Restoring Hope | Haiti | Jean Wiener is reviving his country’s drastically depleted marine life by restoring coral reefs, planting over a million mangrove trees and establishing the first Marine Protected Areas to combat deforestation and build coastal resilience.
One Woman Roadblock | Canada | A former tribal chief, Marilyn Baptiste led her native community in defeating proposed gold and copper mines that would have destroyed Fish Lake—a source of spiritual identity and livelihood for her people.
Mother of All Rivers | Honduras | Berta Cáceres rallied the indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest that successfully pressured the government and the world’s largest dam builder to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam.
Art For Change | Myanmar | Facing heavy government scrutiny, Myint Zaw, an accomplished photojournalist, launched a series of art exhibits that influenced the government to stop construction of the Myitsone Dam on the treasured Irrawaddy River.
Bloodline | Kenya | Phyllis Omido shut down a toxic industrial plant after learning that its lead emissions were contaminating the air, water, and soil, resulting in horrific illnesses and deaths in the nearby community
Narrated by Robert Redford, The New Environmentalists illustrates how ordinary people are effecting extraordinary change.
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