Well, I've done a bit of looking, and there are some people here that you would never think that they would be on the list!
+Leonardo DiCaprio
-Ranked as one of Hollywood's greenest boy. From his global warming documentary "11th Hour" to his green NYC condo, he acts as a leader in the eco-celeb movement.
+Hayden Panettiere
-An animal and environmental activist, she recieved the "Compassion in Action" award for interfering with Japan's annual dolphin hunt. Save the Dolphins, save the World.
+Salma Hayek
-A member of the board for Global Green USA, she's an advocate for fighting global warming and providing clean water to billions.
+Sienna Miller
-An ambassador for the climate-change campaign, Global Cool. She has launched a carbon-neutral clothing line, and has raised awareness for global warming.
+The Millennium Seed Bank Project
-An international conservation project launched in the year 2000 by Dr. Peter Thompson and housed in the Wellcome Trust Millennium Building situated in West Sussex, England. Its purpose, to limit the chance of the extinction of wild plants by storing the world’s largest collection of seeds in large underground frozen vaults. In April 2007, it banked its billionth seed, and in October 2009, it reached its 10% goal of banking all the world’s wild plant species in its seed vault. Science at its best.
+City of Montreal's Transportation Plan
-for meeting the mobility needs of its residents while reducing the reliance on cars. With their massive investments in the development of alternatives to the car, like public transit, carpooling, car sharing and such active forms of transportation as walking and bicycling, the Transportation Plan is paving the way for a major change in travel habits and behaviour. Such as the first Bixi on the streets in May 2009 and the now 5,000 public bicycles in 400 stations across the city thus making Montreal the first North American city with a self-service bike network of this size.
+Human Powered Equipment
-electrical appliances which can be powered by human muscle power rather than conventional sources of electricity. A promising alternative to batteries most well known being the mechanically powered wind up flashlight and radio. Dishonourable mention: wireless objects like keyboards and the computer mouse.
+Car Sharing
-‘If you live in a city, you don’t need to own a car.’ Said in November 2000 by one who you would not expect, William Clay Ford Jr., Chair of the Ford Motor Company Ltd.
+"What's mine is yours": Collaborative Consumption
-This book charts the rise of a rapidly growing socio-economic paradigm shift and describes how technology is enabling the sharing and exchange of all kinds of assets from money to cars to skills to power tools in ways and on a scale never possible before. Hurray to the concept of the neighbourhood power drill.
+The Long Now Foundation
-was established in 01996 to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today’s accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. They intend to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.Match that to the average run of a political government at four measly years.
+Traditional Chinese Medicine
-TCM physicians and acupuncturists can treat complex and difficult diseases of the human body, acute medical emergencies and chronic conditions which often stump Allopathic medicine using acupuncture and moxabustion, tuina massage techniques, herbs, medicinal cookery, and Internal Martial Arts such as Qigong. The only caveat? The patient is required to do some if not most of the work in the healing process.
+The Girl Effect
-promotes the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and then the world. When girls have safe places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to training and job skills, they can thrive. And if they thrive, everyone around them thrives, too. Brilliant.
+Ted Talks
-Spreading ideas. “We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.” In fact, half of this top ten list comes from listening to a Ted Talk. Incredible resource of knowledge and cutting edge consciousness.
+The Transition Movement
-is a movement that embodies the need for both global and local solutions in moving off fossil fuel dependence and towards a sustainable economy. Transition is a grassroots movement, of concerned people coming together in their communities to promote sustainable practices in their cities, towns, and villages, while networking with like-minded Transition groups around the world.
+Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
-is comprehensive and rigorous. It requires a paradigm shift in thinking about how a product is designed, what it contains, how it is made, and where it goes after use.
As a guidance system for product designers and manufactuers, the program leads to the creation of innovative products that redefine quality and beauty.
-is a coalition of companies and trade associations from the energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy sectors, and also includes independent electric power producers, investor-owned utilities, public power, commercial end-users and project developers and service providers for environmental markets. Industry leaders from the energy efficiency, renewable energy andnatural gas sectors came together in 1992 to form a coalition dedicated to creating a more secure and sustainable energy future. Today, these sectors continue to work together to meet U.S. energy needs and revitalize the U.S. economy.
+The International Institute for Sustainable Development
-Since it was first articulated in the Brundtland Commission’s Our Common Future in 1987, sustainable development has never been superseded by a more compelling or universally-acceptable expression of humanity’s shared goals. At its simplest level, any form of development that is not sustainable contains the seeds of its own destruction. For development to be sustainable, it must not only generate wealth: it must also advance social justice, reduce and eventually eliminate poverty, and remain within the limits imposed by ecosystem and resource resilience. IISD has chosen to focus on topics that are ripe for transformation—where a shift in policy has the potential to snowball and, before too long, to change the nature of the game. It is only through a focus on game-changers that we will make up the sustainability deficit that has accumulated and move towards a better future.
-The WBCSD is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the global business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment.
Together with its members, the council applies its respected thought leadership and effective advocacy to generate constructive solutions and take shared action.
+Susan McPherson-Passionate connector who believes biz can be a force for good. SVP at Fenton. Angel Investor. Loves adventure, pups, the ocean & running. Host of #CSRChat
+Julie Urlab
-Sustainability & Social Media Consultant at Taiga Company; Social Media Wiz for Green Biz - Breathing life to social communications.
+Tony Schwartz
-President and CEO, The Energy Project. Author, Be Excellent at Anything. Passionate about transforming the way the world works. Craves depth.
+Alice KornGold
-CEO. Author: A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems…Where Governments Cannot. Blog @FastCompany #CSR #corpgov #ABetterWorldInc
+Neil Hawkins
-VP Sustainability & Environment, Health, & Safety (EH&S) for Dow. Champion for Sustainable Business, Collaboration, and Global Ecosystems. Opinions are mine.
+April Rinne
-Globetrotter. Chief Strategy Officer at Collaborative Lab: @collcons, sharing economy, Collaborative Cities. @YGLVoices. Love life, nature, sunshine, handstands.
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