Top 3 people who made a global difference to the environment in 2008

I would love to hear who are your top 3 people that made a real difference to raise environmental awareness globally in 2008.

Personally I think the following three people had the biggest impact on me.

Al Gore - continues to promote awareness about climate change. I really liked his challenge to America to produce all of its electricity from renewable sources within 10 years. What a target for America and actually all countries. I have just finished reading his booking titled "An Assault on Reason" and it highlighted to me again how it can be difficult to get a balanced view from mainstream media. http://www.algore.com/


Paul Coleman - Earthwalker – has now walked over 47,500 km through 39 nations, planting trees and encouraging people to preserve the natural environment, delivering the environmental message to all aspects of society, from the jungles of the Amazon to the highlands of Zimbabwe, and even into war zones. The simple action of walking and keeping focused on the goal despite the challenges of the physical and political environments he travels through amazes me. This year Paul and Konomi finished a walk from Hong Kong to Beijing (another 3140 km) and Louise and I had the pleasure of joining them for a mere 180 km (check out our adventures at http://asia-ecopreneur.blogspot.com)
http://www.earthwalker.com/

Jill Robinson – The founder of Animals Asia continues to promote and take action towards ending cruelty and restoring respect for animals in Asia. Her organisations work to reduce the cruelty to bears farmed for their bile (in Vietnam , China and Korea) and killing methods for cats and dogs in the misguided belief that "torture equals taste"! http://www.animalsasia.org/

I am looking forward to hearing of other amazing people making a real difference to improve our environment.

Grow well
Dr Merrin