The Gallery of Heroes

Julia Hill is an environmental activist and motivational speaker whose call to adventure came with a car crash.

Ndambuki founded the “Help Kenya Project,” an organization committed to teaching Kenyan children about technology, as well as fostering civic responsibility.

A life-long politician, Al Gore transformed himself into a leading environmentalist, focused on educating the world on climate change.

Van Jones is recognized around around the world as a human rights activist and pioneer of environmentalism.

Petra, a native of Germany who moved to the United States during her childhood, was one of the world’s leading environmental activists in the last 30 years.

Mikhail Gorbachev transformed Soviet Russia with his efforts in reconstruction and opening up to the outside world. He championed free speech, relationships with the West, and the environment.

Rachel Carson began the environmental movement with her book, “Silent Spring”, that highlighted the damage DDT had on the environment.

David Suzuki, now a world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, spent his youth living with his family in the back of their dry cleaning business in Marpole, Canada.