TIME Magazine Names Heroes of the Environment
September 25th, 2008 by Jennifer Pinto
TIME has just named their “2008 Heroes of the Environment,” which profiles 32 environmentalists. The group includes: world leaders, moguls, entrepreneurs, scientists, and activists.
Mentioned in the article are: Van Jones, co-founder and President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in California, who also founded Green For All, a national organization dedicated to building a robust green economy aimed to lift people out of poverty; and Alice Waters, a chef and champion for promoting locally-grown and fresh ingredients. Waters started The Edible Schoolyard project at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, CA, which provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. The program has shown results not just in environmental awareness, but in tackling obesity.
In reference to the leaders profiled:
“They cannot solve climate change alone or save endangered species single-handedly. But by their example, by their willingness to dedicate themselves to what too many still dismiss as a hopeless cause, these heroes of the environment provide light in the darkness. They are living proof that despair is not the only option, that hope remains a choice. They remind us that in the face of human creativity and will, no challenge is too great, and no battle is unwinnable — if only we’ll fight.”