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is a list published in ''

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'' magazine. The third list was published in September 2009."Heroes of the Environment 2009"
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''. 2009. It contains 30 entries, individuals or groups, that have contributed substantially to the preservation of

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. It is divided into four categories: Leaders and Visionaries, Activists, Scientists and Innovators, and Moguls and Entrepreneurs.

Leaders and Visionaries

Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (; born 17 May 1967) is a Maldivian politician and activist currently serving as the 19th speaker of the People's Majlis since May 2019. A founding member of the Maldivian Democratic Party, he served as President of the ...

Cameron Diaz Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. With a variety of works in film, she is widely recognised for her work in romantic comedies and animation. Diaz has received various accolades, including nominations for ...

* Mike H. Pandey *Prince Mostapha Zaher *Marcio Santilli *

Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 13 March 1946) is a French environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer. He has also directed films about the impact of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book ''Earth from Above'' (19 ...

Erik Solheim Erik Solheim (born 18 January 1955) is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician. He served in the Norwegian government from 2005 to 2012 as Minister of International Development and Minister of the Environment, and as Under-Secretary-General of ...

Steven Chu Steven ChuCarol Browner Carol Martha Browner (born December 16, 1955) is an American lawyer, environmentalist, and businesswoman, who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner ...

Ken Salazar Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Mexico. He previously served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Ba ...

and

Lisa P. Jackson Lisa Perez Jackson (born February 8, 1962) is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position. B ...

Activists

Joe Romm Joseph J. Romm (born June 27, 1960) is an American author, editor, physicist and climate expert, who advocates reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy techn ...

* Marc Ona *Father Marco Arana * Syeda Rizwana Hasan * Yuyun Ismawati *Zhao Zhong *

Nnimmo Bassey Nnimmo Bassey (born 11 June 1958) is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was executive director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades. H ...

Scientists and Innovators

Takashi Yabe is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.). Career Takashi Yabe graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973 and immediately became a research associate. After ...

* Residents of Vauban *Valerie Casey *

David Keith (scientist) David W. Keith is the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied physics, Applied Physics for Harvard University's Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and professo ...

Bindeshwar Pathak Bindeshwar Pathak is an Indian sociologist and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Sulabh International, an India-based social service organisation which works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources ...

* Olga Speranskaya *

Pen Hadow Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow (British, born 26 February 1962), is an Arctic region explorer, advocate, adventurer and guide. He is the only person to have trekked solo, and without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the ...

, Martin Hartley, and Ann Daniels *Nathan Lorenz and Tim Bauer

Moguls and Entrepreneurs

Sheri Liao Liao Xiaoyi (), or Sheri Liao, is a Chinese environmentalism, environmental activism, activist, journalism, journalist and film production, producer of documentary film, documentaries whose works are credited with advancing the Chinese environment ...

*Thomas Harttung *

Dorjee Sun Dorjee Sun (born 1977) is a social entrepreneur based in Singapore. His work for Carbon Conservation was the subject of the international feature documentary '' The Burning Season'' in 2008. He currently serves as director of Who Gives, Carbon A ...

*Asim Buksh *Kin Lui, Raymond Ho and

Casson Trenor Casson Trenor is an American environmentalist, author, entrepreneur, and media personality. He is the author of a number of books on environmentalism and sustainable seafood, in particular '' Umijoo'', a children's book, and ''Sustainable Sushi' ...

*Yumi Someya *Bill Weihl,

Google.org Google.org, founded in October 2005, is the charitable arm of Google, a multinational technology company. The organization has committed roughly US$100 million in investments and grants to nonprofits annually. The organization is noted for se ...

's green energy czar

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Leaders and Visionaries

Activists

Scientists and Innovators

Moguls and Entrepreneurs

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