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Goldman Environmental Prize#Prize winners

{{Short description|Award for environmental activists}}

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The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists.

History

Awardees are named from each of the world's six geographic regions:{{r|usatoday}} 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. The Prize is often referred to as the Green Nobel.{{r|reuters}}

The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman.

The winners are selected by an international jury who receive confidential nominations from a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals.{{cite news |last1=Fimrite |first1=Peter |title=Goldman Environmental Prize’s 2019 recipients make major strides to save Earth |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/goldman-environmental-prize-e2-80-99s-2019-recipients-make-major-strides-to-save-earth/ar-BBWozMz |access-date=April 29, 2019 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher=MSN |date=April 29, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|title=2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Beat 'Insurmountable' Odds|url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2009/2009-04-20-02.asp|newspaper=Environment News Service|date=April 20, 2009}} The award ceremony features short documentary videos on each winner, narrated by Robert Redford through the year 2020,{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Gar |title=The Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Heroes of the Earth |url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2019-05-03/article/47574 |access-date=May 15, 2019 |work=The Berkeley Daily Planet |date=May 3, 2019}} and Sigourney Weaver beginning in 2021.{{cite web |title=2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Award Ceremony |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjHXRrJq2c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9jjHXRrJq2c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Goldman Environmental Prize |via=YouTube |access-date=June 15, 2021 |date=June 15, 2021}}{{cbignore}}

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.{{cite web|title=Prize Ceremony|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/ceremony/|website=Goldman Environmental Prize|access-date=April 28, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Katsuyama |first1=Jana |title=Esteemed Goldman Environmental Prize now in its 30th year |url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/esteemed-goldman-environmental-prize-now-in-its-30th-year |access-date=May 5, 2019 |work=KTVU |date=April 30, 2019}} A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The 2020, 2021, and 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremonies took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with pre-recorded videos premiering on November 30, 2020,{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/2020-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=The Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=December 6, 2020 |date=November 30, 2020}}{{cite web |title=2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Award Ceremony |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDYXonLBcY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/7MDYXonLBcY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Goldman Environmental Prize |via=YouTube |access-date=December 6, 2020 |date=November 6, 2020}}{{cbignore}} June 15, 2021,{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/2021-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=June 15, 2021 |date=June 15, 2021}} and May 25, 2022, respectively.{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/introducing-the-2022-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=May 25, 2022 |date=May 25, 2022}}{{cite web |title=2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Award Ceremony |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_f0J4P_87A |via=YouTube |access-date=May 25, 2022 |date=May 25, 2022}}

Live ceremonies resumed in 2023, taking place in San Francisco on April 24 and in Washington, D.C., on April 26.{{cite web |title=The 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize is Monday, April 24 |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/the-2023-goldman-environmental-prize-is-monday-april-24/ |website=The Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=April 19, 2023 |date=January 10, 2023}}

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Prize winners

{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-09|title=Prize Recipients|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/prize-recipients/|website=Goldman Environmental Foundation}}

=1990=

=1991=

=1992=

=1993=

=1994=

=1995=

=1996=

  • Ndyakira Amooti (Uganda)
  • Bill Ballantine (New Zealand){{cite web|url=http://www.marine-reserves.org.nz/pages/ballintine.html |title=Bill Ballantine |publisher=Marine-reserves.org.nz |access-date=2011-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724200559/http://www.marine-reserves.org.nz/pages/ballintine.html |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}
  • Edwin Bustillos (Mexico)
  • M.C. Mehta (India)
  • Marina Silva (Brasil)
  • Albena Simeonova (Bulgaria)

=1997=

File:Cox & Senio 1997 Goldman Environmental Prize.jpg in Western Samoa. Their work later led to the founding of Seacology.]]

=1998=

=1999=

=2000=

=2001=

=2002=

=2003=

=2004=

=2005=

=2006=

=2007=

=2008=

  • Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza (Ecuador){{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Amazon Activists win Goldman Environmental Prize|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-amazon13apr13,1,5347789.story|date=April 13, 2008|first=Chris|last=Kraul}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-04/ecuador-judgment-against-chevron-ruled-a-fraud-by-u-s-|title=Chevron Wins U.S. Ruling Calling Ecuador Judgment Fraud|date=4 March 2014|access-date=20 November 2017|via=www.bloomberg.com}}{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/07/31/adf-suspends-pablo-fajardo-attorney-who-took-chevron-to-court-for-18-billion/|title=Attorney Who Took Chevron to Court for $18B Suspended by ADF|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Jesus Leon Santos (Oaxaca, Mexico)
  • Rosa Hilda Ramos (Puerto Rico)
  • Feliciano dos Santos (Mozambique)
  • Marina Rikhvanova (Russia)
  • Ignace Schops from "Hoge Kempen National Park" (Belgium)

=2009=

=2010=

  • Thuli Brilliance Makama (Swaziland){{cite web|author=Goldman Environmental Prize |url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/pressroom/2010_print/pressreleases |title=2010 Press Release |publisher=Goldman Prize |date=2010-04-19 |access-date=2011-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064217/http://www.goldmanprize.org/pressroom/2010_print/pressreleases |archive-date=2011-06-15 }}
  • Tuy Sereivathana (Cambodia)
  • Małgorzata Górska (Poland)
  • Humberto Ríos Labrada (Cuba)
  • Lynn Henning (United States)
  • Randall Arauz (Costa Rica)

=2011=

  • Raoul du Toit, (Zimbabwe){{cite web|author=Goldman Environmental Prize |url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/pressroom/2011_print/pressreleases |title=2011 Press Release |publisher=Goldman Prize |date=2011-04-11 |access-date=2011-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604225246/http://www.goldmanprize.org/pressroom/2011_print/pressreleases |archive-date=2012-06-04 }}
  • Dmitry Lisitsyn (Russia)
  • Ursula Sladek (Germany)
  • Prigi Arisandi (Indonesia)
  • Hilton Kelley (United States)
  • Francisco Pineda (El Salvador)

=2012=

  • Ikal Angelei (Kenya){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ikal-angelei|title=Ikal Angelei - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Ma Jun (China){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma-jun|title=Ma Jun - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Yevgeniya Chirikova (Russia){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/evgenia-chirikova|title=Evgenia Chirikova - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Edwin Gariguez (Philippines){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/edwin-gariguez|title=Edwin Gariguez - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Caroline Cannon (United States){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/caroline-cannon|title=Caroline Cannon - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Sofia Gatica (Argentina){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/sofia-gatica|title=Sofia Gatica - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}

=2013=

  • Azzam Alwash (Iraq){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/azzam-alwash|title=Azzam Alwash - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Aleta Baun (Indonesia){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/aleta-baun|title=Aleta Baun - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Jonathan Deal (South Africa){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/jonathan-deal|title=Jonathan Deal - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Rossano Ercolini (Italy){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/rossano-ercolini|title=Rossano Ercolini - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Nohra Padilla (Colombia){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/nohra-padilla|title=Nohra Padilla - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Kimberly Wasserman (United States){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/kimberly-wasserman|title=Kimberly Wasserman - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}

=2014=

  • Desmond D'Sa (South Africa){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/desmond-dsa|title=Desmond D'Sa - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Ramesh Agrawal (India){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ramesh-agrawal|title=Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Suren Gazaryan (Russia){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/suren-gazaryan|title=Suren Gazaryan - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Rudi Putra (Indonesia){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/rudi-putra|title=Rudi Putra - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Helen Slottje (United States){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/helen-slottje|title=Helen Slottje - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Ruth Buendía (Peru){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ruth-buendia|title=Ruth Buendía - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}

=2015=

  • Myint Zaw (Myanmar){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/myint-zaw|title=Myint Zaw - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Marilyn Baptiste (Canada){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/marilyn-baptiste|title=Marilyn Baptiste - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Jean Wiener (Haiti){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/jean-wiener|title=Jean Wiener - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Phyllis Omido (Kenya){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/phyllis-omido|title=Phyllis Omido - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Howard Wood (Scotland){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/howard-wood|title=Howard Wood - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}
  • Berta Cáceres (Honduras){{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/berta-caceres|title=Berta Cáceres - Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=20 November 2017}}

=2016=

File:Nancy Pelosi Goldman prize 2016.jpg is often present at the Prize awards ceremony; here in 2016, award winner Zuzana Čaputová would go on to be elected President of Slovakia]]

  • Máxima Acuña (Peru){{cite web|title=Máxima Acuña|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/maxima-acuna/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}
  • Zuzana Čaputová (Slovakia){{cite web|title=Zuzana Caputova|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/zuzana-caputova/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}
  • Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera (Puerto Rico){{cite web|title=Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/luis-jorge-rivera-herrera/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}
  • Edward Loure (Tanzania){{cite web|title=Edward Loure|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/edward-loure/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}
  • Leng Ouch (Cambodia){{cite web|title=Leng Ouch|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/leng-ouch/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}
  • Destiny Watford (United States){{cite web|title=Destiny Watford|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/destiny-watford/|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|access-date=18 April 2016}}

=2017=

  • Wendy Bowman (Australia){{cite web|title=Wendy Bowman|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/wendy-bowman/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}
  • Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo (Democratic Republic of the Congo){{cite news|last1=Marshall|first1=Claire|title=Ex-child soldier wins environment prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39641182|access-date=24 April 2017|work=BBC News|date=24 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/rodrigue-katembo/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}
  • mark! Lopez (United States){{cite web|title=mark! Lopez|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/mark-lopez/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}
  • Uroš Macerl (Slovenia){{cite web|title=Uroš Macerl|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/uros-macerl/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}
  • Prafulla Samantara (India){{Cite news |title=Prafulla Samantara - Green Nobel |date=2017 |newspaper=Sulabh Swachh Bharat |url=http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/en/posts/Prafulla-Samantara-Green-Nobel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514175334/http://sulabhswachhbharat.com/en/posts/Prafulla-Samantara-Green-Nobel |archive-date=14 May 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2017 }}{{cite web|title=Prafulla Samantara|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/prafulla-samantara/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}
  • Rodrigo Tot (Guatemala){{cite web|title=Rodrigo Tot|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/rodrigo-tot/|access-date=24 April 2017|publisher=Goldman Environmental Foundation|website=The Goldman Environmental Prize}}

=2018=

  • Manny Calonzo (Philippines)
  • Francia Márquez (Colombia)
  • Nguy Thi Khanh (Vietnam)
  • LeeAnne Walters (United States)
  • Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid (South Africa)
  • Claire Nouvian (France){{Cite news|title=Goldman environmental prize: top awards dominated by women for first time |date=23 April 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/23/unprecedented-win-for-women-in-top-global-environment-awards-goldman-prize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423130447/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/23/unprecedented-win-for-women-in-top-global-environment-awards-goldman-prize |archive-date=23 April 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}

=2019=

  • Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolia)
  • Alfred Brownell (Liberia)
  • Alberto Curamil (Chile)
  • Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands)
  • Linda Garcia (United States)
  • Ana Colovic Lesoska (North Macedonia){{cite news |last1=Casey |first1=Michael |title=Lawyer fighting palm oil among 6 to win environmental prize |url=https://apnews.com/c53420636514442ba0cfdccab861536d |access-date=April 29, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |date=April 29, 2019}}{{cite magazine |last1=Anzilotti |first1=Eillie |title=These 6 activists just won a major award for protecting natural resources around the world |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90340906/these-6-activists-just-won-a-major-award-for-protecting-natural-resources-around-the-world |access-date=April 29, 2019 |magazine=Fast Company |date=April 29, 2019}}

=2020=

=2021=

=2022=

=2023=

  • Zafer Kızılkaya (Turkey)
  • Alessandra Korap Munduruku (Brazil)
  • Chilekwa Mumba (Zambia)
  • Tero Mustonen (Finland)
  • Delima Silalahi (Indonesia)
  • Diane Wilson (United States){{cite web |title=Introducing the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/introducing-the-2023-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=April 24, 2023 |date=April 24, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |title=2023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/24/2023-goldman-environmental-prize-winners |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=April 24, 2023}}

=2024=

  • Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma (South Africa)
  • Alok Shukla (India)
  • Teresa Vicente (Spain)
  • Murrawah Maroochy Johnson (Australia)
  • Andrea Vidaurre (United States)
  • Marcel Gomes (Brazil){{cite web |title=Introducing the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/introducing-the-2024-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=April 29, 2024 |date=April 29, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |title=Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up California trucking and railway sectors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/29/goldman-prize-winner-andrea-vidaurre-california-trucking-railway |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=April 29, 2024}}

=2025=

  • {{ill|Semia Gharbi|de|Semia Gharbi}} (Tunisia)
  • Batmunkh Luvsandash (Mongolia)
  • Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika (Albania)
  • Carlos Mallo Molina (Canary Islands)
  • Laurene Allen (United States)
  • Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari (Peru){{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |title=Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/21/goldman-environmental-prize-recognises-activists-fighting-corporate-power-and-political-corruption |access-date=April 21, 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=April 21, 2025}}{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/introducing-the-2025-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/ |website=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=April 21, 2025 |date=April 21, 2025}}

See also

References

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{{cite news |first=Elizabeth |last=Weise |title=Founder of Goldman Environmental Prize dies |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/11/founder-of-goldman-environmental-prize-dies/1 |work=USA Today |date=2010-11-30 |access-date=2010-11-30}}

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