Heroes of the Environment (2008)
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Heroes of the Environment is a list published in Time magazine. After the inaugural list of 2007, the next list was published in September 2008. The list contains 30 entries, individuals or groups that have contributed substantially to the preservation of environment, and is divided into four categories: Leaders & Visionaries, Moguls & Entrepreneurs, Activists and Scientists & Innovators.
Leaders and visionaries
- Kevin ConradKevin Conradframe|right|Amb. Conrad in GhanaKevin Mark Conrad, born in the United States to parents living in Papua New Guinea in 1968, is a Papua New Guinean lawyer and environmentalist...
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
- Sheila Watt-CloutierSheila Watt-CloutierSheila Watt-Cloutier, OC is a Canadian Inuit activist. She has been a political representative for Inuit at the regional, national and international levels, most recently as International Chair for Inuit Circumpolar Council...
- Alice WatersAlice WatersAlice Louise Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, activist, and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its organic, locally-grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine.Waters opened the restaurant in 1971. It has consistently ranked...
- Marina SilvaMarina SilvaMaria Osmarina Marina Silva Vaz de Lima is a Brazilian environmentalist and politician. Ms. Silva was a colleague of Chico Mendes, who was assassinated for defending the Amazon environment. She was a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores until August 19, 2009 and served as a senator before...
and Cristina Narbona RuizCristina NarbonaCristina Narbona, born 29 July 1951, is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician. Since 18 April 2004, she has been the Minister of Environment in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She is a trustee of the , Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.-Biography:Narbona was born in Madrid... - Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the fifteen years of research...
- Michael ShellenbergerMichael Shellenberger-Break Through:In October 2004, Shellenberger and his colleague Ted Nordhaus, both long-time environmental strategists, authored a controversial essay, "The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World." The essay argues that environmentalism is conceptually and...
and Ted Nordhaus - Habiba SarabiHabiba SarabiDr. Habiba Sarabi is a hematologist, politician, and reformer of the post-Taliban reconstruction of Afghanistan. In 2005, she was appointed as governor of Bamyan Province by President Hamid Karzai, becoming the first woman to ever be a governor of any province in the country...
- Bharrat JagdeoBharrat JagdeoBharrat Jagdeo is a Guyanese politician who has been President of Guyana since 11 August 1999. Prior to his presidency he was Minister of Finance and became President after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons; subsequently he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006.Jagdeo was born in Unity Village...
Moguls & Entrepreneurs
- Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux (billionaire father, Jean-Claude DecauxJean-Claude DecauxJean-Claude Decaux is a French entrepreneur who earned his fortune in advertising. He is the chair of the advertising firm JCDecaux, which is now run by his sons, Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux.-See also:* French Rich List...
) - Mick Bremans
- John DoerrJohn DoerrL. John Doerr is an American venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, California, in Silicon Valley. In February 2009, Doerr was appointed as a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the president and his administration with advice and...
- Peter HeadPeter HeadPianist and singer/songwriter Peter Head is an Australian rock musician. He first came to prominence with Adelaide progressive rock band Headband.-Early years:...
- Peggy Liu
- Shai AgassiShai AgassiShai Agassi is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Better Place, which has developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology. Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group at SAP AG...
Activists
- Annie LeonardAnnie LeonardAnnie Leonard is an American proponent of sustainability and critic of excessive consumerism. She is most known for her controversial animated film The Story of Stuff about the life-cycle of material goods.-Biography:...
- Wang YongchenWang YongchenWang Yongchen is the Senior Environment Reporter for China National Radio. Wang founded Green Earth Volunteers, a Chinese environmental NGO, in 1996. She is the president of the group and organizes many of its activities.-Biography:...
- Gidon BrombergGidon BrombergGidon Bromberg is the Israeli Director of EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East . FoEME is a regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the Middle East...
, Nader Al-KhateebNader Al-KhateebNader Al-Khateeb is the General Director of the Water and Environmental Development Organization , a non-profit Palestinian organization that promotes a number of environmental programs and projects centered around water quality control, water conservation, wastewater treatment and reuse, as well...
And Munqeth MehyarMunqeth MehyarMunqeth Mehyar serves as Chairman and Jordanian Director of EcoPeace/ Friends of the Earth Middle East . FoEME is a unique regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the Middle East... - Jack SimJack SimJack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore and World Toilet Organization. Formerly in the construction industry, he left to found the Toilet Organization in 2001...
- Balbir Singh SeechewalBalbir Singh SeechewalBaba Balbir Singh Seechewal, has become recognised as Punjab's most famous eco-activist, spearheading an anti-river pollution campaign. By combining his assiduously cultivated self-help philosophy with the environmental essence of the Gurbani, Baba ji has resurrected the 110-miles long Kali Bein...
- Silas Kpanan'Ayoung SiakorSilas Kpanan'Ayoung SiakorSilas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor is a Liberian environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006, for his revealing of illegal logging in Liberia and its connection to the civil war, leading to export sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.- References :...
- Craig Sorley
- Marina RikhvanovaMarina RikhvanovaMarina Rikhvanova is a Russian ecologist and leader of the Baikal Ecological Wave organization which protects Siberia’s Lake Baikal from ecological damage. Lake Baikal, the world’s biggest reservoir of fresh water, is currently under threat from industrial pollution...
- Van JonesVan JonesAnthony Kapel "Van" Jones is an American environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney. Jones is a co-founder of three non-profit organizations. In 1996, he founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a California non-governmental organization working for alternatives to violence...
Scientists & Innovators
- Soren Hermansen
- Lonnie ThompsonLonnie ThompsonLonnie Thompson , is an American paleoclimatologist and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from mountain glaciers and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical...
- Mohammed Dilawar
- Jurgenne Primavera
- Joachim LutherJoachim LutherJoachim Luther was originally a professor of nuclear physics at the University of Oldenburg in the 1970s, who later became interested in renewable energy sources like solar power and wind power. In 1993, Luther became head of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg,...
- Vo QuyVo QuyDr. Võ Quý is a Vietnamese zoologist and professor at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He specialises in studying birds and was a recipient of the 2003 Blue Planet Prize....
See also
- Environmental Media AwardsEnvironmental Media AwardsThe Environmental Media Awards have been awarded by the Environmental Media Association since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message....
- Global 500 Roll of HonourGlobal 500 Roll of HonourThe United Nations Environment Programme established the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1987 to recognize the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world.The last Global 500 Roll of Honour awards were made in 2003...
- Global Environmental Citizen AwardGlobal Environmental Citizen AwardThe Global Environmental Citizen Award is an environmental award created by the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment and bestowed annually upon an individual working to restore and protect the global environment.-List of winners:...
- Goldman Environmental PrizeGoldman Environmental PrizeThe Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
- Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the EnvironmentGrantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the EnvironmentThe Grantham Prize is an annual literary award established in September 2005 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting to annually recognize and honor the work of one journalist or team of journalists for exemplary reporting on the...
- Presidential Environmental Youth AwardsPresidential Environmental Youth AwardsThe Presidential Environmental Youth Awards is a program that recognizes students in America for their efforts and commitment to help the environment. This award was started by President Richard Nixon and was hosted and sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency since 1971...
- Tyler Prize for Environmental AchievementTyler Prize for Environmental AchievementThe Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an award for environmental science, environmental health and energy. Tyler Laureates receive a $200,000 annual prize and a gold medallion...
- Nuclear-Free Future AwardNuclear-Free Future AwardSince 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote the opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power....