I have many heroes, including David Suzuki, Angela Bischoff, Briony Penn, Jane Goodall, Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, Roger Tory Peterson, Rigoberta Menchu, Wade Davis, Dennis Kucinich, Henry Morgentaler, Leonard Peltier, Farley Mowat, Stephen Lewis, Aung San Suu Kyi, Carolyn Herriot, Daniel Barenboim, Monia Mazigh, Wangari Matthai, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Maude Barlow, Guy Dauncey, Elizabeth May, Ralph Nader, Malalai Joya, Zoe Blunt, and George Monbiot.
Today my special hero is ALEXANDRA MORTON, who has worked ceaselessly for years in defense of the ocean. Look what she is doing: