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Dear Friends, Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for…

Dear Friends, Satish Kumar (born 9 August 1936) has been a Jain monk, nuclear disarmament advocate, pacifist, and is the current editor of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Now living in England, Kumar is the founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international center for ecological studies. He insists that reverence for nature should…

Dear Friends, Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer…

Dear Friends, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in Tibet. At the age of two, the child was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama. In 1959,…

Dear Friends, Jacques-Yves Cousteau (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a multifaceted personality - French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française. Cousteau…

Dear Friends, Sri Aurobindo (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) a philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution. His main literary…

Dear Friends, Gunter Pauli is a Belgian, an entrepreneur and author of The Blue Economy. The book was originally a report to the Club of Rome. He wrote it with the twin aims of stimulating entrepreneurship while establishing higher standards for sustainability. The book includes principles that support the blue economy concept and also one…

Dear Friends, Edward Goldsmith (8 November 1928 – 21 August 2009), widely known as Teddy Goldsmith, was an Anglo-French environmentalist, writer and philosopher. Edward Goldsmith was the founding editor and publisher of The Ecologist Known for his outspoken views opposing industrial society and economic development, he expressed a strong sympathy for the ways and values…

Dear Friends, George Washington Carver was an American botanist and inventor. He became well-known to the public due to his active promotion of alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers…