Earlier this month Time magazine published its October Heroes of the environment issue, dedicating the front cover and 40 pages to the world's most influential eco-warriors and green pioneers.
Prince Charles, Nobel peace prize winner Al Gore, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and the actor Robert Redford all featured in the list of 43 names, alongside the likes of Sir David Attenborough and Mikhail Gorbachev "and many more visionaries, activists, innovators and entrepreneurs".
Gaia theorist James Lovelock and environmental scientist Norman Myers made up the numbers of the Britons on the list.
But five Britons aren't enough for the Telegraph, which says that there are other "Great Britons" who should be recognised for their environmental achievements.
Today, the newspaper, together with Morgan Stanley, published its list of Great Britons in the arts, science and innovation, sport, creative industries, business, campaigning and public life, and environment categories.
"Aren't there other deserving candidates when you look back over this year?" the paper asks.
The environment category has been included as a special category since 2005, when Sir Nicholas Stern was named as the greatest environmental Briton. "At a time when the subjects of carbon footprints and recycling bins are on the tips of everyone's tongues, we felt it imperative to make last year's special category a permanent fixture," the website says.
"Britons have undoubtedly been at the forefront of those looking to combat current environmental issues, embracing eco-warriors to future kings, scientists to economists; people from all walks of life are taking action. This award is for those whose work, whether it be through developing innovative technologies or eloquent arguments, has helped emphasise the importance of protecting the environment or helped to conserve our planet for future generations."
The Telegraph wants to see recognition for people like Zac Goldsmith and John Gummer, who "brought the Conservative party up to date on their green issues - and duly had their policies pinches by Labour".
Or the people at Climate Change Capital, who created an investment banking group with the aim of harnessing the commercial opportunities created by a new low-carbon economy.
Other great environmental Britons that should be recognised, says the Telegraph, are Martin Parry, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who shared this year's Nobel peace prize with Al Gore, or Sir John Houghton, who was the chairman of the panel in 1990 when climate change predictions were first being made.
The website also suggests Lewis Gordon Pugh, an endurance swimmer and ambassador for WWF who swam at the North Pole to highlight the effects of climate change, or Duncan Baker-Brown, an architect who has focused on sustainable design.
So who else is do you think is a great environmental Briton?
There was much debate on our blogs about Prince Charles's and Sir Richard's inclusion in Time magazine's list.
AC 89 wrote:
Prince Charles? How many African wildlife species have he and his children shot? Trophy hunters are not eco heroes.
But the Prince had his defenders - Cholo wrote:
Charles was amongst the first to recognise the damage caused by intensive farming and overuse of pesticides and fertilizers. However, it is well known that he has produced carbon targets for his family, and will produce an annual carbon report.
And Nitty said:
Prince Charles is to be commended for his pioneering work in supporting organic farming in this country, by his own efforts on his own land and for the way he has enthused others to follow suit, a difficult path to follow when farmers are competing with profit driven intensive farming practices which play scant regard to the welfare needs of millions of farm animals.
In this list, as in Time magazine, there are no women to be seen. Why isn't there mention of Julia Hailes, pioneering author of the Green Consumer Guide, organic t-shirt doyen, Katharine Hamnett, or fairtrade champion Penny Newman, director of Cafédirect? Actor, Joanna Lumley, a founder patron of the Born Free Foundation, is absent. And what about green politicians, such as Caroline Lucas or Jenny Jones? Nominations anyone?
