Environmentalist Influencer Activity-Period 6 by Jennifer Hoolihan https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz The who's who of environmentalists en-us 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC 2023-09-05 17:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f331.png Aldo Leopold moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842528 Born: January 11th, 1887
Died (if applicable): April 21, 1948
Environmental Contribution: He is credited for the development of the first national wilderness area in America in 1924.
Fun Fact: Today this home stands as one of the landmarks of Madison.
Link to website you got your research from: https://www.famousscientists.org/aldo-leopold/#:~:text=He%20was%20one%20of%20the,area%20in%20America%20in%201924.]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842528 John Muir moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842529 Born: April 21, 1838
Died (if applicable): December 24, 1914
Environmental Contribution: He is a naturalist, writer, and advocate of U.S. forest conservation
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.britannica.com/biography/John-Muir#:~:text=John%20Muir%2C%20(born%20April%2021,Yosemite%20National%20Park%2C%20which%20are]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842529 Chico Mendes moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842530 Born: December 15, 1944
Died (if applicable): December 22, 1988
Environmental Contribution: He created "extractive reserves" which was an area of reserved land that allowed locals to harvest natural resources without being exploited.
Fun Fact: Never received any formal schooling until later in his life.
Link to website you got your research from: https://wilderness-society.org/chico-mendes-remembering-an-icon-of-environmentalism/#:~:text=One%20of%20Chico%20Mendes'%20most,rubber%20without%20fear%20of%20exploitation.]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842530 Jane Goodall moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842531 Born: April 3rd 1934
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: English primatologist
Fun Fact: At 26 went from England to Tanzia to learn about wild chimpanzees
Link to the website you got your research from:  Link]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842531 Edward Abbey moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842532 Born:Jan 27 1929
Died (if applicable):march 14 1989
Environmental Contribution: advocated for environmental issues
Fun Fact: 
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Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: he was the founder of the third act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate change and justice
Fun Fact: he wrote the first big book on global warming
Link to website you got your research from: https://billmckibben.com/bio.html]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842533 Vandana Shiva moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842534 Born:November 5 1952
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution:She founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resources Policy.She launched Naydanya which formed more than 40 seed banks in India to help educate farmers about the benefits of conserving seed crops. 
Fun Fact: She is often referred to as the "Gandhi of grain" because of her activism
Link to website you got your research from:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vandana-Shiva]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842534 E.O. Wilson moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842535 Born: June 10th 1929
Died (if applicable): Dec. 26th, 2021
Environmental Contribution: pioneered in efforts to preserve and protect the biodiversity of our planet
Fun Fact: he lost sight in his right eye because it was cut by a fish fin
Link to website you got your research from: google]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842535 Gaylord Nelson moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842536 Born: June 4th, 1914 
Died (if applicable): July 3rd, 2005 
Environmental Contribution: Authorized legislation to make a national hiking trail system as well as the 2,100-mile Appalachian trail system.
Fun Fact: known as the father of Earth Day 
Link to the website you got your research from: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/article/gaylord-nelson# ]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842536 Greta Thunberg moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842537 Born:January 3, 2003
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: worked to address the problem of climate change, founding a movement known as Fridays for Future
Fun Fact: started protesting at age 15
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]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842537 Rachel Carson moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842538 Born: May 27, 1907
Died (if applicable): April 14, 1964
Environmental Contribution: Carson was an American biologist well known for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea.
Fun Fact: She had her first story published when she was only 10 years old.
Link to website you got your research from: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rachel-Carson]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842538 Henry David Thoreau moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842539 Born: July 12, 1817
Died (if applicable): May 6, 1862
Environmental Contribution: Laid the foundation for modern-day environmentalism 
Fun Fact: he is known for his book Walden

Link to website you got your research from]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842539 Gifford Pinchot moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842540 Born: August 11, 1865
Died (if applicable): October 4, 1946
Environmental Contribution: tripled the nation's forest reserves

Fun Fact: Pinchot and his brother, James, founded the Yale School of Forestry

Link to website you got your research 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/gifford-pinchot.htm#:~:text=Gifford%20Pinchot%20was%20an%20important,both%20conservation%20and%20recreational%20use.

]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842540 Theodore Roosevelt moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842541 Born: October 27, 1858
Died (if applicable):January 6, 1919
Environmental Contribution:After becoming president Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the United States Forest Service
Fun Fact: He was a president
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]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842541 John Adams (NRDC) moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842542 Born: February 15th, 1936
Died (if applicable): N/A
Environmental Contribution: fought to pass the clean water act, got rid of lead in most gasoline, lowered acid rain caused by coal mining plants, and protect the breeding ground for Gray Whales
Fun Fact: He was awarded the medal of freedom in 2010
Link to website you got your research from:https://www.nrdc.org/bio/john-adams#:~:text=Under%20Adams'%20leadership%2C%20NRDC%20fought,among%20many%20other%20environmental%20initiatives.]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842542 David Brower moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842543 Born:July 1, 1912, Berkeley, CA

Died November 5, 2000, Berkeley, CA

Environmental Contribution: Brower successfully fought to stop dams in Dinosaur National Monument and Grand Canyon National Park.

Fun Fact: Brower has been credited with 70 first ascents of peaks around the United States.
 
Link to website you got your research from: wikipedia
]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842543 Sunita Narain moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842544 Born: 1961
Died (if applicable): Still alive.
Environmental Contribution: She received the World Water Prize for her work on rainwater harvesting and for her political influence in developing paradigms for community water management.
Fun Fact: She was the oldest of 4 sisters.
Link to the 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. ]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842544 Winona LaDuke moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842545 Born: August 18, 1959
Died (if applicable):
Environmental Contribution: She advocates for Native American environmental groups to keep their environment safe for future generations. She is also the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project and the Honor the Earth Foundation.
Fun Fact:  She is a Native American activist, economist, and author who promotes indigenous control of their land.
Link to website you got your research from: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/educational-magazines/laduke-winona-environmental-activist-1959#:~:text=LaDuke%20advocates%20for%20Native%20American,annual%20Honor%20the%20Earth%20Foundation.]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842545 Julia Butterfly Hill moraccobio https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842546 Born:February 18, 1974
Died (if applicable): she's alive
Environmental Contribution:lived in a tree for 738 days in an act of civil disobedience.
Fun Fact: Hill was homeschooled in a deeply religious Christian family that settled in Jonesboro,
Link to website you got your research from:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Butterfly-Hill]]> 2023-08-30 21:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2678842546 Wangari Maathai https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2680114947 Born: April 1, 1940
Deceased: September 25, 2011
Environmental Contribution:
She founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to plant trees across Kenya, alleviate poverty, and end conflict.
Fun Fact: She was the first African woman to recieve the Nobel PEace Prize.
Links: https://www.mindat.org/feature-196635.html]]> 2023-08-31 17:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/moraccobio/hlh3ovs4sxrjbidz/wish/2680114947