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Rachel Carson Award Honorees
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The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham
President, The Regeneration Project/Interfaith Power & Light
The Reverend Canon Sally Grover Bingham, an Episcopal priest and Canon for the Environment in the Diocese of California has been active in the environmental community for twenty-five years. She is also founder and president of The Regeneration Project, which is focused on its Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) campaign, a religious response to global warming. She has brought widespread recognition to the link between faith and the environment. The Rev. Bingham is a member of the Forum on Children and Nature, and serves on the national board of the Environmental Defense Fund. She was also named one of the top fifteen green religious leaders by Grist magazine and the Interfaith Power & Light campaign has received numerous awards. |
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L. Hunter Lovins
President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
As President of Natural Capitalism Solution, Hunter Lovins helps companies, communities and countries implement more sustainable business practices profitably. Hunter has worked in numerous countries, and was recently asked to participate at a conference at the United Nations on reframing the economy. Over her 30 years as a sustainability thought leader, Hunter has written hundreds of articles and 13 books. A founder of the field of Sustainable Management, Hunter has helped create several MBA programs and currently teaches Sustainable Business at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Washington State, the University of Denver and Bard College. Hunter has won dozens of awards, including the European Sustainability Pioneer award, the Right livelihood Prize (the alternative Nobel), Time Magazine has recognized her as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek called her the Green Business Icon. |
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Janette Sadik-Khan
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
Janette Sadik-Khan has served as the Commissioner of NYCDOT since 2007. Internationally recognized for her expertise in transportation issues, public policy development and innovative finance, Sadik-Khan has implemented an ambitious program to improve safety, mobility and sustainability throughout NYC. Sadik-Khan has initiated major rehabilitations of New York’s bridges and has worked to bring the city’s roads and sidewalks to a state of good repair. Sadik-Khan’s contributions to public service and the field of transportation have been recognized with awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Institute of Architects, the Municipal Arts Society, the National Resources Defense Council, and NYU Wagner’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management. |
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Maya Lin
Artist, Architect, and Environmentalist
Maya Lin has maintained a careful balance between art and architecture throughout her career, creating a remarkable body of work that includes large-scale site-specific installations, intimate studio artworks, architectural works and memorials. A committed environmentalist, Lin's work draws inspiration from the landscape, interpreting the world through a twenty-first century technological lens. Her work asks the viewer to reconsider nature and the environment at a time when it is crucial to do so. She is now working on her last memorial, "What is Missing?", a monument manifested as a webpage, video works, and multi-sited installations that raise awareness of the current global extinction crisis. |
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Sigourney Weaver
Actress and Environmental Activist
Acclaimed actress Sigourney Weaver is well-known, both on and off the screen, for her dedication to the conservation movement. A vocal advocate for the protection of mountain gorillas, Sigourney won an Academy Award nomination and was awarded a Golden Globe for her role as
primatologist Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist." In addition, she serves as Honorary Chairperson of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. Sigourney has also been a friend of the oceans, speaking out against deep sea trawling before the 2006 United Nations General Assembly and narrating NRDC's "Acid Test," an in-depth look at ocean acidification. Sigourney is recognized for giving voice to Discovery Channel's "Planet Earth" and for her lead role as Dr. Grace Augustine in James Cameron's poignant blockbuster, "Avatar." |
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Suzanne Lewis
Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park
On February 10, 2002, Suzanne Lewis began her duties as the superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. She manages more than 2.2 million acres, a staff of 400 and has an annual base budget of more than $36 million, the largest operating budget of any national park in the National Park Service. |
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Isabella Rossellini
Actress, Director, Writer & Environmental Activist
Ms. Rossellini is also a wildlife activist and dedicated trainer of
Labrador puppies for the blind. She has written three books: "Some of
Me," "Looking at Me," and "In the Name of the Father, the Daughter and
the Holy Spirits: Remembering Roberto Rossellini." Her most recent films
are "The Accidental Husband," "My Dog Tulip," and "Two Lovers." Between
movie and film making projects, she lectures at performing arts centers
throughout the United States and Canada. |
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Dr. Beth Stevens
Senior Vice President Environmental Affairs, Disney World Wide Services
Dr. Stevens is senior vice president of Environmental Affairs for The Walt Disney Company. Beth leads the environmental efforts for the company and is responsible for developing and facilitating the company's strategy, policy, and goals. |
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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Fernanda M. Kellogg, President
Fernanda Kellogg is president of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, established in 2000. She was appointed to this position in 2004. In her role, Ms. Kellogg oversees the Foundation's mission to provide grants to nonprofit organizations dedicated to the education and preservation of the arts and environmental conservation. |
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Dr. A. Sylvia Earle
National Geographic Explorer in Residence; Founder, Deep Search Foundation
Called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker and the New York Times, a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and Time Magazine's first "Hero for the Planet," Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, Explorer in Residence of the National Geographic Society, Leader of the Sustainable Seas Expeditions, Council Chair for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A & M, Corpus Christi, Founder and Chairman of Deep Search, and formerly the Chief Scientist of NOAA. |
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Sally Jewell
President and CEO, Recreational Equipment Inc.
Sally Jewell is president and CEO of Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), a national outdoor gear and apparel retailer dedicated to inspiring, educating and outfitting members and the community for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship. |
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Liz Putnam
Founding President, Student Conservation Association
Ms. Putnam is a pioneering force in the world of conservation. In the mid 1950s, while a student at Vassar College and in response to the threats facing America's national parks, Liz envisioned a contemporary conservation corps utilizing the strength and energy of students. |
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NBC Universal's "Green is Universal" Initiative
Elizabeth Colleton, Jane Evans and Susan Haspel
Green is Universal Launched in May 2007, Green is Universal is NBC Universal's ongoing green initiative dedicated to raising awareness, effecting positive change to the environment, and substantially greening its own operations. |
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Teresa Heinz Kerry
Philanthropist
Teresa Heinz Kerry, a pioneer in the field of venture philanthropy, is one of the nation's leading environmental advocates. Currently chairman of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, Mrs. Heinz established The Heinz Center in honor of her late husband, Senator John Heinz. |
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Bette Midler
Founder, New York Restoration Project
Celebrated entertainer Bette Midler founded the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) in 1995 in the belief that clean, green neighborhoods are fundamental to the quality of life, and that every community in New York City deserves an oasis of natural beauty. |
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Jean Clark, Norma Dana, Marguerite Purnell, Betsy Barlow Rogers and Phyllis Wagner
Central Park Conservancy
By 1980, Central Park was mired in a cycle of neglect due in part to inadequate funding, leading to disrepair and crime. This dynamic group helped restore Manhattan's crown jewel, and the first public park built in the U. S., to its former luster. |
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Frances Beinecke
President of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Frances Beinecke has led the organization in focusing efforts that include curbing global warming, moving America beyond oil, reviving the world's oceans, and saving endangered wild places. |
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Majora Carter
Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx
Born, raised, and continuing to live & work in the South Bronx, Majora Carter believes you shouldn't have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one, and that this has environmental and economic implications that span the globe. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to bring that philosophy to life. |
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Laurie David
Global Warming Activist/Producer/Author
Laurie David is one of our nation's most effective and prolific leaders in the fight against global warming. Her accomplishments include founding the Stop Global Warming Virtual March at www.stopglobalwarming.org, and producing the Academy Award winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, based on former Vice President Al Gore's research. |
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Deirdre Imus
Founder and President of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
Author of the Green This! series, Deirdre Imus is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer and serves on the boards of several children's health organizations. |
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Kathleen Bader
Former President and CEO of NatureWorks LLC
Kathleen Bader was identified as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in International Business by Fortune Magazine in October 2001, and profiled by Forbes for her work in corn-based polymers in 2005. |
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Margie Ruddick
Environmental Designer, Founder of Margie Ruddick Landscape
Through nearly 20 years of practice, authorship and teaching, Margie Ruddick has pioneered an approach to landscape design blending aesthetic expression with ecological purpose in the U.S. as well as internationally. |
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Kay Kelley Arnold
Vice President of Public Affairs, Entergy Corporation
As a law student, Kay Arnold worked for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, later becoming a member of his cabinet as the Director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Today she manages the Entergy Foundation and giving programs, political action committees and grassroots programs, low-income programs and other community programs. |
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Bernadette Castro
Former Commissioner, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Bernadette Castro was appointed head of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and State Historic Preservation Officer, in 1995 by Governor Pataki. Commissioner Castro has initiated numerous public/private partnerships that have preserved and enhanced the State park system, and generated millions of dollars to fund capital projects. |
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Dr. Mae Jemison
Founder, BioSentient Corporation
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is founder of BioSentient Corporation, a medical technology devices and services company focused on improving health and human performance through physiologic awareness and self-regulation. She is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine; an inductee of National Women's Hall of Fame, National Medical Association Hall of Fame and Texas Science Hall of Fame; and winner of the Kilby Science Award. |
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Margaret Wittenberg
Whole Foods Market Vice President of Global Communications and Quality Standards
An internationally recognized expert on sustainable agriculture with 30 years of experience in the natural and organic foods industry, Margaret Wittenberg joined Whole Foods Market in 1981. She focuses on quality standards, food safety, governmental issues, and food and nutrition education. Wittenberg has worked closely with key organizations including the USDA, the EPA, Organic Trade Association, and the Marine Stewardship Council. |
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Jayni Chase
Environmental Activist and Philanthropist
Acting on the belief that positive environmental change must begin with the education of our children, Jayni Chase founded the Center for Environmental Education in 1988. Originally in the Pacific Palisades, in 1996 The Center followed the Chase family's Eastward migration. It now operates at Unity College, Unity, Maine. Jayni created The Center in order to provide K-12 teachers and students with the resources and materials necessary to build environmental education programs and lessons in their schools. |
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Lynn Chase
Wildlife Artist, Philanthropist
Lifelong conservationist Lynn Chase, has been inspiring people with her depictions of wildlife in art, dinnerware and giftware for more than 30 years.Lynn is pivotally involved in many conservation interests worldwide and was honored with Audubon's Rachel Carson Award in 2004. |
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Maria Rodale
Chairman, Rodale Publishing
Maria Rodale is the Chairman of the Board of Rodale Inc., the world's leading publisher of information on healthy, active lifestyles. Since joining the board in 1991, she has helped build an international multimedia company from the small publishing business that her late grandfather J. I. Rodale founded in 1930. |
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Peggy Shepard
Executive Director, West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
Peggy Shepard is executive director and co-founder of West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT). WE ACT, New York's first environmental justice organization was created in 1988 to improve environmental health and quality of life in communities of color. |
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Alice Waters
Chef, Author, Restaurateur
Alice Waters opened her landmark Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971. She is an internationally-known chef, author, and restaurateur whose steadfast vision pioneered a culinary philosophy based on using only the freshest local ingredients, picked in season. She also created the Chez Panisse Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to establish a public school curriculum and school lunch program where growing, cooking and sharing food at the table gives students the knowledge and values to build a humane and sustainable future. |
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