the stewards

DOING LAUNDRY: THAT IS HOW ONE THINKER RESPONDED TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN GREECE AND THE WASTE IT CREATES. THE RESULT WAS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NEW ARRIVALS WITH CLOTHING AND LOCAL WORKERS WITH EMPLOYMENT. OTHER STEWARDS PLANTED THEMSELVES BETWEEN PRECIOUS RESOURCES AND SEEMINGLY UNSTOPPABLE INDUSTRIAL FORCES–FROM A NORTH DAKOTA PIPELINE TO A HONDURAN DAM TO A CHINESE RIVER. OTHERS TURNED POLLUTION INTO ART. IN SOME CASES, THESE THINKERS PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. COLLECTIVELY, THEY WERE THE SORT OF PRESERVATIONISTS THE WORLD DESPERATELY NEEDS.

David Archambault II

CHAIRMAN, STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA

For protecting a homeland.

At the center of the largest gathering of Native American representatives in a century is David Archambault II. The Standing Rock Sioux chairman has been key in leading protests against the development of the $3.7 billion, 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline, which—if it ruptures or