From planting trees to making eco-friendly clothing lines to taking part in climate marches, every action makes a difference to our planet.
We have compiled a list of celebrities, activists, scientists, politicians, and more — making a difference all over the world. All driven by a single purpose: use eco-friendly methods and products to protect our planet.
Shiva has worked to promote biodiversity in agriculture to increase productivity, nutrition, farmer’s incomes and it is for this work she was recognized as an ‘Environmental Hero’ by Time magazine in 2003.
Follow Vandana Shiva:
Twitter @drvandanashiva
Lizzie is the founder of @plastic_patrol. She is a dedicated climate change activist and optimist for the battle against fighting plastic pollution. She is a paddle boarder and takes classes of young people around the UK’s waterways while also spotting and collecting waste plastics from rivers.
Follow Lizzie Carr:
Twitter @lizzie_outside
Monika Poppy is the editor in chief of Sustainability is Cool, a blog written to encourage people to live more sustainably and ethically. She posts advice and product suggestions focusing on ethical fashion trends and decor such as sustainable cups, ethical lamps, vegan snacks and ethical make-up.
Follow Monika Poppy:
Twitter @sustainabilityiscool
Josephine is a vegan, environmentalist and zero waste blogger living in Scotland. She posts about environmental and political news and shares ways to reduce your carbon footprint, zero-plastic brands and uses her Stories to share her favorite sustainable products.
Follow Jo:
Twitter @treesnpeace
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a Ugandan climate and environmental rights activist who founded Uganda’s Fridays for Future movement. She also advocates for greater gender equality and racial diversity in the climate change movement.
Follow Hilda Flavia Nakabuye:
Twitter @NakabuyeHildaF
Portia Adu-Mensah is the Founder of Dream Hunt (DH) a Non-Governmental Organization in Ghana and the National Coordinator of 350 GROC (Ghana Reducing Our Carbon). Her love for the environment and urge to fight against climate change in Ghana has inspired and motivated her to lead, join and support environmental campaigns and events that promote environmental sustainability and climate justice.
For 17-year-old Xiye, activism runs in the family as her parents started their relationship at a climate change conference in 1992. Citing Greta as her inspiration, she is now one of the lead organisers of the Fridays for Future Youth Climate Strikes in New York City.
Follow Xiye Bastida:
Instagram @xiyebeara
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is the Youth Director of Earth Guardians, a collective of artists and activists who want to unite in the face of the climate crisis. Having just turned 18, Xiuhtezcatl is an indigenous climate activist and hip-hop artist, and began speaking around the world at the age of 6.
Follow Xiuhtezcatl Martinez:
Instagram @xiuhtezcatl
Woody Harrelson eats, sleeps, and breathes “green.” He also co-founded the paper company “Prairie Paper” which specializes in producing paper made from 80 per cent wheat straw fiber with 20 per cent Forest Stewardship Council certified wood fiber.
Follow Woody Harrelson:
Twitter @WoodyHarrelson
In 2011, Emma Watson collaborated with designer Alberta Ferretti to create an eco-friendly clothing line, Pure Threads. The clothes were made from raw, sustainable materials from Italy. In the future she hopes to create an all natural makeup line.
Follow Emma Watson:
Twitter @EmmaWatson
