Janisse Ray
Janisse Ray, an environmental activist and poet, is the award-winning author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, a highly praised book that combines elements of ecology and autobiography into a multifaceted work.
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Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an award-winning actor, a political activist, and a former fitness guru.
Jane Yarn
Jane Hurt Yarn was a conservationist and environmentalist who single-handedly helped save thousands of acres of wild land in Georgia (US state) and around the nation.
Eleanor Torrey West
In 1978 the US state of Georgia acquired Ossabaw Island through the efforts of Eleanor Torrey West, and it became the state’s first heritage preserve, for scientific and cultural research and environmental preservation.
Betty Komarek
A trained educator, botanist, and manager of prescribed burns and co-founder of Birdsong Nature Center, a model of biodiversity and environmental stewardship in the red hills of southwest Georgia.
Joan Burton Bradley
With a keen interest in observing the natural environment, she and her sister studied the habits of the Superb Fairy-wren and their notes were published in Emu in 1958. Eileen and Joan were instrumental in the development of bush regeneration, particularly in removing weeds and promoting natural regeneration.
Eileen Burton Bradley
With a keen interest in observing the natural environment, she and her sister studied the habits of the Superb Fairy-wren and their notes were published in Emu in 1958. Eileen and Joan were instrumental in the development of bush regeneration, particularly in removing weeds and promoting natural regeneration.
Dr Jennifer Gardner
Jennifer Gardner was Curator of the Waite Arboretum at the University of Adelaide from 1986 to 2017. During this time she increased its collection of trees to over 2,200 species, improved public access, and established the Friends of the Waite Arboretum in 1994.
Dr Nancy Millis
Professor Nancy Millis made significant contributions to agriculture, protection of the environment, science, medicine and engineering.
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
In 1883, Harriet Williams Russell Strong—a graduate of Miss Mary Atkin’s Young Ladies Seminary, mother of four, and recent widow—became the sole owner of a California ranch on the brink of financial ruin. Her will to learn saved her ranch and led to several patents. Later, her advocacy to Congress would forever change how water is managed in the western United States.