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  • Heroes of Sustainability: Sarah Susanka

    In a country that values McMansions, architect Sarah Susanka has a different idea: build better, not bigger. The England native moved to the U.S. in the early '70s and has...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Vandana Shiva

    For Vandana Shiva, it all started with tree-hugging -- literally. It was the 1970s, and the Chipko movement, in which women in the Himalayas stood around trees to keep them...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Karl-Henrik Robèrt

    Most people can't claim that an idea they had has earned a royal seal of approval, but then again, Karl-Henrik Robèrt isn't like most people. A pre-eminent Swedish cancer scientist,...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Thom Hartmann

    No one could accuse Thom Hartmann of not pursuing his interests. Probably best known as a radio talk show host, Hartmann has also co-founded an herbal products company, started international...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Rachel Carson

    There is perhaps no book that's made a greater impact on the environmental movement than Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Published in 1962, the groundbreaking work brought to the forefront of...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Edward Abbey

    Many environmentalists have sterling reputations: They've used peaceful tactics to preserve nature, written beautiful prose to celebrate it, and inspired others to defend it. Edward Abbey is not one of...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Wendell Berry

    "Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, then we have to choose: we can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it the best...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Michael Braungart

    "Think about this -- today the indoors air quality in most buildings is very poor, yet the insulation techniques keep improving, so by not looking at the big picture we're...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: Janine Benyus

    When working to create a new process or product, Janine Benyus recommends asking one simple question: What would nature do? The biologist and science writer coined the term biomimicry(from bios,...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: E.F. Schumacher

    One of the hundred most influential books published since World War II, according to The Times Literary Supplement, E.F. Schumacher's internationally known Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As...

  • Heroes of Sustainability: William McDonough

    "I can't imagine something being beautiful at this point in history if it's destroying the planet or causing children to get sick. How can anything be beautiful if it's not...