Sort by
Annan, Kofi
Kofi Annan (1938-2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), where he promoted the UN Millennium Development Goals, launched the UN Global...
Bloomberg, Michael
Michael Bloomberg (b.1942) is a billionaire philanthropist (net worth est. at $48b in 2017—10th richest in the world), founder of Bloomberg L.P. (financial services, mass media, and software) and Bloomberg...
Brown, Lester R.
Lester R. Brown (b.1934) is well-known as the founder of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington in 1974, where he served as president until 2000. Worldwatch is known for its annual...
Brundtland, Gro Harlem
Gro Harlem Brundtland (b.1939) is a physician who trained in Norway, and became interested in public health and environmental issues, as well as women’s rights. She served as Norwegian Minister...
Caballero-Anthony, Mely
Mely Caballero-Anthony (b.NA) is Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies and Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a board...
Caldicott, Helen
Helen Caldicott, M.D. (b.1938) is an Australian physician and anti-nuclear advocate. She is Founding President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (now Beyond Nuclear), President of the Helen Caldicott Foundation...
Costanza, Robert
Robert Costanza (b.1950) is an ecological economist, Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and Professor of Public Policy at the Australian National University Crawford School of Public Policy. ...
Crutzen, Paul Josef
Paul J. Crutzen (b.1933) is a Dutch atmospheric chemist known for research on the ozone layer, introducing the concept of nuclear winter, coining the term “Anthropocene,” and joining with 27...
Daly, Herman Edward
Herman E. Daly (b.1938) is an ecological economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. Previous positions include Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University,...
Earle, Sylvia Alice
Sylvia A. Earle (b.1935) is an oceanographer, marine biologist, explorer, and well-known author. She was a Research Fellow at Harvard University (1967-1981), the first woman appointed as Chief Scientist at...
Ekins, Paul
Paul Ekins (b.1950) is a British leader in sustainable economics. He is Deputy Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy and Director of the...
Figueres, Christiana
Christiana Figueres (b.1956) is a Costa Rican diplomat and international leader on climate change, and daughter of a former Costa Rican president. She was Executive Director of the UN Framework...
Finkbeiner, Felix
Felix Finkbeiner is a German environmentalist and the founder of the international tree-planting and envirhttps://www1.plant-for-the-planet.org/onmental advocacy organization Plant-for-the-Planet. At age 10 he spoke in the European Parliament and at age 13...
Flannery, Tim
Tim Flannery (b.1956) is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, and Chief Councillor of Australia’s independent Climate Council, launched in 2013 after the Australian government disbanded...
Folke, Carl
Carl Folke (b.1955) is a transdisciplinary environmental scientist, co-founder and Science Director of the Stockholm Resilience Center, Director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy...
Glenn, Jerome C
Jerome C. Glenn (b.1945) is a futurist and co-founder with futurist Theodore J. Gordon of The Millennium Project in 1996, to “provide a context for global thinking.” Based in Washington,...
Gore, Al
Al Gore (b.1948) is a former US Senator from Tennessee, where he lives, former US Vice President (1993-2001), and, as Democratic nominee for President in 2000, he lost a highly...
Gorman, Joshua
Joshua Gorman is the founder of Generation Waking Up, an organization that “ignites young people to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world”. He holds speeches and organizes workshops...
Hansen, James Edward
James E. Hansen (b.1941) is Director, Program on Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions, at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He served as head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a...
Hawken, Paul
Paul Hawken (b.1946) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, and widely-traveled speaker based in Sausalito CA, who heads Project Drawdown, based on his latest book, Drawdown—The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to...