In the latest issue of its quarterly magazine Your Environment, the UK Environment Agency has compiled a list of their top 100 eco-heroes. The list contains some predictable entries and some surprising ones. Charles Darwin (ranked 87), Henry David Thoreau (49), Petra Kelly (45) and Sir Peter Scott (21) will raise few eyebrows. Father Christmas (100), Joe Strummer (98) and G.K. Chesterton (52) may need a little thinking about.Good to see there's no room for recently deceased blokeish Aussie animal-botherer Steve Irwin. Disappointing that bearded bumbling climate change sceptic David Bellamy charts at number 18 (not "with a bullet", sadly).
Here in reverse order are, or is, the Top Ten:
(9) Al Gore
(8) William Morris
(7) HRH Prince of Wales
(6) Wangari Maathai
(5) James Lovelock
(4) Sir David Attenborough
(3) Jonathon Porritt
(2) E.F. Schumacher
And the winner is ....
(1) Rachel Carson
Make of that what you will.
For the latest issue of Your Environment, with details of the full list and how it was compiled, click here.
(1) Rachel Carson
Make of that what you will.
For the latest issue of Your Environment, with details of the full list and how it was compiled, click here.
posted by Pete Smith @ 11:26 am
6 comments
6 Comments:
Say wot. The Coffee House ain't in there. They takin the piss,.. innit.
Yes, well... My first thought was it was purely individuals rather than collectives. But on closer examination it seems "The Coffee House" editorial team has been passed over in favour of the people of Bougainville (55) and Tom and Barbara from 'The Good Life' (91). Ho hum.
I agree with you about William Morris!
We really want to know who you think is missing from the list. Email the editor (her email address is on page three of the mag) to make your nomination. We're going to do a follow-up piece in the new year.
David Cameron, Head of Publishing.
Just the one nomination? Tricky. Here's a few to choose from, in no particular order.
The Woodland Trust, conservation charity working for the UK's native woodland heritage
Brenda and Robert Vale, authors of "The Autonomous House"
Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, Permaculture pioneers
Barbara Ward, economist and author, early advocate of sustainable development before the term became fashionable
John Seymour, self-sufficiency guru
Pete Smith - no, sorry, I'm not nominating myself, that's my signature 8-)
I'm sure that somebody is missing from this list......Sadly from a member of a race that is often forgotten when it comes to issues such as this.
Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.
Chief Seattle. 1854
Philip Edwards,
Groeswen,
Cardiff
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