Environmentalist

Type in the content of your page here. Click hereto go to my word document of my researched people. · Born in 1932 and died in 1998 · Known for his multiple books that talked about immigration, population growth, natural resources, and the economy. · His most famous book “The Ultimate Resources” written in 1981 criticizes the conventional wisdom on population growth, and resource consumption and how scarcity is a problem. · Simon believed that our population growth is a bad thing because it will drain our natural resources and we will risk overconsumption and waste (affluenza). · He believed that human activity will cause pollution, climate change, global warming and a depletion of resources and biodiversity, and will also cause health problems. · Simon contested against the Global 2000, which predicted various ideas such as "There is no compelling reason to believe that world oil prices will rise in the coming decades. In fact, prices may well fall below current levels". ·  Influenced many people, and even came up with the idea that airlines should provide rewards for travelers to give up their seats on overbooked flights rather than randomly kicking people off.
 * Julian Simon **

"There is no reason to believe that at any given moment in the future the available quantity of any natural resource or service at present prices will be much smaller than it is now, or non-existent." · Born in 1878 and died in 1968 · Known for his movies and over 90 books he wrote, and the most famous of all “The Jungle.” · The Jungle was written in 1906 and brought public uproar about the food and packing industry and how it dealt with the unsafe work conditions, inhumane actions, and the low wages the workers were paid o This was a contribution to the Pure food and Drug Act in 1906 and also started the Meat Inspection Act in 1906. · Ran for governor of California and started the “End poverty in California” (EPIC) but failed. · He wanted to show and convince the people that the capitalist and upper class people should not be in control and that everyone has a say in their country. · Sinclair inspired novelists that they could indeed change the law. Also inspired people to research and grow into journalism, just like he had done. ·  He also caused lots of controversy throughout the world from his books that changed people’s views, created laws, and educated people about the world’s harms.
 * Upton Sinclair **

**Ken Saro-Wiwa** · Born 1941 and died 1995 · A Nigerian man known for his strong support for the federal side during the Nigerian Civil War, over the countries oil. · Wanted to defend the human rights for the workers, and also the environment. · Lots of oil was extracted by multiple companies (such as shell shell) at a high rate by low paid workers. · With uncontrolled oil spills from multiple sites, lots of the environment was killed off. o Almost all fish and wildlife had vanished. · Ken Saro- Wiwa became the president of Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) and led a nonviolent march for a share in oil revenues, and also to get shell to pay for their damages to the environment due to oil spills, ·  Became a very popular figure in Africa for saving many lives and for being an environment activist, and won Goldman Environmental Prize.

"Lord take my soul but the struggle continues."