EJF Patrons

Rachel has been EJF's Patron since 2000, and was instrumental - both by providing support, contacts and inspiration, and through the donation of two valuable artworks - to EJF raising over £545,000 in the Artaction charity auction of contemporary art held at Sothebys London in 2001.
Rachel is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, including Ghost, House, Holocaust Monument (Vienna), Water Tower (New York, (Plinth, and Embankment. Rachel was the first woman to win the prestigious Turner Prize.

Emilia Fox is an award-winning English actress.

Emilia says: “This is an urgent call to action for those who are living in crisis due to the effects of climate change. It is also to the advantage of us all. Individually we can make a small impact of change for the better of the environment and world we live in now. Collectively we can make a difference for the future and the generations to come”.

Benedict Allen, author, explorer, TV filmmaker-presenter and international motivational speaker, is best known for his arduous expeditions to remote corners of the globe, journeys famously achieved not with a satellite phone, GPS or any of the usual “backup” but by undertaking a testing journey after a period of training alone with a remote indigenous community.

Iain banks is a Scottish writer. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

“The story of this century will be largely about how fairly the limited resources we have on the planet are shared out between the rich and poor. That would be true even without the effects of climate change, which will almost certainly reduce many of those resources even as our numbers and our needs increase”, says Iain.

“The Environmental Justice Foundation has my full backing and support in helping to make us, the relatively rich, aware of the responsibilities we have towards our fellow human beings round the planet and helping those less fortunate than us in their struggle to claim what is only their rightful, sustainable share of what our world offers”.