Goldman Environmental Prize
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The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists.
History
[edit]Awardees are named 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] The Prize is often referred to as the Green Nobel.[2]
The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman.[1] As of 2019[update], 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 through the year 2020,[6][7] and Sigourney Weaver beginning in 2021.[8]
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.[9][6] A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C.[9][6]
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,[10][11] June 15, 2021,[8][12] and May 25, 2022, respectively.[13][14]
Live ceremonies resumed in 2023, taking place in San Francisco on April 24 and in Washington, D.C., on April 26.[15]
Prize winners
[edit]1990
[edit]- Robert Brown (Australia)
- Lois Gibbs (United States)
- Janet Gibson (Belize)
- Harrison Ngau Laing (Malaysia)
- János Vargha (Hungary)
- Michael Werikhe (Kenya)
1991
[edit]- Wangari Muta Maathai (Kenya)
- Barnens Regnskog (Eha Kern and Roland Tiensuu) (Sweden)
- Evaristo Nugkuag (Peru)
- Yoichi Kuroda (Japan)
- Samuel LaBudde (United States)
- Cath Wallace (New Zealand)
1992
[edit]- Jeton Anjain (Marshall Islands)
- Medha Patkar (India)
- Wadja Egnankou (Ivory Coast)
- Christine Jean (France)
- Colleen McCrory (Canada)
- Carlos Alberto Ricardo (Brazil)
1993
[edit]- Margaret Jacobsohn and Garth Owen-Smith (Namibia)
- Juan Mayr (Colombia)
- Dai Qing (China)
- John Sinclair (Australia)
- JoAnn Tall (United States)
- Sviatoslav Zabelin (Russia)
1994
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Aurora Castillo (United States)
- Yul Choi (South Korea)
- Noah Idechong (Palau)
- Emma Must (England)
- Ricardo Navarro (El Salvador)
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria)
1996
[edit]- Ndyakira Amooti (Uganda)
- Bill Ballantine (New Zealand)[17]
- Edwin Bustillos (Mexico)
- M.C. Mehta (India)
- Marina Silva (Brasil)
- Albena Simeonova (Bulgaria)
1997
[edit]
- Nick Carter (Zambia)
- Loir Botor Dingit (Indonesia)
- Alexander Nikitin (Russia)
- Juan Pablo Orrego (Chile)
- Fuiono Senio and Paul Alan Cox (Western Samoa)
- Terri Swearingen (United States)
1998
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Jacqui Katona and Yvonne Margarula (Australia)
- Michal Kravcik (Slovakia)
- Bernard Martin (Canada)
- Samuel Nguiffo (Cameroon)
- Jorge Varela (Honduras)
- Ka Hsaw Wa (Myanmar)
2000
[edit]- Oral Ataniyazova (Uzbekistan)
- Elias Diaz Peña and Oscar Rivas (Paraguay)
- Vera Mischenko (Russia)
- Rodolfo Montiel Flores (Mexico)
- Alexander Peal (Liberia)
- Nat Quansah (Madagascar)
2001
[edit]- Jane Akre and Steve Wilson (reporter) (United States)
- Yosepha Alomang (Indonesia)
- Giorgos Catsadorakis and Myrsini Malakou (Greece)
- Oscar Olivera (Bolivia)
- Eugène Rutagarama (Rwanda)
- Bruno Van Peteghem (New Caledonia)
2002
[edit]- Pisit Charnsnoh (Thailand)
- Sarah James and Jonathon Solomon (United States)
- Fatima Jibrell (Somalia)
- Alexis Massol González (Puerto Rico)
- Norma Kassi (Canada)
- Jean La Rose (Guyana)
- Jadwiga Łopata (Poland)
2003
[edit]- Julia Bonds (United States)
- Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (Spain)
- Eileen Kampakuta Brown and Eileen Wani Wingfield (Australia)
- Von Hernandez (Philippines)
- Maria Elena Foronda Farro (Peru)
- Odigha Odigha (Nigeria)
2004
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Isidro Baldenegro López (Mexico)
- Kaisha Atakhanova (Kazakhstan)
- Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (Haiti)
- Stephanie Danielle Roth (Romania)
- Corneille Ewango (Congo)
- José Andrés Tamayo Cortez (Honduras)
2006
[edit]- Silas Kpanan’ Siakor (Liberia)[18]
- Yu Xiaogang (China)
- Olya Melen (Ukraine)
- Anne Kajir (Papua New Guinea)
- Craig E. Williams (United States)
- Tarcisio Feitosa da Silva (Brazil)
2007
[edit]- Sophia Rabliauskas (Manitoba, Canada)
- Hammerskjoeld Simwinga (Zambia)
- Tsetsgeegiin Mönkhbayar (Mongolia)
- Julio Cusurichi Palacios (Peru)
- Willie Corduff (Ireland)
- Orri Vigfússon (Iceland)
2008
[edit]- Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza (Ecuador)[19][20][21]
- 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
[edit]- Maria Gunnoe, Bob White, West Virginia (United States)[22]
- Marc Ona, Libreville (Gabon)
- Rizwana Hasan, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- Olga Speranskaya, Moscow (Russia)
- Yuyun Ismawati (Bali, Indonesia)
- Wanze Eduards and Hugo Jabini (Pikin Slee village and Paramaribo, Suriname)
2010
[edit]- Thuli Brilliance Makama (Swaziland)[23]
- Tuy Sereivathana (Cambodia)
- Małgorzata Górska (Poland)
- Humberto Ríos Labrada (Cuba)
- Lynn Henning (United States)
- Randall Arauz (Costa Rica)
2011
[edit]- Raoul du Toit, (Zimbabwe)[24]
- Dmitry Lisitsyn (Russia)
- Ursula Sladek (Germany)
- Prigi Arisandi (Indonesia)
- Hilton Kelley (United States)
- Francisco Pineda (El Salvador)
2012
[edit]- Ikal Angelei (Kenya)[25]
- Ma Jun (China)[26]
- Yevgeniya Chirikova (Russia)[27]
- Edwin Gariguez (Philippines)[28]
- Caroline Cannon (United States)[29]
- Sofia Gatica (Argentina)[30]
2013
[edit]- Azzam Alwash (Iraq)[31]
- Aleta Baun (Indonesia)[32]
- Jonathan Deal (South Africa)[33]
- Rossano Ercolini (Italy)[34]
- Nohra Padilla (Colombia)[35]
- Kimberly Wasserman (United States)[36]
2014
[edit]- Desmond D'Sa (South Africa)[37]
- Ramesh Agrawal (India)[38]
- Suren Gazaryan (Russia)[39]
- Rudi Putra (Indonesia)[40]
- Helen Slottje (United States)[41]
- Ruth Buendía (Peru)[42]
2015
[edit]- Myint Zaw (Myanmar)[43]
- Marilyn Baptiste (Canada)[44]
- Jean Wiener (Haiti)[45]
- Phyllis Omido (Kenya)[46]
- Howard Wood (Scotland)[47]
- Berta Cáceres (Honduras)[48]
2016
[edit]
- Máxima Acuña (Peru)[49]
- Zuzana Čaputová (Slovakia)[50]
- Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera (Puerto Rico)[51]
- Edward Loure (Tanzania)[52]
- Leng Ouch (Cambodia)[53]
- Destiny Watford (United States)[54]
2017
[edit]- Wendy Bowman (Australia)[55]
- Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)[56][57]
- mark! Lopez (United States)[58]
- Uroš Macerl (Slovenia)[59]
- Prafulla Samantara (India)[60][61]
- Rodrigo Tot (Guatemala)[62]
2018
[edit]- Manny Calonzo (Philippines)
- Francia Márquez (Colombia)
- Nguy Thi Khanh (Vietnam)
- LeeAnne Walters (United States)
- Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid (South Africa)
- Claire Nouvian (France)[63]
2019
[edit]- Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolia)
- Alfred Brownell (Liberia)
- Alberto Curamil (Chile)
- Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands)
- Linda Garcia (United States)
- Ana Colovic Lesoska (North Macedonia)[3][64]
2020
[edit]- Chibeze Ezekiel (Ghana)
- Kristal Ambrose (The Bahamas)
- Leydy Pech (Mexico)
- Lucie Pinson (France)
- Nemonte Nenquimo (Ecuador)
- Paul Sein Twa (Myanmar)[10][65]
2021
[edit]- Gloria Majiga-Kamoto (Malawi)
- Nguyễn Văn Thái (Vietnam)
- Maida Bilal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Kimiko Hirata (Japan)
- Sharon Lavigne (United States)
- Liz Chicaje Churay (Peru)[12][66]
2022
[edit]- Chima Williams (Nigeria)
- Niwat Roykaew (Thailand)
- Marjan Minnesma (Netherlands)
- Julien Vincent (Australia)
- Nalleli Cobo (United States)
- Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narváez Trujillo (Ecuador)[13][67]
2023
[edit]- Zafer Kızılkaya (Turkey)
- Alessandra Korap Munduruku (Brazil)
- Chilekwa Mumba (Zambia)
- Tero Mustonen (Finland)
- Delima Silalahi (Indonesia)
- Diane Wilson (United States)[68][69]
2024
[edit]- Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma (South Africa)
- Alok Shukla (India)
- Teresa Vicente (Spain)
- Murrawah Maroochy Johnson (Australia)
- Andrea Vidaurre (United States)
- Marcel Gomes (Brazil)[70][71]
See also
[edit]- 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
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- List of environmental awards
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