Emily Hunter

Emily Hunter (born May 20, 1984) is a Canadian activist, author and filmmaker. She is the daughter of the late Robert Hunter, first president of Greenpeace and Bobbi Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace. She has been a campaigner for nearly a decade on numerous environmental causes, from fighting whaling to climate change. She is known in Canada as a writer for THIS magazine and as environmental correspondent for MTV News.

She studied at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree.

Biography

Environmental activism

Emily Hunter was born in Vancouver, a daughter of the late Robert Hunter, Greenpeace’s founding president. and co-founder Bobbi Hunter. Her own activism began at the age of 20 years when she joined her first environmental campaign with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to protect the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Hunter will be followed by a film crew as she travels around the world documenting the 21st-century tactics of environmental protestors. Campaigns under scrutiny include The Black Fish action against illegal driftnet fishery in the Mediterranean and the "divestment" movement on North American university campuses.