Ray Anderson is the most successful visionary "green business" leader in America, founder and chairman of the environmentally groundbreaking company, Interface Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet and a leading producer of com...

Jeannette Armstrong, a member of the Okanagan Syilx Nation, is a Canadian author and artist and executive director of the En'owkin Centre (the culture, language and arts education institution of the Okanagan Nation) as well as an assistant profes...

Janine Benyus is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Her company, the Biomimicry Guild, helps clients such as HOK Architects, Interface, Herman-Miller, Kohler, and Seventh ...

José Roberto (Beto) Borges is the director of the Communities and Markets Program at Forest Trends and on the board of Global Greengrants Fund. Born and raised in Brazil, with academic backgrounds in industrial chemistry, conservation and resource s...

Ellen Bravo, a feminist activist and author who is a leading spokeswoman on working women's issues, was formerly director of 9to5-National Association of Working Women, and is currently a professor of Women's Studies at the University of Wisc...

Adrienne Maree Brown is the executive director of the Ruckus Society. Ruckus trains and supports the social justice movement nationally in nonviolent direct action and strategy. Adrienne sits on the boards/advisory committees of several organizations...

Bruce Cahan, an Ashoka Fellow and finance lawyer, is creating an ethical and transparent bank at which conscious consumers, responsible businesses and nonprofits will receive better interest rates and lower fees by sticking to self-made plans for res...

Gillian Caldwell is the campaign director for 1Sky, a new national campaign to build a diverse nationwide movement to convince our government to take bold action to tackle the climate crisis and initiate the shift to a renewable energy economy by 201...

Dave Davis is the CEO/executive director and board member of the Community Environmental Council (CEC). The CEC is a 38-year-old environmental non-profit focused on peak oil and climate change issues, energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainab...

Martha Delgado, the Minister of the Environment of Mexico City, is a prominent environmental leader in Mexican politics. Her leadership is the result of twenty years of work in organizations dedicated to promoting sustainable development and civic re...