Editing Harrison Ford (section)

== Activism ==
=== Environmental work ===
Ford is vice-chair of [[Conservation International]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/29/harrison-ford-environmentalist/ |title=Harrison Ford: There are no great movies on global environmental issues |work=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502021322/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/29/harrison-ford-environmentalist/ |archive-date=May 2, 2013}}</ref> an American nonprofit [[environmental organization]] headquartered in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]]. The organization's intent is to protect [[nature]].<ref name="aboutus">{{cite web |url=http://www.conservation.org/about/pages/about_us.aspx |title=About Us |publisher=Conservation International |access-date=February 3, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207205152/http://www.conservation.org/about/pages/about_us.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1992, Ford has lent his voice to a series of public service messages promoting environmental involvement for EarthShare, an American federation of environmental and conservation charities.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 1, 2008 |title=EarthShare PSA: "Promises" |url=http://www.earthshare.org/2008/10/earthshare-psa.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235416/http://www.earthshare.org/2008/10/earthshare-psa.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017 |work=Earthshare}}</ref> He has acted as a spokesperson for [[Restore Hetch Hetchy]], a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring [[Yosemite National Park]]'s [[Hetch Hetchy Valley]] to its original condition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover Hetch Hetchy with Harrison Ford Preview |url=http://www.hetchhetchy.org/educational-activities/46-discover-hetch-hetchy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119055037/http://www.hetchhetchy.org/educational-activities/46-discover-hetch-hetchy |archive-date=November 19, 2012 |access-date=May 16, 2013 |publisher=Restore Hetch Hetchy}}</ref> Ford also appears in the documentary series ''[[Years of Living Dangerously]]'', which reports on people affected by and seeking solutions to climate change.<ref>{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Years Of Living Dangerously |url=http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514141823/http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/ |archive-date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2015 |work=yearsoflivingdangerously.com}}</ref>

In 1993, the [[arachnology|arachnologist]] Norman Platnick named a new species of spider ''[[Calponia harrisonfordi]]'', and in 2002 the [[entomology|entomologist]] [[Edward O. Wilson]] named a new [[ant]] species ''[[Pheidole harrisonfordi]]'' (in recognition of Harrison's work as Vice Chairman of [[Conservation International]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrison Ford |url=http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/142/ford.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905144851/http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/142/ford.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |access-date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=Our Planet}}</ref> The Peruvian snake species ''[[Tachymenoides harrisonfordi]]'' was named for Ford in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kimbrough |first1=Liz |date=August 29, 2023 |title=It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/it-had-to-be-a-snake-new-species-from-peru-named-after-harrison-ford/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901163503/https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/it-had-to-be-a-snake-new-species-from-peru-named-after-harrison-ford/ |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |work=Mongabay Environmental News}}</ref>

In September 2013, Ford, while filming an environmental documentary in [[Indonesia]], interviewed the Indonesian [[Forestry]] Minister, [[Zulkifli Hasan]]. After the interview, Ford and his crew were accused of "harassing state institutions" and publicly threatened with [[deportation]]. Questions within the interview concerned the [[Tesso Nilo National Park]], [[Sumatra]]. It was alleged the Minister of Forestry was given no prior warning of questions nor the chance to explain the challenges of catching [[illegal logging|illegal loggers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-10/indonesian-minister-shocked-at-harrison-ford-climate-interview/4949316 |title=Harrison Ford Shocks Indonesian Minister with Heated Climate Interview |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910092955/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-10/indonesian-minister-shocked-at-harrison-ford-climate-interview/4949316 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harrison-ford-upsets-indonesian-minister-with-rude-interview-20130911-2tiwc.html |title=Harrison Ford Upsets Indonesian Minister with 'Rude' Interview |author-link1=Michael Bachelard |first=Michael |last=Bachelard |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912070102/http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harrison-ford-upsets-indonesian-minister-with-rude-interview-20130911-2tiwc.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/09/fm-bemoans-harrison-ford-s-attitude.html |title=FM Bemoans Harrison Ford's Attitude |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912085354/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/09/fm-bemoans-harrison-ford-s-attitude.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-environment-indonesia_n_3899141.html |title=Harrison Ford's Environment Documentary Questions 'Shocked' Indonesian Forestry Minister |website=Huffington Post |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912061316/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-environment-indonesia_n_3899141.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ford was provided an audience with the Indonesian President, [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], during which he expressed concerns regarding Indonesia's environmental degradation and the government efforts to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]]. In response, the President explained Indonesia's commitment to preserving its oceans and forests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-interview-indonesia-president_n_3900670.html |title=Harrison Ford Interviews Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono On Environment |date=September 10, 2013 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=September 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912045640/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/10/harrison-ford-interview-indonesia-president_n_3900670.html |archive-date=September 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/10/harrison-ford-indonesia-president-discuss-climate/ |title=Harrison Ford, Indonesia President Discuss Climate |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303181026/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/10/harrison-ford-indonesia-president-discuss-climate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, on behalf of Conservation International, Ford gave an impassioned speech during the United Nations' Climate Action Summit in New York on the [[destruction of the Amazon rainforest]] and its effect on climate change for the rest of the world. Ford urged his audience to listen to 'angry young people' trying to make a difference in the situation, emphasizing, "The most important thing we can do for them is to get the hell out of their way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/harrison-ford-angry-young-people-save-planet|title=Ford at 2019 UN Climate Summit|website=plantbasednews.org|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019160410/https://www.plantbasednews.org/news/harrison-ford-angry-young-people-save-planet|url-status=live |last1=Chiorando |first1=Maria }}</ref>

=== Political views ===
Like his parents, Ford is a lifelong [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=May 23, 2008 |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/ |title=2008 Presidential Donor Watch |publisher=Newsmeat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205031655/http://newsmeat.com/ |archive-date=February 5, 2010}}</ref>

On September 7, 1995, Ford testified before the [[U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] in support of the [[Dalai Lama]] and an independent [[Tibet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dalailamafilm.com/celebrities-and-others-banned-from-entering-tibet-or-china-109 |author=Khashyar Darvich |title=Celebrities and others banned from entering Tibet or China |publisher=Dalailamafilm.com |date=January 1, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2010 |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204130530/http://dalailamafilm.com/celebrities-and-others-banned-from-entering-tibet-or-china-109 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Laurence Caracalla, ''Harrison Ford'', Silverback Books, 2007 p.93</ref> In 2007, he narrated the documentary ''[[Dalai Lama Renaissance]]''.<ref>[http://dalailamafilm.com/ "Official Site of Dalai Lama Renaissance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008222109/http://www.dalailamafilm.com/ |date=October 8, 2010 }}, ''dalailamafilm.com'', Retrieved November 30, 2015</ref>

In 2000, Ford donated $1000 to the presidential campaigns of [[Bill Bradley]], [[Al Gore]], and [[John McCain]].<ref>In Hollywood, Being John McCain is Paying Off; Amy Wallace, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2000</ref>

In 2003, he publicly condemned the [[Iraq War]] and called for "regime change" in the United States. He also criticized [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] for making movies which were "more akin to video games than stories about human life and relationships", and he called for more [[gun control]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=May 23, 2008|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/27/1061663852052.html| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008101416/https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/27/1061663852052.html|archive-date=October 8, 2003| title=Harrison Ford blasts US Iraq policy|work=[[The Age]] |date=August 27, 2003 | location=Melbourne, Australia}}</ref>

In 2009, Ford signed a petition calling for the release of film director [[Roman Polanski]], who had been arrested in Switzerland in relation to his [[Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/|title=Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski!|trans-title=Sign the petition for Roman Polanski!|work=La Règle du Jeu|language=fr|date=November 10, 2009|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210829153459/https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] said his favorite role of Ford's was ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' because he "stood up for America", Ford responded that it was just a film and made critical statements against [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Trump's presidential bid]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/entertainment/harrison-ford-donald-trump-air-force-one-feat/|title=Harrison Ford has a fan in Trump|date=December 11, 2015|first=Melonyce|last=McAfee|publisher=CNN|access-date=January 7, 2016|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119043533/http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/entertainment/harrison-ford-donald-trump-air-force-one-feat/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/harrison-ford-reminds-donald-trump-air-force-one-was-only-t61036|title=Harrison Ford reminds Donald Trump that 'Air Force One' was only a movie|first=Randee|last=Dawn|date=December 11, 2015|publisher=today.com|access-date=January 7, 2016|archive-date=December 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214025906/http://www.today.com/popculture/harrison-ford-reminds-donald-trump-air-force-one-was-only-t61036|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ford endorsed [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]] against Trump. He said that he wanted to "encourage people to support candidates that will support the environment" and felt that under Trump, the U.S. had "lost some of our credibility in the world".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Georgia |date=November 3, 2020 |title=Harrison Ford Endorses Joe Biden for President in Plea to Voters: 'The Man's a Centrist' |url=https://people.com/movies/harrison-ford-endorses-joe-biden-president/ |website=People |access-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202071611/https://people.com/movies/harrison-ford-endorses-joe-biden-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with [[Mark Hamill]], Ford worked with the anti-Trump Republican group [[The Lincoln Project]] to produce and narrate a [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]] ad attacking Trump's disparaging of [[Anthony Fauci]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=November 3, 2020 |title=Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill share anti-Donald Trump adverts |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/harrison-ford-and-mark-hamill-share-anti-donald-trump-adverts-2808287 |website=NME |access-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103223132/https://www.nme.com/news/film/harrison-ford-and-mark-hamill-share-anti-donald-trump-adverts-2808287 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 2, 2024, he endorsed [[Kamala Harris]]'s [[Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign|2024 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lubin |first=Rhian |date=2024-11-02 |title=Harrison Ford makes presidential endorsement days before 2024 election |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/harrison-ford-endorsement-harris-trump-b2640369.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

=== Archaeology ===
Following on his success portraying the archaeologist [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]], Ford also plays a part in supporting the work of professional [[archaeologists]]. He serves as a General Trustee on the Governing Board of the [[Archaeological Institute of America]] (AIA), North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=September 7, 2010|url=http://www.archaeological.org/about/governance|title=About the AIA|publisher=[[Archaeological Institute of America]]|archive-date=September 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902015722/http://www.archaeological.org/about/governance|url-status=live}}</ref> Ford assists them in their mission of increasing public awareness of archaeology and preventing looting and the [[Antiquities trade#Illicit trade|illegal antiquities trade]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}