Heroes of the Environment (2009)
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Heroes of the Environment is a list published in Time Magazine. The third list was published in September 2009. 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, Activists, Scientists & Innovators and Moguls & Entrepreneurs.
Leaders and visionaries
- Mohamed NasheedMohamed NasheedMohamed Nasheed is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives. He is the founder of the Maldivian Democratic Party and was its presidential candidate in the October 2008 presidential election, defeating long-time President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in a second round of voting...
- Cameron DiazCameron DiazCameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other high-profile credits include the two Charlie's Angels films, voicing the character Princess Fiona...
- Mike H. PandeyMike PandeyMike Pandey is an Indian film maker specialising in films about wildlife and the environment. He has won over 300 awards for his work to spread awareness about biodiversity and species conservation...
- Prince Mostapha Zaher
- Marcio Santilli
- Yann Arthus-BertrandYann Arthus-BertrandYann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist.- Early life :Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in Paris on March 13, 1946 in a renowned jewellers' family founded in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand and Michel-Ange Marion. His sister Catherine is one of his...
- Erik SolheimErik SolheimErik Solheim is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . He holds two posts in the current Norwegian cabinet, and carries the title Minister of the Environment and Minister of Development Cooperation...
- Steven ChuSteven ChuSteven Chu is an American physicist and the 12th United States Secretary of Energy. Chu is known for his research at Bell Labs in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, along with his scientific colleagues Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and...
, Carol Browner, Ken SalazarKen SalazarKenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...
and Lisa P. JacksonLisa P. JacksonLisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer currently serving as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency . Previously, she worked at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for 6 years, first as an assistant commissioner and later as commissioner...
Activists
- Joe Romm
- Marc OnaMarc OnaMarc Ona is president and founder of the environmental NGO Brainforest and president of Environment Gabon. Gabon is a country in West Central Africa and Marc Ona, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, is leading efforts to expose agreements behind a Chinese mining project that threatens equatorial...
- Father Marco Arana
- Syeda Rizwana HasanRizwana HasanSyeda Rizwana Hasan is an attorney and environmentalist from Bangladesh. She has particularly focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.-Education:She attended Viqarunnisa Noon School for her secondary education and...
- Yuyun IsmawatiYuyun IsmawatiYuyun Ismawati is an Indonesian environmental engineer. She has worked on design of city and rural water supply systems, and later on designing systems for safe waste management. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.-References:...
- Zhao ZhongZhao ZhongZhào Zhōng was a eunuch of the late Han Dynasty, who served Emperor Ling of Han the Ten regular attendants . The eunuchs who had gained considerable power in the Han imperial court...
- Nnimmo BasseyNnimmo BasseyNnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian environmentalist activist and poet, elected chair of Friends of the Earth International and Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action. He is one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment 2009. In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named co-winner of the Right Livelihood...
Scientists and innovators
- Takashi YabeTakashi Yabeis a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology .- Career :Takashi Yabe graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973 and immediately became a research associate. After getting doctor degree of engineering, he moved to Osaka University...
- Residents of VaubanVauban, FreiburgVauban is a new neighborhood of 5,000 inhabitants and 600 jobs 4 km to the south of the town center in Freiburg, Germany. It was built as "a sustainable model district" on the site of a former French military base, and is named after Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the 17th century French...
- Valerie Casey
- David Keith (scientist)David Keith (scientist)David W. Keith is a Canadian environmental scientist. He is the former director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy Energy and Environmental Systems Group at the University of Calgary. Keith is noted for his work in carbon dioxide air capture, and has been featured on...
- Bindeshwar PathakBindeshwar PathakBindheshwar Pathak is an Indian sociologist. He is the founder of Sulabh International, an India-based social service organization which works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources of energy, waste management and social reforms through education...
- Olga SperanskayaOlga SperanskayaOlga Speranskaya has been Director of the Chemical Safety Program at the Eco-Accord Center for Environment and Sustainable Development since 1997. Speranskaya has led many campaigns against the use of organic pollutants, fought to ban the burial and transport of hazardous chemicals, and provided...
- Pen HadowPen HadowRupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow, , is founding director of Geo Mission Ltd, an environmental sponsorship organisation, and British polar guide and explorer. He is the first person to trek solo and without resupply from the north coast of Canada to the North Pole...
, Martin Hartley, and Ann Daniels - Nathan Lorenz and Tim Bauer
Moguls and entrepreneurs
- Sheri Liao
- Thomas Harttung
- Dorjee SunDorjee SunDorjee Sun , a social entrepreneur, is the CEO of Carbon Conservation. His work for Carbon Conservation was a subject of the international feature documentary The Burning Season in 2008....
- Asim Buksh
- Kin Lui, Raymond HoRaymond HoRaymond Ho Chung Tai, SBS, JP, is the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , representing engineering industry in functional constituencies seats....
and Casson TrenorCasson TrenorCasson Trenor is an American environmentalist, social activist author, restaurateur, blogger and media personality.Trenor is the author of Sustainable Sushi and the co-owner of Tataki, San Francisco's first sustainable sushi restaurant. He was named one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Environment... - Yumi Someya
- Bill Weihl, Google.orgGoogle.orgGoogle.org is the charitable arm of Internet search engine company Google.The organization has committed over $100 million in investments and grants as of May 2010. To fund the organization, Google granted them 3 million shares during their initial public offering. As of August 2011, Google.org's 3...
's green energy czar
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....