The Firekeepers

Ms. Goodall became interested in the jungles of Africa when she read the book Tarzan. This story inspired her to travel to Africa to work under anthropologist Louis Leakey. Leakey asked her to study chimpanzees which led to her lifelong passion to protect them and ultimately she went on to champion many environmental causes worldwide.

Ms. Morton shares her life story and how her interest in the environment as a child was turned into a lifelong passion when she saw Jane Goodall on the cover of the National Geographic magazine. Her journey started with an interest in studying dolphins, then killer whales, and ultimately wild pacific salmon.

Mr. Angelo as a young man was an avid white water rafter. But a trip on the Blackfoot River in Montana ended at the Milltown Dam where mining waste had turned the river into a toxic soup. He decided to study rivers and ecosystems at the University of Montana. He then landed a job at the new British Columbia Institute of Technology in British Columbia. As an instructor he continued to advocate for the protection of rivers and streams and formed BC River’s Day. This led to him founding World River’s Day.

Ms. Ross discovered a passion for cycling as a young child. After studying under Jim Green at the University of British Columbia she realized that she was in search of community. She found her community within the world of cycling and turned both passions into a grass roots movement in Vancouver.

Ms. Massie is the granddaughter of civil rights activist Molly Todd. Massie learned from two generations of family before her to stand up for issues that were important to the community. After living in other parts of the world, she found herself back in Vancouver, where her parents once lived, and became interested in protecting the forests.

As a journalist working for City TV, Patricia Sims ended up working with Robert Hunter a founder of Greenpeace and they specialized in environmental reporting. This led to a film career that specialized in films about large brain mammals and a focus on elephants. She realized that elephant populations were endangered around the world and started World Elephant Day.

Mr. Hardy didn’t do well in school or in the cold winters in Toronto Ontario. So he moved to Bali, Indonesia. He started up a jewelry business that became a worldwide brand. But after watching the film, An Inconvenient Truth, he realized his business was contributing a lot to the worldwide climate crisis and rededicated his life to educating children about the environment. He founded Green School which is now expanding around the world.