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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]
The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by civic leaders and philanthropists Richard N. Goldman and Rhoda H. 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.[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]
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)[9]
- Edwin Bustillos (Mexico)
- M.C. Mehta (India)
- Marina Silva (Brasil)
- Albena Simeonova (Bulgaria)
1997
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- 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)[10]
- 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
- Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza (Ecuador)[11][12][13]
- 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
- Maria Gunnoe, Bob White, West Virginia, United States[14]
- Marc Ona, Libreville, Gabon
- Rizwana Hasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Olga Speranskaya, Moscow, Russia
- Yuyun Ismawati, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
- Wanze Eduards and Hugo Jabini, Pikin Slee village and Paramaribo, Suriname
2010
- Thuli Brilliance Makama, Swaziland[15]
- Tuy Sereivathana, Cambodia
- Małgorzata Górska, Poland
- Humberto Ríos Labrada, Cuba
- Lynn Henning, United States
- Randall Arauz, Costa Rica
2011
- Raoul du Toit, Zimbabwe[16]
- Dmitry Lisitsyn, Russia
- Ursula Sladek, Germany
- Prigi Arisandi, Indonesia
- Hilton Kelley, United States
- Francisco Pineda, El Salvador
2012
- Ikal Angelei, Kenya [17]
- Ma Jun, China [18]
- Yevgeniya Chirikova, Russia [19]
- Edwin Gariguez, Philippines [20]
- Caroline Cannon, United States [21]
- Sofia Gatica, Argentina [22]
2013
- Azzam Alwash, Iraq [23]
- Aleta Baun, Indonesia [24]
- Jonathan Deal, South Africa [25]
- Rossano Ercolini, Italy [26]
- Nohra Padilla, Colombia [27]
- Kimberly Wasserman, United States [28]
2014
- Desmond D'Sa, South Africa [29]
- Ramesh Agrawal, India [30]
- Suren Gazaryan, Russia [31]
- Rudi Putra, Indonesia [32]
- Helen Slottje, United States [33]
- Ruth Buendia, Peru [34]
2015
- Myint Zaw, Myanmar [35]
- Marilyn Baptiste, Canada [36]
- Jean Wiener, Haiti [37]
- Phyllis Omido, Kenya [38]
- Howard Wood, Scotland [39]
- Berta Cáceres, Honduras [40]
2016
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- Máxima Acuña, Peru[41]
- Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia[42]
- Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, Puerto Rico[43]
- Edward Loure, Tanzania[44]
- Leng Ouch, Cambodia[45]
- Destiny Watford, United States[46]
2017
- Wendy Bowman, Australia[47]
- Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo[48][49]
- mark! Lopez, United States[50]
- Uroš Macerl, Slovenia[51]
- Prafulla Samantara, India[52][53]
- Rodrigo Tot, Guatemala[54]
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[55]
2019
- Bayarjargal Agvaantseren, Mongolia
- Alfred Brownell, Liberia
- Alberto Curamil, Chile
- Jacqueline Evans, Cook Islands
- Linda Garcia, United States
- Ana Colovic Lesoska, North Macedonia[3][56]
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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- ^ "Helen Slottje - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Ruth Buendía - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Myint Zaw - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Marilyn Baptiste - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Jean Wiener - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Phyllis Omido - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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