page_title: Environmentalist
section_title: Notable environmentalists
hierarchical_section_title: Environmentalist / Notable environmentalists
caption_attribution_description: Al Gore, en 2007
context_page_description: An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities". An environmentalist is engaged in or believes in the philosophy of environmentalism.
  Environmentalists are sometimes referred to using informal or derogatory terms such as "greenie" and "tree-hugger".
context_section_description: Some of the notable environmentalists who have been active in lobbying for environmental protection and conservation include:
  Edward Abbey (writer, activist, philosopher)
  Ansel Adams (photographer, writer, activist)
  Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolian conservationist)
  Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (environmental activist and economist of Bangladesh)
  David Attenborough (broadcaster, naturalist)
  John James Audubon (naturalist)
  Sundarlal Bahuguna (environmentalist)
  Patriarch Bartholomew I (priest)
  David Bellamy (botanist)
  Ng Cho-nam (Hong Kong environmentalist and Associate Professor of Geography at University of Hong Kong)
  Wendell Berry (farmer, philosopher)
  Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Gandhian environmentalist)
  Murray Bookchin (anarchist, philosopher, social ecologist)
  Wendy Bowman, Australian environmental activist
  Stewart Brand (writer, founder of Whole Earth Catalog)
  David Brower (writer, activist)
  Lester Brown (environmentalist)
  Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal activist)
  Michelle Dilhara (actress)
  Helen Caldicott (medical doctor)
  Joan Carling (Filipino human rights defender)
  Rachel Carson (biologist, writer)
  Charles, Prince of Wales
  Chevy Chase (comedian)
  Barry Commoner (biologist, politician)
  Jacques-Yves Cousteau (explorer, ecologist)
  Leonardo DiCaprio (actor)
  Rolf Disch (environmentalist and solar energy pioneer)
  René Dubos (microbiologist)
  Paul R. Ehrlich (population biologist)
  Hans-Josef Fell (German Green Party member)
  Jane Fonda (actor)
  Mizuho Fukushima (politician, activist)
  Rolf Gardiner (rural revivalist)
  Peter Garrett (musician, politician)
  Al Gore (politician, former Vice President of the United States)
  Tom Hanks (actor)
  James Hansen (scientist)
  Denis Hayes (environmentalist and solar power advocate)
  Daniel Hooper, AKA Swampy (environmental activist)
  Nicolas Hulot (journalist and writer)
  Robert Hunter (journalist, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace)
  Tetsunari Iida (sustainable energy advocate)
  Jorian Jenks (English farmer)
  Naomi Klein (writer, activist)
  Winona LaDuke (environmentalist)
  A. Carl Leopold (plant physiologist)
  Aldo Leopold (ecologist)
  Charles Lindbergh (aviator)
  James Lovelock (scientist)
  Amory Lovins (energy policy analyst)
  Hunter Lovins (environmentalist)
  Caroline Lucas (politician)
  Mark Lynas (journalist, activist)
  Kaveh Madani (scientist, activist)
  Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (activist)
  Peter Max (graphic designer)
  Michael McCarthy (naturalist, newspaper journalist, newspaper columnist, and author)
  Bill McKibben (writer, activist)
  David McTaggart (activist)
  Mahesh Chandra Mehta (lawyer, environmentalist)
  Chico Mendes (activist)
  George Monbiot (journalist)
  John Muir (naturalist, activist)
  Luke Mullen (actor, filmmaker, environmentalist/activist)
  Hilda Murrell (botanist, activist)
  Ralph Nader (activist)
  Gaylord Nelson (politician)
  Eugene Pandala (architect, environmentalist, natural and cultural heritage conservator)
  Medha Patkar (activist)
  Alan Pears (environmental consultant and energy efficiency pioneer)
  River Phoenix (actor, musician, activist)
  Jonathon Porritt (politician)
  Phil Radford (environmental, clean energy and democracy advocate, Greenpeace Executive Director)
  Bonnie Raitt (musician)
  Matthew Richardson (Canadian author)
  Theodore Roosevelt (former President of the United States)
  Ken Saro-Wiwa (writer, television producer, activist)
  E. F. Schumacher (author of Small Is Beautiful)
  Shimon Schwarzschild (writer, activist)
  Vandana Shiva (environmental activist)
  Gary Snyder (poet)
  Jill Stein (Presidential candidate)
  Swami Sundaranand (yogi, photographer, author and mountaineer)
  David Suzuki (scientist, broadcaster)
  Candice Swanepoel (model)
  Shōzō Tanaka (politician and activist)
  Henry David Thoreau (writer, philosopher)
  Greta Thunberg (activist)
  J. R. R. Tolkien (writer)
  Jo Valentine (politician and activist)
  Dominique Voynet (politician and environmentalist)
  Harvey Wasserman (journalist, activist)
  Paul Watson (activist and lecturer)
  Robert K. Watson (environmental advocate, founder of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
  Franz Weber (environmentalist and animal welfare activist)
  Henry Will
caption: Al Gore, 2007
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