Top 20 American Sustainability Influencers on Instagram (Sep 2026)

We found 44 sustainability Influencers in United States
These influencers mention 'sustainability' in their Instagram bio and have audiences primarily in United States. Here are the top 20. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
09/22/2026
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1. Sophia Toomb

United States

probably outside 🌀🥾🏔️ hiking | travel | sustainability | outfits 📍san diego • UGC creator • @travelersforgood 💌sophia@moda-verde.com

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3. Cate Schweitzer

United States

Your New Outdoors Bestie 🌸🌲🥾 I fear you need to get outside more, let’s fix that 🙌🏼 Addicted to photography 📸 📧 catescompass@gmail.com

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6. Dominique DRAKEFORD

United States

🎙️ PODCAST Host - @compost_cotton_cornrows 🌱SHOP the Organic Blk supply chain tee 👩🏾‍🌾 @theblackfarmersproject 🖤 Cultural Sustainability Strategist

Followers
45.2k
Fake followers
19.47%
Engagement rate
1.25%
Average Reel plays
1.6k
Audience gender
female
91.27%
male
8.73%
Top performing Reels
  1. (UPDATE: Love to Nola Activist @fff_zulqarnain holding the flag!!!✊🏾) . . My little 2 cents … IMO Drake dissin’ was only 15% of this performance. He did hella Gemini petty maneuvers towards Drake lol (Serena crip walkin’ 👏🏾 )… but his “pettiness” in giving Americanism the finger in a way that others haven’t tho! 👽On one of the most watched stages in world curated by a national league operating through a plantation agenda DURING our president’s facist takeover - Black art is so critical!!!Of course it looks different than the Black Arts Movement in the 60s + 70s but I believe that this was a LOUD call for artist to use their canvas (platforms) to narrate truth, to protest Americanism, to unite despite our intersectional differences (crips + bloods) and to take risks while having to survive within the system. (And yes woven in propaganda of course). 🇸🇩 An activist waving the Sudan / Palestine flag through protest in the midst of folks crip walking and turf dancing (while security chased him) … was so on point. The performance was an ode to Black culture (narration included) to remind the world that we built this entire country (hello 🇺🇸 formation during “Humble”) and now it’s time to move a little different INTER-communally. 👽But also from Compton to the Congo - the importance of nurturing space for solidarity against the machine is pivotal. It’s not lost on Kendrick (nor many of us) the juxtaposition of the exploitation of the NFL 🏈 (including how they INHUMANELY displaced hella house less folks to curate LIX) vs the message that K Dot is sending as the first solo rap artist to perform on this stage. 👽This performance wasn’t for the wealthy folks in that stadium (maybe as a slap in the face of sorts) and maybe it wasn’t a “traditional” Super Bowl caliber performance - but it’s intention was a homage focused bat signal to us! 2025 is forcing us to tap into our creative intellectual property … the paradigm shift is mandatory and DON’T let this be a distraction but rather a declaration … watching this 15 min of the extraction bowl was all I needed … back to work & rest✌🏾 . . . #superbowl2025 #kendrick #america #blackartsmovement #blackart
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  3. 🌍 SHARE! 🌍 You can’t celebrate Earth Day 🌎 without Black people! 👇🏾 1. Black folks invented sustainability and was using these practices way before the 70s. During the transatlantic slave trade to today - sustainability is the Black blueprint. @dominiquedrakeford has done a video about this - go follow her and listen to her podcast @compost_cotton_cornrows (bonus: listen to my episode today!) 🍃 2. SUPPORT, FOLLOW, and PAY Black scientists, farmers, gardeners, environmentalists, activists, and nature artists. I know many of y’all don’t follow enough of us anyways but support comes in many ways! Earth day is not just about nature - it’s about the people too! Follow @blackgirlenvironmentalist & @wawa_gatheru or @raewynngrant 🐻! 3. SPEAK 🗣️ UP about environmental racism towards Black communities! Did YOU KNOW THAT 70% OF BLACK WOMEN DO NOT HAVE CLEAN, SAFE DRINKING WATER? No one speaks up about it as much as they do white communities. Everyone deserves safe drinking water but the lack of inclusion and efforts towards Black communities is always bottom. Black women are and have been doing the work to combat clean water, clean air, and so much more. RESEARCH how Black people in your cities, states are being impacted and what you can do! 4. BUY SMALL BLACK OWNED! ESPECIALLY, BLACK WOMAN OWNED! Yall don’t buy Black owned enough and the Black dollar helps us thrive and continue doing what we love to stay out of work spaces that harm us - freedom is building our own! I SELL MY ART WORK! Buy a print today! 🍃✊🏾🌍 and support Black outdoor stores like @outlandish.nyc 🥾 4. PROTECT Black women, trans women, and mothers - including birthing people. Black women are the most disrespected in the world and our healthcare system is failing us - HARD. Black women die at childbirth at a 243% rate than white women! SAY IT AGAIN! ✨ BONUS: SUPPORT THE BLACK JOY MOVEMENT! ESP us Black folks whom want to adventure in the outdoors / nature! Help curate those safe spaces to do so on the trails, campsites, gardens, the slopes, etc! @jujumil + @colourthetrails is a group you can support! Anyways, go outside and enjoy your earth day (but after you do the work ✊🏾) 🦋🐝 🌎😊
    2.7k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
66.48%
United Kingdom
9.95%
Canada
5.36%
Australia
2.83%
Germany
1.08%
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8. Mitsuki Hara 原 美月

United States

2x World Record Spearfisher🌎🏆🐟 Mother Nature and I. Sustainability♻️Balance⚖️Respect🤲🏻 California, oc📍 Made in Japan 🇯🇵

Followers
33.4k
Fake followers
14.22%
Engagement rate
1%
Average Reel plays
23.3k
Audience gender
female
16.14%
male
83.86%
Top performing Reels
  1. 1.6M
  2. 396.9k
  3. 206.2k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
65.98%
Japan
7.93%
Australia
3.35%
Mexico
3.11%
Indonesia
1.89%
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10. Joy Malonza | Ethical Tourism, Sustainability & Afro-romanticism

United States

☎️ social media @nycmayor 🦋 contact@byjoymalonza.com ⚽️ Around the World Cup | NYC 🔍 views my own

Followers
24.9k
Fake followers
13.32%
Engagement rate
2.49%
Average Reel plays
10.9k
Audience gender
female
63.42%
male
36.58%
Top performing Reels
  1. 76.5k
  2. Example #684849 of how tourism so often mirrors colonial exploitation: Recently, Richard Hart of Green Rhino claimed that Mexico City “doesn’t have bread culture”—a statement that conveniently justifies opening his version of the “world’s best bakery” in a city whose existing food traditions he dismisses with open contempt. This is a familiar pattern within the world of tourism: devalue local culture → position yourself as the solution → frame it as a civilizing mission (aka Richard’s bread coming to save Mexico from “those ugly cheap tortas”) then extract profit from the very place you claim is so deeply lacking. Unsurprisingly, his bakery is designed to cater to a foreign clientele—tourists and expats whose spending enriches wealthy business owners, while local food systems and everyday cultural institutions are treated as invisible, inferior, or unworthy of recognition. Mexico City does not lack bread culture. It lacks protection from an extractive tourism economy that rewards outsiders for “discovering” what local communities have sustained for generations. If you’re visiting Mexico City, do what ethical tourism practices call us to do:support what already exists. When I visited the iconic neighborhood staple Pasteleria La Ideal, I remember being so deeply overwhelmed with the choices of different types of breads that I had to get help just organizing my thoughts. I say all this to say: Richard Hart, Mexico does not need your bread. Thank you. #EthicalTravel #MexicoCity #TourismIsColonial #FoodCulture #Gentrification #CulturalErasure #Panadería #TravelPolitics #SupportLocal #richardhart #mexicocitybakeries #panaderialaideal #pastelerialaideal
    41.1k
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Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
74.66%
Kenya
3.47%
United Kingdom
1.51%
Spain
1.36%
Canada
1.36%

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11. Kayla Donato

United States

SAN DIEGO //The messy and sweet bits of motherhood// Maternal mental health. Early learning. Sustainability. Though.she.be.but.little.blog@gmail.com

Followers
24.3k
Fake followers
17.64%
Engagement rate
1.27%
Average Reel plays
1.5k
Audience gender
female
94.17%
male
5.83%
Top performing Reels
  1. 1.5k
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  3. 1.3k
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
63.71%
United Kingdom
11.08%
Canada
8.7%
Australia
3.01%
India
2.58%
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12. Ridge

United States

KEEP THE CULTURE ALIVE 💛 Knowledge → Safety → Sustainability Educational tōge in under 90 seconds

Followers
24.1k
Fake followers
18.99%
Engagement rate
5.57%
Average Reel plays
102.4k
Audience gender
female
5.35%
male
94.65%
Top performing Reels
  1. 1.5M
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  3. FWD oversteer is one of the least practiced transient states in vehicle dynamics. Many track orgs won’t allow large angles. Most people don’t want to waste time bringing a FWD to a drift session. So ideally, one would practice on the simulator or empty parking lot before applying it in a practical setting. In martial arts, basic falling techniques are taught to avoid injury. The plan isn't to fall, but at least you're prepared when the time comes. Oversteer practice past the limit will help build pre-planned decisions in a bailout situation, based on factors the driver has already experienced - rather than coming up with a plan on the spot. It also helps build confidence using oversteer to slightly rotate the car on corner entry, in a more practical use case (shown at 0:23). If you are reading this, could you put a flag emoji 🇦🇽 in the comments so I can tell how many people read the description? It would help a lot. I suppose this video might be rage bait for those who can’t read, even though that’s not the intent. IF someone was to do it on the mountain, ideally it’s on a closed course or a scouted area. Otherwise, it would have to be on a corner where the exact time available to change one’s driving line is known. So for this example, I happen to know that one of the fastest downhill drivers would take 5 seconds to cross paths after they become visible - more than enough to change my line if needed. Anyone attempting this should have similar familiarity of the corners they are choosing, and ensure they actually have a large margin of error. Acura Integra spinout video: @medusa_fk8 (also on YouTube) Note that this was a 2015 video and he has created a reaction video on YouTube reflecting on past mistakes. No need to clown on the guy anymore lol, he is much more experienced now. Downhill oncoming example demonstrating corner safety margin: @revloxe36 #canyonrun #touge #backroads #tough battle #carfails #dashcamvideos #vtecnation #hondagram #hondanation #hondaintegra #hondacrash #acuraintegra #acuranation #integragsr #integratyper #hondagirl #hondanation
    1.2M
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
79.01%
Canada
2.36%
Japan
1.67%
Spain
1.67%
United Kingdom
1.48%
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13. Ashlee Piper - Sustainability & Deinfluencing

United States

♻️ Creator of #NoNewThings 📖 Author of Give A Sh*t 🎤 TED, SXSW, UN Speaker 📺 @todayshow @cnn @vogue @nytimes 🎓 Professor📍Chicago 👋🏻 Say hello!

Followers
23.9k
Fake followers
23.31%
Engagement rate
1.16%
Average Reel plays
3.7k
Audience gender
female
89.71%
male
10.29%
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
66.31%
Canada
8.79%
United Kingdom
5.37%
Australia
3.73%
Germany
1.06%
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14. Cindy 🌿 cerowastecindy

United States

🌿 Sustainability 🏕️Outdoor Aventures 🇲🇽 Mexicana-Americana

Followers
23.7k
Fake followers
17.74%
Engagement rate
2.27%
Average Reel plays
4.5k
Audience gender
female
90.89%
male
9.11%
Top performing Reels
  1. 54k
  2. 15.7k
  3. 899
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
83.21%
Canada
3.81%
United Kingdom
3.01%
Australia
1.02%
Mexico
0.95%
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15. Olivia Antoinette

United States

🌵Environmental jobs, community, and career advice 🌲 Sustainability and time outdoors

Followers
23.3k
Fake followers
10.6%
Engagement rate
2.58%
Average Reel plays
16.4k
Audience gender
female
75.73%
male
24.27%
Top performing Reels
  1. 11.6k
  2. 6.1k
  3. 3.7k
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
75.77%
Canada
5.4%
United Kingdom
3.26%
Australia
2%
Italy
1.19%
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16. Jeremy Casebeer

United States

Strategic Partnerships at @onetreeplanted Sustainability and Sport Beach Volleyball

Followers
18.3k
Fake followers
19.23%
Engagement rate
7.4%
Average Reel plays
13.2k
Audience gender
female
36.63%
male
63.37%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
61.45%
Brazil
9.17%
Italy
3.6%
Canada
2.01%
Mexico
1.33%
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17. Isolde Brielmaier PhD

United States

Chief Strategy Officer @workofartholdings | NYU Prof @tischphoto |TED Fellow |Curator | Human Rights | Sustainability |Ocean Lover she/her #artforall

Followers
14.1k
Fake followers
19.56%
Engagement rate
1.68%
Average Reel plays
6.1k
Audience gender
female
65.52%
male
34.48%
Top performing Reels
  1. 1.5k
  2. 1.5k
  3. 1.3k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
77.32%
United Kingdom
2.68%
France
2.36%
Canada
1.45%
Italy
1.45%
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18. AURI JACKSON | Sustainability & Filmmaking

United States
Followers
13.7k
Fake followers
20.05%
Engagement rate
2.08%
Average Reel plays
2.9k
Audience gender
female
84.43%
male
15.57%
Top performing Reels
  1. 24.3k
  2. 3.9k
  3. Happy Earth Day! 🌎 I’m celebrating by dancing🕺🏻✨ Song by @nateandhila 😍⁣ ⁣ 🌎 The first Earth Day was April 22nd, 1970. In 1969 there was a huge oil spill in Santa Barbara that covered the beaches with black sludge and killed many marine animals and birds. (I was born in SB and so was my dad, he remembers getting black tar on his feet from the spill every time he went to the beach for a year after.) That same year, an oil slick caught fire on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, a river polluted by industry since the 1870s whose waters had seen fires before. These events became symbols that sparked an environmental movement in the US. Earth Day was originally planned as a teach-in on college campuses, but once word spread, people became excited about the concept and it grew into a larger movement of both young and older people. Women were at the forefront of organizing the first Earth Day in their own communities. This movement was so strong that President Richard Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, and the Clean Water Act was passed shortly after through bipartisan effort, despite Nixon’s veto.⁣ ⁣ ⏰ In present day, we’re at the precipice of what could be the end or a new beginning. According to Paris Climate Architects and authors of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦, we need to halve our emissions by 2030 and be at net zero emissions by 2040 (2050 at the latest), to limit warming to 1.5 degrees and have a fighting chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change. I believe we don’t have the luxury of thinking that we’re f*cked and pulling up the covers over our faces, and that we need to start taking action in our lives to reduce emissions, and push corporations and governments to act too!⁣ ⁣ ✨ This Earth Day, I’m thinking about trying to make a plan to halve my personal emissions by 2030, which 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 suggests, by deciding to fly less and dreaming about living in a sustainable structure and how I could make that happen in my life 😎⁣ I don’t think LA is zoned for earthships tho lol, maybe we can change the laws? 😛 ⁣How are you celebrating earth day? #earthday #earthday50thanniversary #earthday2020
    3.1k
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
60.26%
United Kingdom
5.7%
Canada
5.43%
Australia
3.2%
Mexico
1.86%
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19. Baggio Ardón | TheOnlyBaggio on TikTok

United States

Culture & Sustainability through Art & Design ✨🇸🇻/🇲🇽/🏳️‍🌈 Art shop on vacation @poplorico 🏖️🦜 👇🏼support me :)🎨

Followers
9.8k
Fake followers
17.71%
Engagement rate
2.33%
Average Reel plays
13.7k
Audience gender
female
66.69%
male
33.31%
Top performing Reels
  1. 53.7k
  2. 14.7k
  3. 8.7k
Engagement rate benchmark
  • Median
Audience location by country
United States
80.27%
Mexico
4.87%
Canada
1.65%
El Salvador
1.53%
United Kingdom
1.37%
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20. Lorena Soriano

United States

Mamá helping design & build a sustainable 🌎 📍Journey from AI & Tech Boardrooms to Space🚀 👩🏻‍💻Fractional Chief Susty Officer + writing Harvard Thesis

Followers
9k
Fake followers
21.31%
Engagement rate
3.99%
Average Reel plays
594
Audience gender
female
80.33%
male
19.67%
Top performing Reels
  1. 12.2k
  2. 4.8k
  3. When your husband knows you better than you know yourself 🫶🏽 While I read the articles and blogs, watched videos, researched gear, talked with friends, practiced baby wearing, moved time zones to get ready for our trip, John did all the planning and booking. In our 10+ years of being together and traveling (our first trip was at 2 weeks knowing each other and first international trip was at 3 months😅) we’ve only taken 1️⃣ relaxing style vacation and all the rest have been full of adventure and exploring. And let me tell you, the relaxing vacation was not my style 😅😣 So I was beyond hesitant when John booked us a 100% resort stay in March 🌊☀️🏖️ for our first trip with 👶🏻🥑 However it ended up being EXACTLY what we needed. NOWHERE to be, and NOTHING scheduled other than to “relax” and enjoy your new baby and most importantly start traveling early - do it scared! This was perfect because with the ridiculous amount of work and schoolwork I was juggling I wanted to cancel more than once, however this trip made me feel more confident for all the trips that followed and especially for our international trip which I’d been dreading the long-haul overnight ever since we booked it (while I was pregnant). This first trip we learned A LOT of lessons that we’ve carried on to our now 4th family trip. He knew exactly the 1st type of trip we needed 🧘🏻‍♀️🌊☀️ and I will forever be grateful to having a partner that knows me better than I know myself. 😅ps of course while being there we added some adventure and exploring days because…. 🤷🏻‍♀️ that’s how this mama prefers to do life 🫶🏽 #relationshipgoals😍 #relationshipgoalsachieved #stemcouple #familytravels #familytraveltips
    4.2k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
66.89%
United Kingdom
5.24%
Canada
3.97%
India
2.94%
Australia
2.01%

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