Time Magazine named him a "Hero for the Planet" for his co-founding the Riverkeeper organization and helping it to lead its fight to restore the Hudson River. The group's achievements have helped to spawn more than 130 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe, including the Long Island Soundkeeper. Kennedy also is a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental Litigation Clinic, and co-hosts "Ring of Fire" on Air America Radio. Kennedy is no stranger to The Maritime Aquarium. He held a sell-out audience rapt during a 1998 lecture and was seen on the giant screen in the 2008 IMAX movie "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk."