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Writer, Farmer and Environmentalist
Pierre Rabhi, is a pioneer of eco-agriculture in France. Born in Kenadsa, Algeria in 1938, Pierre Rabhi is a strong advocate for a more environmentally friendly culture that is more respectful of natural resources. For 50 years, he has been developing agricultural p..
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Earth's own lawyer
ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBYIST | VISIONARY | BARRISTER
United Kingdom, 1968 - 2019
Polly Higgins realised the Earth needed a lawyer to protect the environment and the human right to a clean planet. She wanted the fifth international crime to be installed as Ecocide, for crimes against Earth.
« We now know that we can ..
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Lawyer | Executive Director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)Rizwana Hasan, born in 1968, is a Bangladeshi lawyer and executive Director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). She defends human rights and tackles environmental issues. Her legal actions h..
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ARCHITECT | ACTRESS | URBANIST My Life I was born and raised in Cairo. I speak French, English and Arabic. My Studies I studied architecture at Cairo University and I received my Master’s degree in 2004. In 2014 I became the adjunct assistant professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and preservation (GSAPP) at Colu..
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LEADER | GUARDIAN | ACTIVISTProtector of the Amazon and Indigenous traditions Leader of Indigenous people Guardian of the Amazon Environmental Activist My Life I was born in a village in the Amazonian rainforest. I studied at an agricultural college in Minas Gerais and later studied at the ..
PHYSICIST | CHEMIST | LECTURER
Sweden
1859 - 1927
«Humanity stands... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime, we must not waste what we have, but must leave as much as possible for coming generations.»
Svante August Arrhenius,Chemistry in ..
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Cosmonaut | Engineer | Heroine
First woman in space
“Once you’ve been into space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is”
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
I was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikovo in Russia.
My dad was killed in WWII and my mum was a worker in a cotton factory. I was rais..
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AUTHOR | ACTIVIST | SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Dr. Vandana Shiva, born in 1952, is an Indian author, activist and scientific advisor whose work consists of improving agriculture and the food industry to make them sustainable and fair. She trained as a Physicist, then shifted to inter-disciplinary research in science, technology and environmental pol..
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