Oral Presentation:
You will present briefly in class (a one to two-minute synopsis of) your key environmental figure. The key is to show energy, enthusiasm, passion, vocal variety, dynamism, etc. when speaking with us. Cover some key aspects of the individual, what they achieved, was it worthwhile in short- and/or long-term. Highlight what you enjoyed the most and keep it succinct.
Choose ONE Author with the Topic about the following list:
– Aldo Leopold: An ethical environmentalist
– Mardy (Margaret) Murie: The grandmother of American conservation
– Rachel Carson: Mother of the modern environmental movement
– Olaus Murie: Father of the last frontier
– Howard Zahniser: A legendary leader
– Rosalie Edge: The “indomitable hellcat”
– Harvey Broome: “Save Our Smokies”
– Celia Hunter: Keeping “a fire in your belly”
– Benton MacKaye: Father of the Appalachian Trail
– Sigurd F. Olson: The Bourgeois
– Robert Sterling Yard: Penning the national parks
– Edward Abbey, Author and Monkey-Wrencher
– Jamie Margolin, Climate Justice Activist
– George Washington Carver, Scientist
– Winona LaDuke, Native American Land Rights Activist
– Theodore Roosevelt, Politician and Conservationist
– Chico Mendes, Conservationist and Activist
– Penny Whetton, Climatologist
– Gifford Pinchot, Forester and Conservationist
– Wangari Maathai, Political Activist and Environmentalist
– Gaylord Nelson, Politician and Environmentalist-
– Hilda Lucia Solis, American Politician
– David Brower, Environmental Activist
– Florence A. Merriam Bailey, ornithologist and nature writer
– Caroline Dormon, public relations representative in Louisiana forestry department
– Annie Montague Alexander, philanthropist, paleontology
– Anna Botsford Comstock, nature field trips in schools, outdoor education, artist
– Ynes Mexia, social worker interested in botany
– Celia Hunter, pilot, Alaska Conservation Society
– Hallie Daggett, fire lookout U.S. Forest Service
– Marlin Perkins, zoologist, tv host
– Li Quan, rewilding of captive tigers
– Paula Kahumbu, Kenyan wildlife conservationist, Wildlife Direct CEO
– Dian Fossey, created Karisoke Research Center, Rwandan anti-poacher
– Birute Galdikas, Canadan anthropologist, orangutan conservation
– Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, founder of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
– David Suzuki, Canadian geneticist, biologist, broadcaster, tv host
– William Hornaday, buffalo hunter turned conservationist
– Leela Hazzah, Egyptian conservation biologist, Lion Guardians
– Dr. Warren Washington, meteorology and climate pioneer
– Angelou Ezeilo, author, set up Greening Youth Foundation
– David Orr, Oberlin College Professor, author, preservationist
– Hans Cosmas Ngoteya, Tanzanian conservationist
– Dr. James Hansen, environmental scientist, physicist
– Paul Hawken, American entrepreneur, author, environmentalist, activist
– Lennox Yearwood Jr., “Hip Hop Rev,” minister and nature activist
– Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist, evangelical Christian