2006-07-11 09:55:19 · 16 answers · asked by cmduron 1 in Environment
Rachel Carson - wrote Silent Spring
some credit this book with starting modern environmentalism
2006-07-11 10:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Famous Environmentalist
2017-01-13 05:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT Al Gore! He talks big, but he doesn't set the example by living the way he expects of the rest of us! Comeon Mr. Gore, trade in all your vehicles for true hybrids Become a spokesman for an AMERICAN company developing Hybrid technology! As a former VP, insist that your security people at least drive Escape, Mariner, or Highlander Hybrids. Gore can't hold a candle to the true environmentalists I've listed below.
Aldo Leopold - the father of modern ecology (Reading a Sand County Almanac is a must for any aspiring environmentalist)
Ansel Adams - Has helped to spread the word on preservation of our national parks through his stunning photographs.
Richard Nixon - while many republicans of today seem to be anti-environment, few realize many of our strongest environmental laws came about through his active support while he was President! Sadly he is remembered for Watergate rather than the Clean Water Act, or establishment of the EPA.
Dianne Fossey - was killed because of her stance to study and preserve the last remaining Mountain Gorillas in Rawanda.
2006-07-11 16:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by gshprd918 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Douglas Adams, the novelist (wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
His biggest environmentalist thing was "Last Chance to See".
A BBC program about extinction.
He also gave generously to Save the Rhino, and other causes.
2006-07-11 10:37:12 · answer #4 · answered by Jo B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aldo Leopold
Teddy Roosevelt
John Muir
2006-07-11 15:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by woodenwater1959 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Al Gore, Robert Kennedy Jr....perhaps a better question is, who will be the next famous environmentalist? Could it be you? And why not?
2006-07-12 01:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by catmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say John Muir (Sierra Club) was the greatest environmentalist that ever lived.
2006-07-12 03:00:17 · answer #7 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Muir He founded the Sierra Club.
2006-07-11 09:59:38 · answer #8 · answered by dragonmomof3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, comes to mind as one of the pioneer environmentalists. -RKO-
2006-07-11 10:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teddy Roosevelt! The man founded the national park system. Aside from being a human advocate and a strong leader, he believed in protecting the precious beauty that lives in our country.
2006-07-11 11:16:23 · answer #10 · answered by abehagenston 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋