Grist, an environmental news and commentary Web site that also highlighted “green” actors, musicians and chefs, among others, said the 15 names on the list and five runners-up are dedicated to “spreading the eco-gospel.”
Names on the list, released on July 24, include:
–Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world’s 250 million Orthodox Christians, who has been dubbed the “Green Patriarch” for his environmental activism, including a 2003 cruise to discuss overfishing.
–The Dalai Lama, who says it is “our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.”
