Exceptional Women Environmentalists

Description:

• Severn Cullis-Suzuki (Canada), environmentalist and founder of the Environmental Children’s Organization;
• Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada), activist in raising the profile of the Inuit people and the effects of global warming on the North, nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize;
• Rachel Carson (U.S.), founder of the modern environmental movement;
• Jane Goodall (England/Africa), foremost researcher and tireless advocate of primates;
• Dai Qing (China), journalist and activist against the Three Gorges Dam project in China;
• Fatima Jibrell (Somalia), founder of Horn Relief and other education-relief organizations in Somalia;
• Vandana Shiva (India), champion for women’s rights and the global food supply, physicist, ecologist, and author;
• Marina Silva (Brazil), “Amazonian Legend” for Brazilian rainforests and human rights;
• Sharon Beder (Australia), leader in environmental and water supply issues;
• Olya Melen (Ukraine), youngest recipient of the (2006) Goldman Environmental Prize, saved Danube Delta wetlands.