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Earthkeepers
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A Sewer Becomes
a Water Park with
floating botanical
gardens that are
helping restore ecological health. |
Alan Rabinowitz started the first ever jaguar preserve. |
Alexandra Cousteau was honored as an Earth Trustee by the UN in 2007 for her work to protect the oceans. |
Ansel Adams was an 'artist-activist' whose photographs of nature inspired conservation. |
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Australian Aborigines
Protecting Wetlands
The native people of Northern Australia work with nature and their own culture to conserve the environment around them. |
Barry Commoner works to protect the environment and raise awareness about the danger of radio activity. |
Ben Redclay was an earthkeeper whose legacy lives on through his daughter. |
Benjamin Kahn involves school children in regrowing coral to help save damaged reefs in the Red Sea. |
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Beth Rickard
Environmentalist is an advocate of solar as the energy of the future. |
Bill Roley
taught children in a Mexican orphanage how to work the land. |
CCAT - CAMPUS CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY at Humboldt State University. |
Chico Mendes was a father who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defending rainforests. |
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| Chief Oren Lyons is an internationally venerated advocate for preserving biodiversity. |
CTxGrEn
Ramani Sankaranarayanan
and Geeta Vaidyanathan show remote villagers how to turn native materials into fuel for water and electricity. |
David Nathan Chain was killed during a nonviolent protest to save the redwoods. |
Deland Chan
started an environmental group
at the YMCA in New
York City. |
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| Dennis Weaver is an actor and advocate for ecologically sustainable living. |
Dian Fossey worked to protect the endangered Mountain Gorilla. |
Dr. E.O. Wilson studies the impact that human activity has on the planet. |
Dr. Elvia Niebla
Soil Scientist is dedicated to soil conservation. |
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Dr. Richard Murphy
Marine Biologist educates others about the sea and ways to protect the oceans for the future. |
Dr. Robert Ballard
and the JASON project bring scientific exploration to children around the world. |
Dr. Shirley McGreal founded the International Primate Protection League. |
Dr. Vandana Shiva
works to preserve
biodiversity for the
planet. |
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| Envirofit retrofits engines to reduce pollution and enhance energy efficiency in developing countries. |
Film Festival 2006
My Trip to Catalina Island
Produced by Slater Jewell-Kemker
Slater, a young environmental and peace activist, meets her hero, Jean-Michel Cousteau. |
Fin Donnelly works to keep our rivers and waters clean. |
Frances Moore Lappe works to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger. |
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Friends of Nature:
Mr. Liang Congjie
is a voice for China's
environment. |
Friends of the Sea Lion rescue, treat, and release these mammals back into the ocean. |
George Schaller is a world-renowned naturalist. |
Gerald Durrell established the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust for endangered species. |
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| Greenpeace works globally to save the environment |
Hayrettin Karaca is known as Grandfather Earth for making our planet brighter, greener and better for future generations. |
Heather DeWitt
is a devoted
conservationist. |
J.N. (Ding) Darling was a conservationist and cartoonist who used his art to raise awareness about the environment. |
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| Jack Johnson is a musician who encourages kids to take care of the environment. |
Jack Sim has started a worldwide campaign for clean public toilets and better sanitation standards. |
Jacques Cousteau
invented the Aqua-Lung, a predecessor to the SCUBA systems used by divers worldwide today. |
Jane Goodall is an authority on wild chimpanzees. |
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| Jane Goodall …is a renowned expert on chimpanzees and works to educate people about their own power to improve the environment. |
Jean-Michel Cousteau is committed to protecting the ocean for future generations through education and conservation. |
Jody Williams is a human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who began a campaign to rid the world of landmines. |
John McConnell founded Earth Day (March 20) and continues his fight for environmental education and awareness. |
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| John Muir advocated preservation, feeling that natural areas promote mental health. |
Joseph Ki-Zerbo
works to help
Africans retain
control of their
country's agriculture. |
Julia Hill brought public attention to deforestation in California. |
Kory Johnson
was honored with
the Goldman Environmental
Prize in 1998. |
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| Laurie David is passionately committed to stopping global warming. |
Lee Myung-Bak is responsible for making Seoul, South Korea 'cleaner and greener' during his tenure as mayor. |
Marjory Stoneman Douglas worked tirelessly to preserve the Everglades. |
Mia Siscawati
teaches people to protect their environment. |
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Michael Reynolds
Garbage Warrior
combines biology and architecture to build sustainable housing. |
Mrs. Mei Ng:
Friends of the Earth
(Hong Kong) uses education to foster environmental awareness in China |
Nicole Dewing and
Curtis McCormack joined the Peace Corps and started a waste recycling project in Joal, Senegal. |
Ocean Robbins helps organize young people committed to protecting the planet. |
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Prigi Arisandi
works to educate people on the importance of protecting the rivers of Indonesia |
Rachel Carson was the mother of the environmental movement. |
Reef Ball Foundation restores damaged coral reef systems around the world. |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an eco-warrior defending the earth for future generations. |
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| Robert Redford established the Sundance Film Festival as a platform to effect change in the world. |
Rory Stear and Kristine Pearson developed and distribute wind-up and solar powered radios to poor communities around the world. |
Roxanne Kremer works with the Mestizo Indians of the Peruvian rainforest to save pink dolphins. |
Ryan Hreljac
helps build wells
for clean water
in Africa. |
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| Saint Francis of Assisi was a true example of harmonious existence on Earth |
Sandra Postel believes in the importance of water conservation. |
Severn Cullis-Suzuki an environmental activist, speaker, television host who urges her audiences to take individual responsibility and act with the future in mind. |
Stanislav Petrov averted nuclear disaster, yet remains unknown to most. |
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| SUJANA cleans roads in Indonesia to help the environment. |
Suryo Wardhoyo Prawiroatmodjo educates people in Indonesia to protect the environment. |
Sylvia Earle is a marine biologist and ambassador of the oceans. |
The Kaa-Iya
del Gran Chaco
National Park is the
only park in the
Americas established
and run by indigenous peoples. |
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| The Terram Foundation brings job growth, community involvement, and local solutions to larger environmental concerns. |
Theodore Roosevelt worked tirelessly to protect wildlife and the environment. |
Wangari Maathai
founded the Green Belt Movement, a non-profit organization
that plants trees to help restore the desolate ecosystem in Africa. |
Wes Jackson was a professor who returned to the land to advance sustainable agriculture practices. |
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| William McDonough designs buildings for ecological sustainability. |
YouthCaN is a youth-
run organization
promoting environmental awareness through technology. |
Zander Srodes
and Turtle Talks has educated over 5,000 students on sea turtles and marine conservation. |
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