https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv The who's who of environmentalists en-us 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC 2023-09-05 18:18:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f331.png moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843300 Born: April 1st 1940
Died (if applicable): September 25th 2011
Environmental Contribution: Founded the green belt movement to plant trees across Kenya, Alleviate poverty and end conflict.
Fun Fact: First African woman to receive the nobel peace prize. 
Link to website you got your research from: greenbeltmovemnet.org

]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843300 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843301 Born: January 11 1887
Died (if applicable): April 21 1948
Environmental Contribution: Was known for his development of fields that protected the soil from degrading. He is also known as the founding father of wildlife ecology helping with restoring animals.
Fun Fact: He is credited for the development of the first national wilderness area. 
Link to website you got your research from: https://theconversation.com/in-a-time-of-social-and-environmental-crisis-aldo-leopolds-call-for-a-land-ethic-is-still-relevant-147968#:~:text=Aldo%20Leopold%20was%20a%20transformative,environmental%20history%20and%20ecological%20economics.]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843301 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843302 Born: April 21 1838
Died (if applicable): Dec 24, 1914
Environmental Contribution: Muir shared his love of nature through writing and inspired people to protect our country's wild places, fueling the formation of the National Park Service and the modern conservation movement. Muir's passion for nature brought him to every continent except Antarctica.
Fun Fact: 
His nicknames are, “John of the Mountains” and, “The Father of America's National Parks”.

Link to website you got your research from: https://www.nps.gov/jomu/learn/education/upload/The-Importance-of-John-Muir.pdf

]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843302 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843303 Born:december 15
Died (if applicable): december 22
Environmental Contribution: pioneered the worlds first btropic forest
Fun Fact: never went to school just started working at the age of 9.
Link to website you got your research from:google ]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843303 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843305 Born: April 3rd 1934
Died (if applicable): October 1980
Environmental Contribution: She was the first person to discover that chimpanzees are able to use tools and materials to build things 
Fun Fact: She never traveled alone 
Link to website you got your research from: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Goodall



]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843305 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843306 Born: Jan 29th, 1927
Died (if applicable): Mar 14th,1989
Environmental Contribution: Edward Abbey was a known American author noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views
Fun Fact: He was a park ranger at arches national park
Link to website you got your research from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey#:~:text=Edward%20Paul%20Abbey%20(January%2029,policies%2C%20and%20anarchist%20political%20views. ]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843306 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843307 Born: December 8, 1960
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: Founded the environmentalist organization 350.org
Fun Fact: Bill McKibben is the founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature
Link to the website you got your research from: https://billmckibben.com/bio.html]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843307 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843308 Born: November 5, 1952
Died (if applicable): still alive
Environmental Contribution: Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology (RFSTE) in 1982. The organization works on the interconnected issues of biodiversity conservation and protecting people's rights, focusing on those living in South Asia.
Fun Fact: She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

Link to the website you got your research from:

]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843308 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843309 Born: June 10 1929
Died (if applicable): December 26 2021
Environmental Contribution: Known for developing the field of sociobiology 
Fun Fact: He was born in Alabama
Link to website you got your research from:]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843309 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843310 Born: June 4 1916
Died (if applicable):july 3rd 2005
Environmental Contribution:He authored legislation to create a national hiking trails system as well as the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail System. He also sponsored several key pieces of environmental legislation, including the Wilderness Act.
Fun Fact: Gaylord Nelson is perhaps best known as the father of Earth Day. But he also served as The Wilderness Society's counselor after his career as a U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin.Link to website you got your research from: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/article/gaylord-nelson#:~:text=Gaylord%20Nelson%20is%20perhaps%20best,senator%20and%20governor%20of%20Wisconsin.&text=contributed%20to%20the%20passage%20of,including%20the%20Environmental%20Protection%20Act. ]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843310 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843311 Born: January,03,2003
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: She's a Swedish environmental ist who encouraged Sweden to take more control to stop climate change.She also founded a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate).
Fun Fact: Although she is a climate activist she also emits a large amount of waste by traveling by private jet. Thunberg on average takes 90 trips each year on sponsored trips on private jets to attend various seminars and events. This equals 450,000 liters of fuel (120,000 gallons) of fuel consumption
Link to website you got your research from:  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Greta-Thunberg 
https://www.caclubindia.com/wealth/greta-thunberg-net-worth/#:~:text=As%20per%20the%20flight%20logs,120%2C000%20gallons)%20of%20fuel%20consumption. ]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843311 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843312 Born: May 27th 1907
Died (if applicable): April 14th 1964
Environmental Contribution: Challenged the idea that man could control nature, made discovery's about the ocean, and wrote the book Silent Spring about the dangers of the chemical DDT.
Fun Fact: She wrote a book.
Link to website you got your research from:

]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843312 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843313 Born: July 12, 1817
Died (if applicable): May 6, 1862
Environmental Contribution: Writings on natural history and enviormentalism 
Fun Fact: He started forest fire when he was 26
Link to website you got your research from: ]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843313 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843315 Born: August 11, 1865
Died (if applicable):  October 4, 1946
Environmental Contribution: Pinchot tripled the nation's forest reserves, protecting their long-term health for both conservation and recreational use.
Fun Fact: He was the first chief of the US Forest Service
Link to website you got your research from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifford_Pinchot]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843315 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843316 Born: October 27, 1858
Died (if applicable): January 6, 1919
Environmental Contribution: Theodore Roosevelt established approximately 230 million acres of public lands between 1901 and 1909, including 150 national forests, the first 55 federal bird reservation and game preserves, 5 national parks, and the first 18 national monuments.
Fun Fact: 
Link to the website you got your research from: https://www.fws.gov/staff-profile/theodore-roosevelt-1858-1919-conservation-president#:~:text=During%20his%20very%20active%20presidency,the%20first%2018%20national%20monuments.]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843316 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843318 Born: February 15, 1936
Died (if applicable): N/A
Environmental Contribution: Cofounded the NRDC which is an enviromental advocacy group and was the first of its kind. The NRDC pushed for the removal of lead from gasoline and pushed for the passing of the Clean Water Act.
Fun Fact: He was awarded the Presidential Metal of Freedom in 2010
Link to website you got your research from:https://www.nrdc.org/bio/john-adams]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843318 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843319 Born: July 1, 1912
Died (if applicable): November 5 2000
Environmental Contribution: Successfully fought to stop dams in Dinosaur national monument and grand canyon National Park
Fun Fact: Throughout his adult life Brower has been credited with 70 first ascents of peaks around the United States
Link to website you got your research from:]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843319 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843320 Born: August 23rd, 1961
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: She has co-authored influentials articles on Indias environment. She has also conducted research that went into depth over the countries governance and management of its environment. She has ran campaigns on air-pollution control, community water management, sustainable industrialization and food and toxins among others. 
Fun Fact: Received the World Water Prize for her work on rainwater harvesting
Link to website you got your research from: https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/governance/sunita-narain#:~:text=She%20is%20a%20writer%20and,paradigms%20for%20community%20water%20management.

https://www.arch.virginia.edu/events/sunita-narain#:~:text=Dr.,development%20in%20India%20and%20globally.]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843320 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843321 Born: August 18, 1959
Died (if applicable): N/A
Environmental Contribution: She founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project that buys back reservation land from non-natives for sustainability and economic opportunity for Natives.
Fun Fact: She was the first Green Party member to get an electoral vote!
Link to website you got your research from:https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/winona-laduke

]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843321 moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843322 Born: 1974 February 18th
Died (if applicable): N/A
Environmental Contribution: She lived in a Redwood tree for 738 days, and she lived on a 6 by 8ft platform under a tarp 180 feet in the air. She did this in protest of "extreme logging". After her lonesome protest, she wrote a memoir called "The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree and a Women and Struggle to the save the Redwood"
Fun Fact: She founded organization circle of life
Link to a website you got your research from: https://www.insider.com/julia-butterfly-hill-lived-in-tree-2-years-redwood-forest-photos-2023-3#julia-butterfly-hill-is-famous-for-living-in-a-tree-for-738-days-1]]> 2023-08-30 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/8csz8ukk4wcxcykv/wish/2678843322