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Andrew Montford
Andrew William Montford is an English writer and editor who is the owner of the Bishop Hill blog for climate-change sceptics.
Andrew William Montford is an English writer and editor who is the owner of the Bishop Hill blog for climate-change sceptics.
Andri Snær Magnason
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer.
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer.
Anupam Mishra
Anupam Mishra (born 1948) is an Indian Gandhian and environmentalist, and water conservationist who works on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting t...
Anupam Mishra (born 1948) is an Indian Gandhian and environmentalist, and water conservationist who works on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting t...
Art Bell
Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM.
Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM.
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School and founding Director of the Energy Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and Environment.
Benjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School and founding Director of the Energy Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and Environment.
Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish author, academic, and environmental writer.
Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish author, academic, and environmental writer.
Bruce Kinloch
Bruce Kinloch MC (27 August 1919 – 21 June 2011) was born at Saharanpur in India and educated at Berkhamsted School in England.
Bruce Kinloch MC (27 August 1919 – 21 June 2011) was born at Saharanpur in India and educated at Berkhamsted School in England.
Chris Goodall
Christopher Frank William Goodall (born 29 December 1955) is an English businessman and author.
Christopher Frank William Goodall (born 29 December 1955) is an English businessman and author.
Christopher Booker
Christopher John Penrice Booker is an English journalist and author.
Christopher John Penrice Booker is an English journalist and author.
Clint Wilder
Clint Wilder is a veteran business and technology journalist who won the 2002 American Society of Business Publications Editors award for best feature series.
Clint Wilder is a veteran business and technology journalist who won the 2002 American Society of Business Publications Editors award for best feature series.
Clive Hamilton
Clive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual and Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Publi...
Clive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual and Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Publi...
David Mayer de Rothschild
David Mayer de Rothschild is a British adventurer, ecologist, and environmentalist and head of Adventure Ecology, an expedition group raising awareness about climate change.
David Mayer de Rothschild is a British adventurer, ecologist, and environmentalist and head of Adventure Ecology, an expedition group raising awareness about climate change.
David Suzuki
David Suzuki, CC, OBC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist.
David Suzuki, CC, OBC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist.
Derek Ratcliffe
Derek Almey Ratcliffe (9 July 1929 – 23 May 2005) was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century.
Derek Almey Ratcliffe (9 July 1929 – 23 May 2005) was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century.
E. F. Schumacher
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advis...
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advis...
Emma Romeu
Emma Romeu (Havana) is a writer and geographer who has dedicated her career to environmental journalism.
Emma Romeu (Havana) is a writer and geographer who has dedicated her career to environmental journalism.
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born June 25, 1939 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a German scientist and politician.
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (born June 25, 1939 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a German scientist and politician.
George Monbiot
George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism.
George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism.
Helen Caldicott
Helen Mary Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions...
Helen Mary Caldicott is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions...
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Helena Norberg-Hodge is an analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide and a pioneer of the localisation movement.
Helena Norberg-Hodge is an analyst of the impact of the global economy on cultures and agriculture worldwide and a pioneer of the localisation movement.
Herbert Girardet
Herbert Girardet is co-founder of the World Future Council.
Herbert Girardet is co-founder of the World Future Council.
Hermann Scheer
Hermann Scheer was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy.
Hermann Scheer was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy.
Howard Friel
Howard Friel is a U.S. author and independent scholar.
Howard Friel is a U.S. author and independent scholar.
Ian Lowe
Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, as well as an adjun...
Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, as well as an adjun...
Ian McKay (writer)
Ian McKay is an English writer, critic, publisher, and academic.
Ian McKay is an English writer, critic, publisher, and academic.
Ian Plimer
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist, academic, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and a director of four mining companies.
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist, academic, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and a director of four mining companies.
James Lovelock
Sir James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England.
Sir James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England.
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
Jeremy Leggett
Jeremy Leggett, a geologist by training, began his career as a consultant for the oil industry, while teaching at the Royal School of Mines.
Jeremy Leggett, a geologist by training, began his career as a consultant for the oil industry, while teaching at the Royal School of Mines.
John D. Hamaker
John D. Hamaker, was an American mechanical engineer, ecologist, agronomist and science writer in the fields of soil remineralization, rock dusting, mineral cycles, climate cycles and glaciology.
John D. Hamaker, was an American mechanical engineer, ecologist, agronomist and science writer in the fields of soil remineralization, rock dusting, mineral cycles, climate cycles and glaciology.
John Gibbons (activist)
John Gibbons is an Irish environmental campaigner and the founder of the climatechange.ie website.
John Gibbons is an Irish environmental campaigner and the founder of the climatechange.ie website.
John L. Harper
John Lander Harper CBE FRS (27 May 1925 - 22 March 2009) was a British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology.
John Lander Harper CBE FRS (27 May 1925 - 22 March 2009) was a British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology.
Jonathan Harr
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for A Civil Action.
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for A Civil Action.
Josef Velek
Josef Velek, ing. (Master of Art, Technology) (November 30, 1939-April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.
Josef Velek, ing. (Master of Art, Technology) (November 30, 1939-April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.
Julia Hailes
Julia Hailes (born 1961), is an author who first came to prominence in 1988, when she wrote The Green Consumer Guide which sold a million copies worldwide.
Julia Hailes (born 1961), is an author who first came to prominence in 1988, when she wrote The Green Consumer Guide which sold a million copies worldwide.
Jørgen Randers
Jørgen Randers (born 1945) is a Norwegian academic and practitioner (pracademic) in the field of future studies.
Jørgen Randers (born 1945) is a Norwegian academic and practitioner (pracademic) in the field of future studies.
Kenneth Hsu
Kenneth J. Hsu Ph.D, M.A., born 28 June 1929, is a Swiss scientist, geologist, paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, government advisor, author, inventor and entrepreneur who was born in Nanjing, ...
Kenneth J. Hsu Ph.D, M.A., born 28 June 1929, is a Swiss scientist, geologist, paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, government advisor, author, inventor and entrepreneur who was born in Nanjing, ...
Lawrence Anthony
Lawrence Anthony was an international conservationist, environmentalist, explorer, and bestselling author.
Lawrence Anthony was an international conservationist, environmentalist, explorer, and bestselling author.
Lawrence Solomon
Lawrence Solomon is a Canadian writer on the environment and the founder and executive director of Energy Probe, a Canadian environmental agency.
Lawrence Solomon is a Canadian writer on the environment and the founder and executive director of Energy Probe, a Canadian environmental agency.
Leonie Joubert
Leonie Joubert is a freelance science writer with a special interest in climate change, biodiversity, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine.
Leonie Joubert is a freelance science writer with a special interest in climate change, biodiversity, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine.
Les Golden
Les Golden is an American gambling writer who writes extensively on various casino games.
Les Golden is an American gambling writer who writes extensively on various casino games.
Lisa Harrow
Lisa Harrow (born 25 August 1943) is an actress, noted for her roles in British theatre, films and television.
Lisa Harrow (born 25 August 1943) is an actress, noted for her roles in British theatre, films and television.
Marilyn A. Brown
Marilyn A. Brown is an American geographer on the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Marilyn A. Brown is an American geographer on the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mark Carwardine
Mark Carwardine (born 9 March 1959) is a zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
Mark Carwardine (born 9 March 1959) is a zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.
Mark Cooper (academic)
Mark Cooper is a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at the Vermont Law School, and a frequent nuclear power industry commentator.
Mark Cooper is a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at the Vermont Law School, and a frequent nuclear power industry commentator.
Mark Diesendorf
Mark Diesendorf teaches Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Mark Diesendorf teaches Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Mark Lynas
Mark Lynas is a British author, journalist and environmental activist who focuses on climate change.
Mark Lynas is a British author, journalist and environmental activist who focuses on climate change.
Mark O'Connor (poet)
Mark O'Connor (born 19 March 1945) is an Australian poet, writer, and environmental activist.
Mark O'Connor (born 19 March 1945) is an Australian poet, writer, and environmental activist.
Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his Natural Farming method and re-vegetation of desertified lands.
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his Natural Farming method and re-vegetation of desertified lands.
Michael Braungart
Michael Braungart (born in 1958 in Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a German chemist who advocates that humans can reduce our negative environmental impact by redesigning industrial production processes.
Michael Braungart (born in 1958 in Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a German chemist who advocates that humans can reduce our negative environmental impact by redesigning industrial production processes.
Michael Shnayerson
Michael Beahan Shnayerson (born December 2, 1954) is an American journalist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
Michael Beahan Shnayerson (born December 2, 1954) is an American journalist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme is a professor of Climate Change in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Mike Hulme is a professor of Climate Change in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
N. K. Sukumaran Nair
N. K. Sukumaran Nair is an acclaimed Environmental Activist and General secretary of Pampa Samrakshana Samithi.
N. K. Sukumaran Nair is an acclaimed Environmental Activist and General secretary of Pampa Samrakshana Samithi.
Ndyakira Amooti
Ndyakira Ntamuhiira Amooti (1955 or 1956 – 25 August 1999) was a Ugandan children's writer, journalist and environmentalist, awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour and winner of the Goldman Envir...
Ndyakira Ntamuhiira Amooti (1955 or 1956 – 25 August 1999) was a Ugandan children's writer, journalist and environmentalist, awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour and winner of the Goldman Envir...
Nicky Hager
Nicky Hager (born 1958) is an author and investigative journalist born in Levin, New Zealand and now resides in Wellington.
Nicky Hager (born 1958) is an author and investigative journalist born in Levin, New Zealand and now resides in Wellington.
Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born 11 March 1932), is a British Conservative politician and journalist.
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born 11 March 1932), is a British Conservative politician and journalist.
Philip Sherrard
Philip Sherrard (September 23, 1922 — May 30, 1995) was a British author, translator, and philosopher.
Philip Sherrard (September 23, 1922 — May 30, 1995) was a British author, translator, and philosopher.
Pratap Chatterjee
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author.
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author.
Richard Leakey
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey is a politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist.
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey is a politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist.
Ron Pernick
Ron Pernick, co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution and co-founder and principal of Clean Edge, is "an accomplished market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur with tw...
Ron Pernick, co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution and co-founder and principal of Clean Edge, is "an accomplished market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur with tw...
Steven F. Hayward
Steven F. Hayward is an American author, political commentator, and policy scholar.
Steven F. Hayward is an American author, political commentator, and policy scholar.
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Thomas Homer-Dixon (born 1956 in Victoria, British Columbia) holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in ...
Thomas Homer-Dixon (born 1956 in Victoria, British Columbia) holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in ...
Thomas Robert Malthus
The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography.
The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography.
Tim Flannery
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist.
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist.
Vasily Belov
Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в, born October 23, 1932, Timonikha, Kharovsky District, Northern Krai, now Vologda oblast) is a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who pu...
Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в, born October 23, 1932, Timonikha, Kharovsky District, Northern Krai, now Vologda oblast) is a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who pu...
Whitley Strieber
Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his perceived experiences with non...
Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his perceived experiences with non...
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi is the leading Japanese practitioner of the “natural farming” method popularized by Masanobu Fukuoka and has farmed by this method in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture for 30 years.
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi is the leading Japanese practitioner of the “natural farming” method popularized by Masanobu Fukuoka and has farmed by this method in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture for 30 years.