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Planet Savers - 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Planet Savers - 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Protecting the planet is everyone's work. But we all have our own
heroes in whatever area we are working. Planet Savers brings
together the varied stories of the hundreds of movers and shakers
that have spoken up throughout history and taken action to defend
the world from pollution, deforestation, species loss and climate
change. From Theodore Roosevelt to Al Gore; from Francis of Assisi
to David Attenborough - and from hundreds more men and women that
you will know little, if anything, about. Scientists, artists,
business people, priests, lawyers, poets, politicians, activists
and more, from every continent of the world. Their work has
enthused us about the natural world and warned us that we must do
much more to preserve it. The Indian woman who became the world's
first environmental martyr; the Baptist Reverend who asked "What
Would Jesus Drive?"; the Quaker big game hunter who set up the
first conservation organisation; the Shakespearian actor who
revolutionised organic gardening; and the housewife whose campaign
against toxic waste forced a President to act. The book is a
cornucopia of people who from time immemorial have put their
careers, reputations and lives on the line to protect our planet
from its governing inhabitants - the human race. Today, as
thousands of species of animals and plants are faced with
extinction, thousands of years of indigenous knowledge is lost in
the face of technological advance, and we become more and more
aware of the potential doomsday scenario of a warming world, we
need Planet Savers more than ever. Our inspiration can be the 301
environmental lives portrayed in this book. These people cared
enough to do something about it. Planet Savers is both a tribute
and a catalyst: a tribute to the people that loved the planet
enough to want to act to save it, and a catalyst for the people who
will be inspired to act after reading it. New Planet Savers are at
work right now in rainforests and megacities; in community centres
and boardrooms; at road protests and in courtrooms, all over the
world. If this book has one great aim it is to inspire you, the
reader, to join them. It is a book that every home should own.
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