2006-09-26 15:12:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Bob Hunter (cofoundter of Greenpeace)
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/bob-hunter
Or, if you want someone a little more "current," go with Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter - he was a conservationist and an "environmental hero"
2006-09-26 15:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by CaptainCrunch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rachel Carson. (author "Silent Spring")
John Muir (one of the 1st American environmentalists)
Henry David Thoreau ( author )
Teddy Roosevelt (set unprecedented amts of land aside for nat'l parks & conservation)
Ansel Adams (photographer)
Iris & Stanford Ovshinski (inventors)
This is a partial list to get you started. You won't really know much until you start to understand what did these people do? How did things change from that time forward?
History is about causality & relationships; connections of people, events & ideas. In order to understand one, you learn about the others.
Good Luck!
;-)
2006-09-26 22:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Johnny Appleseed?
2006-09-26 22:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by Mary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Jane Goodall?
2006-09-26 22:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by amanda rose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ralph Nader is always a good place to start ;)
2006-09-26 22:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by AJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋