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Famous environmentalists. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the kings of ecology in Hollywood, in 1998 created a Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to promoteenvironmental causes.
The Foundation places particular emphasis on issues of global warming, sources of alternative and renewable energy and preservingbiodiversity.
DiCaprio is a board member of the organization Global Green USA, own a home solarpanels in California, has a block of apartments known as the "Riverhouse" built from recyclable materials and has its own water treatment and air filters.



John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Scotland and emigrated to Wisconsin as a young boy. His lifelong passion for hiking as a young man Began When He hiked to the Gulf of Mexico. Spent much of historical Muir adult life wandering in - andfighting to preserve - the wilderness of the western United States, Especially California. His tireless going efforts led to the creation of Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park and millions of other conservation areas. Was a Profound Influence Muir on Many leaders of His day, Including Theodore Roosevelt . In 1892, Muir and others founded the Sierra Club "to make the mountains glad."Rachel Carson (1907-1964) is Regarded by Many as the founder of the modern Environmental movement. Born in rural Pennsylvania, she Went on to study biology at Johns Hopkins University and Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. After working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carson published The Sea Around Us and other books. Her Most Famous work, however, WAS 1962's controversial SilentSpring, she Described in Which the pesticides That Were Devastating effect on the environment HAVING. THOUGH pilloried by chemical companies and others, Carson's observations Were Proven pesticides like DDT and correct Eventually Were banned.

Edward Abbey (1927-1989) WAS one of America 's most dedicated - and MOST outrageous - Environmentalists. Born in Pennsylvania, I is best Known For Hispassionate defense of the deserts of America's Southwest. After working for the National Park Service in what is now Arches National Park in Utah, Abbey wrote Desert Solitaire, one of the seminal works of the Environmental movement. His later book, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Gained notoriety as an inspiration for the radical Environmental Group Earth First!, Which Has Been Accused of eco-sabotage by some,Including Many mainstream Environmentalists.

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) is Considered By Some To Be The Godfather of wilderness conservation. After studying forestry at Yale University, I Worked for the U.S. Forest Service. THOUGH I WAS originally asked to kill bears, cougars and other predators on federal land Because of protests from local ranchers, I later more holistic approach to ADOPTED towilderness management. His best-known book, A Sand County Almanac, one of the MOST Remains eloquent pleas for the preservation of wilderness ever composed.

Julia "Butterfly" Hill (1974 -) is one of The Most Committed Environmentalists alive today. After Nearly dying in an auto accident in 1996, she dedicated her life to Environmental causes. Almost two years for Hill Lived in the branches of anancient redwood tree (Which she named Luna) in northern California to save it from Being cut down. Her tree-sit Became an international cause célèbre, and Hill Remains Involved in Environmental and social causes.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) WAS one of America's first philosopher-writer-Activists, and I is still one of the Most Influential. In 1845, Thoreau - disillusioned with much ofcontemporary life - set out to live alone in a small house built near the shore I of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. The two years I Spent living a life of utter simplicity I were the inspiration for Walden, or Life in the Woods A, a meditation on life and nature That Is Considered a must-read for all Environmentalists.Also Thoreau wrote an piece Called Influential Political Resistance to Civil Government...