Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions:[1] Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The award is given by the Goldman Environmental Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California.[1] It is also called the Green Nobel.[2]
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The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by civic leaders and philanthropists Richard N. Goldman and Rhoda H. Goldman.[1] As of 2019, the award amount is $200,000.[3]
The winners are selected by an international jury who receive confidential nominations from a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals.[4] Prize winners participate in a 10-day tour of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., for an awards ceremony and presentation, news conferences, media briefings and meetings with political, public policy, financial and environmental leaders.[5] The award ceremony features short documentary videos on each winner, narrated by Robert Redford.[6][7]
The 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony marking the 30th anniversary took place on April 29, 2019 at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.[8][6] A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019 in Washington, D.C.[8][6]
The 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony took place online (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) on November 30, 2020.[9][10]
Prize winners
Source: Goldman Environmental Foundation
1990
- Robert Brown (Australia)
- Lois Gibbs (United States)
- Janet Gibson (Belize)
- Harrison Ngau Laing (Malaysia)
- János Vargha (Hungary)
- Michael Werikhe (Kenya)
1991
- Wangari Muta Maathai (Kenya)
- Barnens Regnskog (Eha Kern & Roland Tiensuu) (Sweden)
- Evaristo Nugkuag (Peru)
- Yoichi Kuroda (Japan)
- Samuel LaBudde (United States)
- Cath Wallace (New Zealand)
1992
- Jeton Anjain (Marshall Islands)
- Medha Patkar (India)
- Wadja Egnankou (Ivory Coast)
- Christine Jean (France)
- Colleen McCrory (Canada)
- Carlos Alberto Ricardo (Brazil)
1993
- Margaret Jacobsohn & Garth Owen-Smith (Namibia)
- Juan Mayr (Colombia)
- Dai Qing (China)
- John Sinclair (Australia)
- JoAnn Tall (United States)
- Sviatoslav Zabelin (Russia)
1994
- Matthew Coon Come (Canada)
- Tuenjai Deetes (Thailand)
- Laila Iskander Kamel (Egypt)
- Luis Macas (Ecuador)
- Heffa Schücking (Germany)
- Andrew Simmons (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
1995
- Aurora Castillo (United States)
- Yul Choi (South Korea)
- Noah Idechong (Palau)
- Emma Must (England)
- Ricardo Navarro (El Salvador)
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria)
1996
- Ndyakira Amooti (Uganda)
- Bill Ballantine (New Zealand)[11]
- Edwin Bustillos (Mexico)
- M.C. Mehta (India)
- Marina Silva (Brasil)
- Albena Simeonova (Bulgaria)
1997
- Nick Carter (Zambia)
- Loir Botor Dingit (Indonesia)
- Alexander Nikitin (Russia)
- Juan Pablo Orrego (Chile)
- Fuiono Senio & Paul Alan Cox (Western Samoa)
- Terri Swearingen (United States)
1998
- Anna Giordano (Italy)
- Kory Johnson (United States)
- Berito Kuwaru'wa (Colombia)
- Atherton Martin (Commonwealth of Dominica)
- Sven "Bobby" Peek (South Africa)
- Hirofumi Yamashita (Japan)
1999
- Jacqui Katona & Yvonne Margarula (Australia)
- Michal Kravcik (Slovakia)
- Bernard Martin (Canada)
- Samuel Nguiffo (Cameroon)
- Jorge Varela (Honduras)
- Ka Hsaw Wa (Myanmar)
2000
- Oral Ataniyazova (Uzbekistan)
- Elias Diaz Peña & Oscar Rivas (Paraguay)
- Vera Mischenko (Russia)
- Rodolfo Montiel Flores (Mexico)
- Alexander Peal (Liberia)
- Nat Quansah (Madagascar)
2001
- Jane Akre & Steve Wilson (reporter) (United States)
- Yosepha Alomang (Indonesia)
- Giorgos Catsadorakis & Myrsini Malakou (Greece)
- Oscar Olivera (Bolivia)
- Eugène Rutagarama (Rwanda)
- Bruno Van Peteghem (New Caledonia)
2002
- Pisit Charnsnoh (Thailand)
- Sarah James & Jonathon Solomon (United States)
- Fatima Jibrell (Somalia)
- Alexis Massol González (Puerto Rico)
- Norma Kassi (Canada)
- Jean La Rose (Guyana)
- Jadwiga Łopata (Poland)
2003
- Julia Bonds (United States)
- Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (Spain)
- Eileen Kampakuta Brown & Eileen Wani Wingfield (Australia)
- Von Hernandez (Philippines)
- Maria Elena Foronda Farro (Peru)
- Odigha Odigha (Nigeria)
2004
- Rudolf Amenga-Etego (Ghana)
- Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla (India)
- Libia Grueso (Colombia)
- Manana Kochladze (Georgia)
- Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho (East Timor)
- Margie Richard (United States)
2005
- Isidro Baldenegro López (Mexico)
- Kaisha Atakhanova (Kazakhstan)
- Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (Haiti)
- Stephanie Danielle Roth (Romania)
- Corneille Ewango (Congo)
- José Andrés Tamayo Cortez (Honduras)
2006
- Silas Kpanan’ Siakor (Liberia)[12]
- Yu Xiaogang (China)
- Olya Melen (Ukraine)
- Anne Kajir (Papua New Guinea)
- Craig E. Williams (United States)
- Tarcisio Feitosa da Silva (Brazil)
2007
- Sophia Rabliauskas (Manitoba, Canada)
- Hammerskjoeld Simwinga (Zambia)
- Tsetsgeegiin Mönkhbayar (Mongolia)
- Julio Cusurichi Palacios (Peru)
- Willie Corduff (Ireland)
- Orri Vigfússon (Iceland)
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
- Desmond D'Sa, South Africa [31]
- Ramesh Agrawal, India [32]
- Suren Gazaryan, Russia [33]
- Rudi Putra, Indonesia [34]
- Helen Slottje, United States [35]
- Ruth Buendia, Peru [36]
2015
2016
- Máxima Acuña, Peru[43]
- Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia[44]
- Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, Puerto Rico[45]
- Edward Loure, Tanzania[46]
- Leng Ouch, Cambodia[47]
- Destiny Watford, United States[48]
2017
2018
2019
2020
- Chibeze Ezekiel, Ghana
- Kristal Ambrose, The Bahamas
- Leydy Pech, Mexico
- Lucie Pinson, France
- Nemonte Nenquimo, Ecuador
- Paul Sein Twa, Myanmar[9][59]
See also
- Environmental Media Awards
- Global 500 Roll of Honour
- Goldman School of Public Policy
- Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
- Heroes of the Environment
- Presidential Environmental Youth Awards
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- List of people associated with renewable energy
- List of environmental awards
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