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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

Isatou Ceesay

Isatou Ceesay is a Gambian activist and social entrepreneur who initiated a recycling movement.

Posted byTamara AndersonMay 28, 2022May 21, 2022Posted inEnvironmentalistsTags:One Plastic Bag, Queen of RecyclingLeave a comment on Isatou Ceesay

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

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

Vandana Shiva

Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, ecofeminist, food sovereignty and anti-GMO advocate.

Posted byTamara AndersonMay 14, 2022June 5, 2022Posted inEnvironmentalists, ScientistsTags:Anti-GMO, Bioethics, Ecofeminist, Food Sovereignty, Gandhi of GrainLeave a comment on Vandana Shiva

Biruté Galdikas

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas is the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 17, 2021November 14, 2022Posted inEnvironmentalists, ScientistsTags:Indonesian Borneo, organgutan expert, primatologist, TrimatesLeave a comment on Biruté Galdikas

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

Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Alice Earle is an American marine biologist, oceanographer, and explorer who’s life work has been about protecting the oceans.

Posted byTamara AndersonJanuary 9, 2022Posted inEnvironmentalists, ScientistsTags:Her Deepness, Hero for the Planet, marine biologist, The Sturgeon GeneralLeave a comment on Sylvia Earle

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall traveled from England to Tanzania where she would expand our knowledge of chimpanzees.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 17, 2021December 17, 2021Posted inEnvironmentalists, ScientistsTags:chimpanzee expert, primatologist, Trimates, United Nations Messenger of PeaceLeave a comment on Jane Goodall

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