David Helvarg.
President of Blue Frontier Campaign, he is the award-winning author
of Blue
Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness
and The
War Against the Greens .
He produced over 40 documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel,
and others. His articles have appeared in The New York Times,
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Wallace 'J' Nichols.
A Research Associate
at the California Academy of Sciences, he is spearheading The
Ocean Revolution. It is a program to inspire, involve and mentor
the next generation of ocean conservation leaders. His work has been featured
in National Geographic, Scientific American, Time, Newsweek, and elsewhere… More
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Rob Caughlan.
When he was President of the Surfrider Foundation, he won a $100
million Clean Water lawsuit against coastal polluters. Friends
of the River was born in his living room. People magazine,
covering his work for ocean protection, called him a "righteous
dude." In his career, he has worked at the White House and
in the EPA… More
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Dune Lankard.
A native Athabaskan Eyak of the Eagle Clan from the Copper River
Delta of Alaska, he was a commercial fisherman in Prince William
Sound until March, 1989 when the Exxon Valdez spilled more than
11 million gallons of oil into the Sound. From that day, he has
dedicated his life to protection of human rights and the environment…
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Pete McCloskey.
As a member of Congress, he was one of the lead authors of many
of today's major environmental laws. He was a Co-Chairman of the
first Earth Day in 1970, served six years as Congressional Delegate
to the International Whaling Conference, and was Congressional
Advisor to the Law of the Sea Treaty Delegation… More
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Alfredo Quarto.
Executive Director and cofounder of the Mangrove Action Project,
his work focuses on mangrove forest protection and aquaculture
sustainability. He consulted for the Biodiversity Exhibit at The
American Museum of Natural History, and he has written for Science,
Biodiversity Journal, and Earth Island Journal… More
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Ross Klein.
He is widely viewed as the most knowledgeable person in the world
concerning the environmental impacts of cruise ships. As the author
of Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Industry,
he describes an invisible underside of garbage and sewage dumping,
fuel and chemical spills, and related harmful practices…
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Michael Klubock.
Founder and Executive Director of the Malibu Foundation for Environmental
Education, he has presented its Adopt-A-Beach School Program to
nearly a half million students. Created to get kids in touch with
nature, the program has involved 50,000 in beach clean-ups. It
has been honored by NOAA and the City of Los Angeles… More
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Richard Roshon.
Described as the Jane Goodall of the sea, he was raised on a sailboat
in the Hawaiian Archipelago, has sailed throughout the Philippine
Islands, along the coast of Japan, and on numerous Trans-Pacific
sailboat races. Jean Michel Cousteau describes Roshon's experiences
as "something that many can only dream of"… More
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Kate Troll.
She was the first person to introduce coastal zone management
to 'Bush Alaska,' and she is currently Fishery Manager for North
and South America for the Marine Stewardship Council. As the author
of Eco-Nomics and Eagles, her presentations explain how
environmental protection and economic health can be mutually reinforcing...
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Wil Burns.
He specializes in biodiversity, including threats to whales and
marine species. He has edited two books on climate change and
whaling, and edits the Journal of International Wildlife Law
& Policy. He co-chairs the Wildlife Interest Group of
the American Society of International Law. Speaking topics include
threats to whales… More
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