Environmental Justice – People Around the Globe
Freweyni Asress (?- )
Environmental and social justice activist Freweyni Asress of Gondar, Ethiopia runs the Instagram account @ZeroWasteHabesha, with which she documents her...
Vanessa Nakate (1996- )
Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist who led Uganda’s First Fridays for Future climate strikes and founded Youth for...
Calestous Juma (1953-2017)
Calestous Juma was a Kenyan scientist and university scholar who primarily focused on sustainable development. He served as a Professor...
Allan Glaisyer Minns (1858-1930)
Allan Glaisyer Minns, an early black physician and civic leader, was the first elected mayor of African-descent in Great Britain. Minns was born on...
Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata (1978- )
From June 2007 until August 2010 Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata served as one of the highest government officials in Colombia,...
Luis Gilberto Murillo (1967- )
Politician, mining engineer and expatriate intellectual Luis Gilberto Murillo grew in a poverty stricken village of Andagoya, Colombia, an area...
Jean-Léonard Touadi (1959- )
Born January 25, 1959 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Jean-Léonard Touadi, one of 10 children of a civil servant,...
Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)
Kenule, or Ken, Saro-Wiwa was an environmental activist, author, and television producer. He was born in Bori, a small town...
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011)
Wangari Maathai, the most prominent environmental activist in Africa, was the 2004 recipient of the Alfred Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari...
