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Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who fights for climate change mitigation.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 4, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inActivists, EnvironmentalistsTags:Climate Change Activist, How Dare You?Leave a comment on Greta Thunberg

Chloe Smith & Leah Song – Rising Appalachia

Rising Appalachia is an American folk music group led by sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith.

Posted byTamara AndersonNovember 12, 2021April 10, 2022Posted inActivists, MusiciansTags:#IAmResilient, sisters, slow music movementLeave a comment on Chloe Smith & Leah Song – Rising Appalachia

Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores

Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores faught for the defense of the environment in Intibucá and the defense of the indigenous Lenca people.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 20, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inActivists, EnvironmentalistsTags:Indigenous Leader, Land Protector, LencaLeave a comment on Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores

Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is an Indian-born American author, activist, model, and television host best known for her work on Top Chef.

Posted byTamara AndersonNovember 12, 2022November 6, 2022Posted inActivists, Food Experts, TV ProducersTags:ACLU Artist Ambassador, Bravo, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN, Taste the Nation, Top ChefLeave a comment on Padma Lakshmi

Margo Robbins

Margo Robbins is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cultural Fire Management Council, and a co-lead of the Indigeneous People’s Burn Network.

Posted byTamara AndersonOctober 8, 2022September 10, 2022Posted inActivists, EnvironmentalistsTags:Cultural Burn Training Exchange, Cultural Fire Management Council, Indigenous People's Burn Network, Native Knowledge, Yurok TribeLeave a comment on Margo Robbins

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke advocates for Indigenous rights, human rights, green and rural economies, grass-roots organizing, local foods, alternative sources of energy and of clean water.

Posted byTamara AndersonJanuary 22, 2022March 17, 2023Posted inActivists, Environmentalists, Women in Politics, WritersTags:Hemp Grower, Vice President nominee, Water ProtectorLeave a comment on Winona LaDuke

Guerilla Girls

Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 4, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inActivists, ArtistsTags:Conscience of the Art World, Culture Jamming, Feminist Art, Gorilla MasksLeave a comment on Guerilla Girls

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie is an Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter, and social activist.

Posted byTamara AndersonNovember 25, 2021December 17, 2021Posted inActivists, MusiciansTags:Canadian, educator, Indigenous, singer-songwriterLeave a comment on Buffy Sainte-Marie

Joan Baez

Joan Baez is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.

Posted byTamara AndersonApril 10, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inActivists, MusiciansTags:folk singer, social justiceLeave a comment on Joan Baez

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 12, 2021March 17, 2023Posted inActivists, Environmentalists, WritersTags:Green Belt Movement, Nobel Prize, Plant TreesLeave a comment on Wangari Maathai

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