Grist is proud to present the Change Gang — profiles of people who are leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society and a greener planet. Some we’ve written about before; some are new to our pages. Some you’ll have heard of; most you probably won’t. Know someone we should add to the Change Gang? Let us know in the comments below!

Food justice — for Navina Khanna, it's what's for dinner
Liz Dunn finds silver linings in old buildings
Happy warrior: Fighting coal where it’s hardest
Drain-eye shaman puts sensors in New York’s sewers
California crusader: What not to ingest when you’re expecting
A co-op movement grows in Cleveland
Grassroots pesticide fighter takes on the big polluters
House’s collaboration cart puts community planning on the street
Rue Mapp: Black and green and web all over
Julian Rodriguez-Drix: An organizer whose lectures ruffle feathers
Karen Luken: A one-woman waste management authority
Justin Maxson: An Appalachian trailblazer for sustainability
Alexi Arango: Teaching solar to take a quantum-dot leap
Neverending nigiri: Kristofor Lofgren fights for sustainable sushi
Ietef Vita: Rapping the righteousness of wheatgrass juice
Heart to hearth: Darfur Stoves Project’s Andree Sosler makes survival sustainable
How a 21-year-old ended up in India with a bag full of solar flashlights
Soul food survivor: The transformation of Trazana Staples
Energy bar-ista moves from reality TV to real food
Plant a tree, pay a salary, save the climate — all at once
Max Cadji: Worms against the philanthro-pimps!
Skate punk gets business degree to sharpen his activist chops
Kate Zidar: A sewershed grows in Brooklyn
Betsy MacLean: Community development as public health
Tanya Fields: Breaking locks and planting seeds in the South Bronx