50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

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Dubbed the "new Swampy", he has been arrested more than 20 times and helped set up Plane Stupid, a direct action group which in its short-haul life has infuriated airline companies and airports, disrupted the transport select committee and shut down easyJet's London offices. She has worked as a farmer since the age of seven, never went to school and has never heard the words "wheat" or "turnip". New nuclear plants are so costly that spending the same on micropower can save two to 10 times more CO2, and sooner. Maathai has succeeded in putting deforestation high on the agenda in developing countries, just as Al Gore made people in rich countries aware of climate change. The Lumley Library seats up to 80 guests, and the venue handles all the catering in-house across multiple menus that champion British produce.

Kanishka’s large, stylish restaurant is an easy choice if you’re looking to impress some dinner guests - the turquoise colour palette and contemporary design is suitably glamorous for a special occasion. The final list includes an Indian peasant farmer, the world's leading geneticist, German and Chinese politicians, a novelist, a film director, a civil engineer, a seed collector and a scientist who has persuaded an African president to make a tenth of his country a national park. She was in the US accepting an award when a businessman told her that his company was planning to plant a million trees. BAA tried to stop Garman and others organising the climate change camp at Heathrow last summer, but the camp went ahead and Garman demonstrated elsewhere.Some were optimistic that a start had been made; some said that the earth's ecological situation was in a far more perilous state than had been thought. Appointed Iran's first woman vice-president by President Khatami in 1997, Massoumeh Ebtekar, 47, later became an inspired environment minister. It's oppressive, horrifying and poetic, and is widely seen as both a parable and the logical extension of the earth's physical degeneration.

Our panel included scientists - former World Bank chief scientist and now the British government's scientific adviser on climate change, Bob Watson, Indian physicist and ecologist Vandana Shiva, Kenyan biologist and Nobel prize-winner Wangari Maathai; activists - Guardian columnist George Monbiot and head of Greenpeace International Gerd Leipold; politicians - Green party co-leader and MEP Caroline Lucas, and London mayor Ken Livingstone; sustainable development commissioner for the UK government Jonathon Porritt and novelist Philip Pullman. During the filming of The Beach, the bestselling novel about backpackers seeking a shangri-la off the Thai coast, the production team was accused of damaging a pristine beach in a national marine park - in an attempt to make it look even more "perfect" for the cameras, some palm trees were temporarily planted and sand dunes moved. There is no agreement on what emission cuts need to be made by when or by whom, and the US is still deeply reluctant to do anything. An iconic restaurant at Royal Festival Hall, Skylon’s stunning views and soaring art deco ceilings have made it a popular private dining destination for decades.But Petrini, an Italian leftie of the old school, has a far more serious purpose than saving the pilchard or Parma ham.

There is now barely a president or prime minister in Europe, Asia or Africa who has not invited Maathai to endorse their plans or tried to sign her up as a goodwill ambassador to show off their newfound enthusiasm for the environment. She made a name for herself in 1979 as the 19-year-old revolutionary student who became chief interpreter in the 444-day US embassy siege in Tehran. He talks of hundreds of thousands of biological refineries spread across nations, each churning out green replacements for fossil fuels. Even so, Pan's warnings that the economic miracle will end soon because the environment can no longer keep pace have goaded China's leadership into action.NGO World Vision said the current floods have destroyed homes, schools and roads, leaving children without basic needs such as shelter, food and drinking water. Potentially, it's an ecological and social disaster: more than 20 million people, not least the Pygmies, depend on the forest for their living.

Today, Devi has farmers queueing up for seeds at her project's base, a 40-acre farm in the foothills of the Himalayas in Dehradun. But it was his Earth Day interview with President Clinton on ABC News that caused the biggest ripples: ABC journalists were said to be furious that a young, heart-throb actor had been allowed to do such an important interview. He hopes to announce its creation next year, a step forward that will place him firmly back in the spotlight. More than a third of all journeys are made by bike, and there are fewer than 200 parking places for cars in the centre compar ed with 5,000 for bikes. The author of three influential books, he came up with the phrase "zero waste" - the idea that people can mimic biology and produce, consume and recycle everything without throwing anything away.He may have put climate change on the rich countries' agenda, but some felt his solution of trading emissions is not enough and no more than what all major businesses and western governments are now saying. He is also backing a company in Cardiff that produces solar cells that do not need direct sunlight to generate electricity.