2nd Americas Latino Eco Festival

Tom Butler is the editorial projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology and president of the Northeast Wilderness Trust. A conservation activist and writer, his books include Wild Earth: Wild Ideas for a World Out of Balance and Wildlands Philanthropy: The Great American Tradition, the latter a collaboration with photographer Antonio Vizcaíno that celebrates natural areas established over the past century through privat... Read More →

Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo is responsible for achieving Biosphere Reserve status for the Sierra Gorda under an exceptional public-private co-management system. Through her work and advocacy, 33 per cent of the State of Querétaro is now protected as a Biosphere Reserve. In 2008, the... Read More →

Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean environmentalist, president of the activist group Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, which represents the indigenous Pehuenche people in the Biobío Region. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997, for his organizing of protests... Read More →