Biographies
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Rob Stewart - Director & Producer
Rob Stewart is an award-winning biologist, photographer, conservationist and filmmaker. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Stewart began photographing underwater when he was 13. By the age of 18 he…
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Dr. Andrew Weaver - Climate Scientist, Author
Dr. Andrew Weaver is a climate scientist and the Lansdowne professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, Canada. Weaver was a member of…
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Dr. Boris Worm - Marine Research Ecologist, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University
Dr. Boris Worm is a Marine Research Ecologist and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. He has made leading scientific contributions to the fields of marine ecology and fisheries conservation….
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Dr. John ‘Charlie’ Veron - Coral Specialist
Dr. Charlie Veron is a prominent marine scientist known as the ‘Godfather of Coral,’ having discovered 20 percent of all coral species in the world. He has worked in all…
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David Hannan - Cinematographer
David Hannan is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer based in Queensland, Australia. Hannan built and owns one of the largest independent marine footage libraries in the world, amassing hundreds of hours…
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Emily Hunter - Activist/ Eco-Journalist
Emily Hunter is the daughter of Greenpeace’s founding president Robert Hunter. As a second-generation activist, she has campaigned on global environmental issues, while attempting to ignite youth in a new…
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Felix Finkbeiner - Activist
Felix Finkbeiner (15) was inspired by Wangari Maathai when, while in the 4th grade, he developed the idea that children could plant a million trees in every country. Children from…
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Jessy Tolkan - Climate Mobilizer
Jessy Tolkan is the former Executive Director for the Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50 leading youth organizations throughout the US and Canada rallying for a clean energy future….
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Dr. Katharina Fabricius - Marine Ecologist
Dr. Katharina Fabricius is Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Her main research focus is in the effects of ocean acidification and terrestrial runoff on coral…
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Lester R Brown - Environmentalist
Lester Brown is the founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, an independent non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to providing a plan to save civilization. Described as ‘one of…
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Melina Laboucan-Massimo - Energy Campaigner
Melina Laboucan-Massimo is a member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation and a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada. Facing firsthand the impacts of the Alberta tar sands to…
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Nnimmo Bassey - Environmental Activist
Nnimmo Bassey is the Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria and the Chair of Friends of the Earth International. Bassey first became an activist after oil conflicts with…
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Peter Knights - Senior Investigator
Peter Knights is the Executive Director and a Senior Investigator for WildAid, an international organization whose mission is to end wildlife smuggling. Knights allies with celebrities, including Leonardo Dicaprio and…
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Ronald Jean Jumeau - UN Ambassador
Ronald Jumeau is the roving Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues for Seychelles, a tropical island nation spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian…
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Tony Clarke - Activist
Tony Clarke is the founder and director of the Polaris Institute, which works with citizen groups in developing new tools and strategies for bringing about democratic social change in an…
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