Dealing with severe social and environmental crises is not possible without effective leadership. Sustainability leaders are those how support and inspire the world in tackling energy issues through greener alternative strategies and ways.
There are individuals, as well as businesses leading the way to varied types of movements to bring greener changes at the local and higher community levels. Let us have a look at some of these sustainability leaders who have become famous all across the world through their driving environmental efforts.
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk is influencing and changing the lives of many people for good. He is an entrepreneur involved in several initiatives, such as the development of Solar City and laying the foundation of Paypal. He is now leading Tesla, a company that has been ruling the world with its green electric vehicles. This man has inspired many through his planet saving activities and green initiatives.
Al Gore
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This former Vice President of U.S. is hugely concerned about climatic changes. He has been working wholeheartedly and practically into that direction. In fact, he has supported his efforts through a documentary called An Inconvenient Truth.
He is an environmental activist who has been training several other activists across the world about various climate issues. He is soon going to organize a large event called the Live Earth concert, through which he will make people aware of climatic changes happening across several continents.
Chai Jing
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She is a significant sustainability leader who is a Chinese environmental reporter. She has been raising the smog-related issues through her contributory videos and reports. Smog is a major problem in China. It results due to the excessive use of dangerous fossil fuels. Chai Jing has brought the related concerns to light so people can become more aware of it.
Wangari Maathai
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This recently passed leader remained a popular environmental activist for a long time. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement. Maathai used to work through her Kenya-based organization. She raised concerns over climatic changes and other ecological problems. Under the Green Belt Movement, her group has still been planting trees and improving climate issues in Kenya, UK, and US.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
This is a nonprofit organization that has been working toward spreading the idea of small being efficient. It intends to divert the focus from globalism to more dynamic small societies that are environment-conscious.
Several environmental concerns are on rise. Thus, many sustainability leaders have also been emerging who are playing the role of environmental activists and inspiring everyone across the globe.
