List of environmentalists
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Some of the notable environmentalists who have been lobbying for environmental protection and conservation include:
- Mariano Abarca (Mexican activist, assassinated in 2009)
- Edward Abbey (writer, activist, philosopher)
- Ansel Adams (photographer, writer, activist)
- Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolian conservationist)
- Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (environmental activist and economist of Bangladesh)
- David Attenborough (broadcaster, naturalist)
- John James Audubon (naturalist)
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- Sundarlal Bahuguna (environmentalist)
- Yusuf Baluch (Climate Justice Activist)
- Judi Bari (environmental activist)
- Vic Barrett (climate activist)
- Patriarch Bartholomew I (priest)
- Ed Begley, Jr. (Actor, environmentalist)
- David Bellamy (botanist)
- Thomas Berry (priest, historian, philosopher)
- Wendell Berry (farmer, philosopher)
- Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Gandhian environmentalist)
- Murray Bookchin (anarchist, philosopher, social ecologist)
- Wendy Bowman, Australian environmental activist
- Stewart Brand (writer, founder of Whole Earth Catalog)
- David Brower (writer, activist)
- Lester Brown (environmentalist)
- Jackson Browne (musician, environmentalist)
- Molly Burhans (cartographer, activist)
- Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal activist)
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- Helen Caldicott (medical doctor)
- Joan Carling (Filipino human rights defender)
- Rachel Carson (biologist, writer)
- Charles III (King of the Commonwealth Realms)
- Chevy Chase (comedian)
- Ng Cho-nam (Hong Kong environmentalist and Associate Professor of Geography at University of Hong Kong))
- Bruce Cockburn (musician, activist)
- Barry Commoner (biologist, politician)
- Mike Cooley (engineer, trade unionist)
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (explorer, ecologist)
- Jean-Michel Cousteau (French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer)
D
- Faiza Darkhani (c. 1992), Afghani environmentalist, women's rights activist, and educator
- John Denver (musician)
- Usha Desai (Indian physician and environmentalist)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (actor)
- Michelle Dilhara (actress)
- René Dubos (microbiologist)
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- Paul R. Ehrlich (population biologist)
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- Hans-Josef Fell (German Green Party member)
- Jane Fonda (actor)
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- Rolf Gardiner (rural revivalist)
- Peter Garrett (musician, politician)
- Al Gore (politician, former Vice President of the United States)
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- Tom Hanks (actor)
- James Hansen (scientist)
- Denis Hayes (environmentalist and solar power advocate)
- Nicolas Hulot (journalist and writer)
- Robert Hunter (journalist, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace)
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- Tetsunari Iida (sustainable energy advocate)
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- Lilia Isolina Java Tapayuri (Colombian indigenous leader)
- Jorian Jenks (English farmer)
- Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner (poet and climate activist)
- Huey D. Johnson (environmentalist)
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- Naomi Klein (writer, activist)
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- Winona LaDuke (environmentalist)
- Ursula LeGuin (writer, environmentalist)
- A. Carl Leopold (plant physiologist)
- Aldo Leopold (ecologist)
- Charles Lindbergh (aviator)
- James Lovelock (scientist)
- Amory Lovins (energy policy analyst)
- Hunter Lovins (environmentalist)
- Mark Lynas (journalist, activist)
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- Desmond Majekodunmi (environmentalist)
- Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (activist)
- Peter Max (graphic designer)
- Michael McCarthy (naturalist, newspaper journalist, newspaper columnist, and author)
- Bill McKibben (writer, activist)
- David McTaggart (activist)
- Mahesh Chandra Mehta (lawyer, environmentalist)
- Chico Mendes (activist)
- Nathan Méténier (French environmentalist)
- George Monbiot (journalist)
- Sergio Rossetti Morosini (naturalist, activist)
- Nyombi Morris (Ugandan youth environmental activist, CNN Environmentalist of tomorrow)
- John Muir (naturalist, activist)
- Luke Mullen (actor, filmmaker, environmentalist/activist)
- Hilda Murrell (botanist, activist)
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- Ralph Nader (activist)
- Vanessa Nakate (Ugandan youth climate justice activist, UN SDG 13 Young Leader)
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr (writer, philosopher)
- Gaylord Nelson (politician)
- Aniebiet Inyang Ntui (Nigerian professor and environmental advocate)
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- Okefenokee Joe (singer, songwriter, TV host, environmentalist)
- Yolanda Ortiz , Argentine environmentalist, chemist
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- Eugene Pandala (architect, environmentalist, natural and cultural heritage conservator)
- Medha Patkar (activist)
- Alan Pears (environmental consultant and energy efficiency pioneer)
- River Phoenix (actor, musician, activist)
- Jonathon Porritt (politician)
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- Tahir Qureshi Mangrove Man or Mangroves Hero of Pakistan. Pakistani environmentalist.
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- Phil Radford (environmental, clean energy and democracy advocate, Greenpeace Executive Director)
- Bonnie Raitt (musician)
- Clovis Razafimalala (Malagasy environmentalist)
- Theodore Roosevelt (former President of the United States)[1]
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- Hakob Sanasaryan (biochemist, activist)
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (writer, television producer, activist)
- Johanna Segovia (marine ecologist)
- Shimon Schwarzschild (writer, activist)
- Vandana Shiva (environmental activist)
- Wallace Stegner (writer, environmentalist)
- Swami Sundaranand (yogi, photographer, author and mountaineer)
- David Suzuki (scientist, broadcaster)
- Candice Swanepoel (model)
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- Shōzō Tanaka (politician and activist)
- Saalumarada Thimmakka
- Henry David Thoreau (writer, philosopher)
- Greta Thunberg (activist)[2]
- Rebecca Harrell Tickell (filmmaker, actress, activist)