The activism of Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter and Nature of Things host, David Suzuki, helped open the door to ecological activism that has reached a new and critical stage. Today, with widespread understanding of the threat to the planet's natural systems, these groundbreakers are joined by a new breed of environmentalist. Like Hunter and Suzuki, these GreenHeroes are unafraid to roll up their sleeves and step on some toes to get the job done. Among a rich and diverse collection of stories are heroes with mainstream appeal from the world of business, sports, and entertainment including Nascar racer, Leilani Munter, National Hockey league defenceman, Andrew Ference, and Tragically Hip frontman, Gord Downie.
GreenHeroes is about everyday people too. Those original thinkers looked inside their world and found innovative ways to make a difference. People like One Million Acts of Green's Willa Black and Nobel Prize winner, Wangari Maathai, began international movements based on a single idea.
The GreenHeroes Campaign is dedicated to the journalistic spirit of Hunter and Suzuki who realized the importance of storytelling as a way forward. GreenHeroes is first and foremost about great stories told by great storytellers. This volume is a compilation of the stories from the first season of GreenHeroes, featuring webisodes and content for the TVO television series, written and produced by Joan Prowse and John Bessai.

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