Zoë Tryon
British 'eco-aristocratic' ambassador; eldest child of Anthony Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon, and Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon
About Zoë Tryon
Born 1974. Zoë Tryon is a British activist, fundraiser, ambassador, philanthropist, aristocrat and orator.
Zoë Elizabeth Tryon (born 1 May 1974) is the eldest child and daughter of Anthony Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon, and Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon. She is most notable for her work as an "eco-aristocratic" ambassador for Amazon Watch, needing to clean up, or resist the toxic waste being left and ecological damage being done by "Big Oil" companies drilling and seeking to continue to drill the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador.
As the eldest child, Tryon has, over the years, appeared a number of times in magazines and media such as The Australian Women's Weekly in the 1970 and 1980s; British Harpers, Queen Magazine and Tatler in the early 1990s; Hello! and Business of Everything; and newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Mail.
Eco-aristocrat
Tryon's eco-activism with the Achuar and indigenous peoples of Ecuadorian Amazon begins in 2006 when Tryon joined the co-founders of the Pachamama Alliance on a trip into the Ecuadorian Amazon to visit the Achuar; subsequently joining the Pachamama Alliance to facilitate and assist fund raise . and working principally from the Pachamama Alliance office in Ecuador's capital Quito, running eco-tourism trips and raising awareness of the international oil industry's continuing ecological damage, and general exploitation of Ecuadorian Amazon indigenous territories and peoples.
Eco-activism Tryon runs "Toxic Tours", leading groups of film makers, journalists, and environmentally-aware celebrities including the likes of Daryl Hannah, James Cameron and others, revealing the extent of Big Oil devastation, visiting some of more than 950open toxic pits left by the Big Oil companies, visiting lawyers including Ecuadorian lawyer Pablo Fajardo running legal class actions against the likes of Chevron Corporation, striving to promote the cause of the Achuar and others seeking to repair, restore, save the Ecuadorian Amazon "one Toxic Tour at a time".
By 2017, Tryon had formed her own international not-for-profit-organisation, called One of the Tribe, dedicated to promoting the rights of the Achuar and other indigenous peoples of Ecuador Amazon and still spending up to sixmonths a year leading tours and immersing in the Ecuadorian Amazon pursuing her passion and life's work
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British 'eco-aristocratic' ambassador; eldest child of Anthony Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon, and Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon
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Zoë Tryon was born on 1 May 1974 in London.
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Zoë Tryon is an activist, fundraiser, ambassador, philanthropist, aristocrat and orator.
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Zoë Tryon is British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Zoë Tryon. https://biography.guide/zoe-tryon/
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