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Key Figures in Environmental Science
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John Muir
Founded the Sierra Club and helped establish national parks like Yosemite.
Ansel Adams
Photographer whose images of the American West helped to promote the conservation of this region and establish the national park service.
Wangari Maathai
Founded the Green Belt Movement and was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson
Authored 'Silent Spring' leading to DDT pesticide awareness and the modern environmental movement.
Jane Goodall
Pioneering work on chimpanzee behavior and a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats.
Julia Butterfly Hill
Famous for living in a 180-foot-tall, 1,500-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days to prevent it from being cut down.
Paul R. Ehrlich
Author of 'The Population Bomb' and advocate for population control to prevent environmental degradation.
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway, led the Brundtland Commission which coined the term 'sustainable development'.
David Attenborough
Broadcaster and natural historian who has increased public understanding of the natural world.
Aldo Leopold
Developed the concept of a land ethic and wrote 'A Sand County Almanac'.
Sylvia Earle
Marine biologist who has been a pioneer for ocean exploration and conservation.
James Lovelock
Proposed the Gaia hypothesis, which views Earth as a self-regulating system.
Chico Mendes
Fought for the Amazon rainforest and advocated for the rights of Brazilian rubber tappers.
Greta Thunberg
Initiated the global youth movement for climate action with 'Fridays for Future'.
E.O. Wilson
Father of sociobiology; advocate for biodiversity and conservation.
Garrett Hardin
Introduced the concept of 'The Tragedy of the Commons' in the context of sustainable development.
Carl Sagan
Popularized science and the importance of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Jane Jacobs
Her work on community involvement and urban planning has influenced environmental considerations in city development.
Lynn Margulis
Developed the endosymbiotic theory explaining the origin of eukaryotic cells from prokaryotes.
Vandana Shiva
Prominent critic of modern agriculture and advocate for traditional and sustainable farming practices.
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