of the last generation of Aleuts of

Dr. Thomas J. Goreau

Dr. Thomas J. Goreau is a marine biologist promoting coral reef protection by documenting stresses to reef ecosystems, identifying the

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Goran N’Diaye

Goran N’Diaye of Senegal is a pioneer and master of permaculture demonstrated by growing a lush oasis in the desert.

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Choitresh Kumar Ganguly “Bablu”

Choitresh Kumar Ganguly (“Bablu”) is an organic farmer in India who has been involved in the field of rural development

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Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer

Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer are a “power couple” that decided to become low impact farmers in 2006 with their Bec

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Zephaniah Phiri Maseko

Zephaniah Phiri Maseko (1927-2015) was a Sustainable Farmer and Water Conservationist. For over 40 years Zephaniah Phiri Maseko lived, farmed,

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Glenn Albrecht

Glenn Albrecht is an environmental philosopher with both theoretical and applied interests in the relationship between ecosystem and human health.

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The Eden Project

The Eden Project is educational charity and social enterprise with the global mission to create a movement that builds relationships

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Dr. Masaru Emoto

Dr. Masaru Emoto (1943 – 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and scientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect

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Youngsang Cho

Youngsang Cho was born in Korea and is bringing farming back to the farmers; to restore the farmers’ sovereignty in

Dr. (Master) Cho

Dr. (Master) Cho of South Korea is a farmer that founded Natural Farming in the 1960s. His systematic and scientific

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Sir Albert Howard

Sir Albert Howard (1873-1947) was the founder of the organic farming movement. Starting as a Plant Scientist in England, he

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Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson is founder and president emeritus of The Land Institute. He established and served as chair of one of

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Masanobu Fukuoka

Masonobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified

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Dr. Elaine Ingham

Elaine Ingham is an American microbiologist with a “user-friendly” approach. Elaine has knowledge on how to ensure a healthy foodweb

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Gabe Brown

Gabe Brown is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement which focuses on the regeneration of our

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Didi Pershouse

Didi Pershouse is Founder and Lead Educator for Land & Leadership Initiative; Coordinator, Researcher and Writer for Seed Media Project;

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Mark Shepard

Mark Shepard is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD), and award-winning author Mark has

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Sepp Holzer

Sepp Holzer is a farmer, an author, and an international consultant for natural agriculture. After an upbringing in a traditional

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Darren J. Doherty

Darren J. Doherty is a 5th generation Bendigo region land manager, developer, author & trainer and has been involved in

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Rosemary Morrow

Rosemary Morrow trained in agricultural science and rural sociology and after spending time in Africa, she realized there needed to

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Geoff Lawton

Geoff Lawton is a world renowned Permaculture consultant, designer and teacher. Lawton was British born and now resides in Australia.

Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author

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Andre Leu

Andre Leu is the International Director of Regeneration International, which promotes food, farming and land use systems that regenerate and

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Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. She is often referred to

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Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan (1952) is an agricultural ecologist, Ethnobotanist, and author whose work has focused primarily on the plants and

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Findhorn Community

Findhorn Community is a leading international centre of transformative learning, rooted in a spiritual ecovillage community in the north of

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Gaviotas Community

Gaviotas Community is located in the Llanos of the Colombian department of Vichada. It was founded in 1971 by Paolo

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Kristin Ohlson

Kristin Ohlson is a freelance journalist, author, essayist and fiction writer, almost no topic escapes her curiosity. Her articles have

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Leah Penniman

Leah Penniman has over 20 years of experience as a soil steward and food sovereignty activist, and with farmers internationally