THE DOING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
On Sunday, June 11, 2017 the film BERTA VIVE/BERTA LIVES, a Honduran documentary on the life and death of 2015 Goldman Prize winner Berta Cáceres will screen at the East Bay Community Space (507 55th St, Oakland, CA 94609) at 6pm. Stick around after the film for a Q&A with the film’s director Katia Lara. Tickets for…
The following is a statement from Susan R. Gelman, President of the Goldman Environmental Foundation: “Today marks a significant turning point for our country and our planet as the president formally announced his intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. We strongly condemn the president’s decision, as it is a direct threat to the…
The 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony was held on Monday, April 24 at the historic War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, followed by a reception at City Hall. At the standing-room only ceremony, nearly 3000 attendees celebrated the incredible accomplishments of the 2017 Goldman Prize winners: Uroš Macerl, Prafulla Samantara, mark! Lopez, Rodrigo Tot, Rodrigue Katembo, and Wendy Bowman. To learn more…
“Peru’s highest court has ruled in favor of 2016 Goldman Environmental Prizewinner Máxima Acuña. On Wednesday, May 3rd, the Supreme Court of Peru ruled that the case against Ms. Acuña was unfounded and absolved her of all charges. The Supreme Court’s decision comes after six long years of legal battles and reaffirms a previous ruling…
Myriah Cornwell, Program Officer for Islands and Island Nations looks back at her first encounter with Wendy Bowman, one of the latest recipients of the Prize at her home in the lush Hunter Valley region of Australia earlier this year. When I first pulled up to Wendy Bowman’s farm, it was a burning hot summer…
Congratulations to the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! mark! Lopez, United States Prize winner for North America Born and raised in a family of community activists, mark! Lopez persuaded the state of California to provide comprehensive lead testing and cleanup of East Los Angeles homes contaminated by a battery smelter that had polluted the community…
For nearly 30 years, the annual Prize ceremony has been the crowning moment in which we have celebrated the achievement of grassroots environmental heroism. Including 2017, we will have awarded 181 activists from 86 countries. Below are some of our favorite memories from a legacy of commemorating leaders from across the globe: The first winners…
Once again this year we will stream the Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony live on our website and Facebook page from 5:30pm PDT on Monday April 24. If you are not familiar with the Goldman Environmental Prize ceremonies, check out last year’s recording of the ceremony when six environmental heroes received their award. The 2017 Ceremony…
It has been almost a year since we awarded the Prize to forest defender Leng Ouch, indigenous rights advocate Edward Loure and steward of protected areas Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera. We caught up with them again this week to find out — in their words — how the Prize has affected their lives and what they have been working on since…
Numerous reports over the past year have pointed to Latin America as one of the most dangerous regions for environmental activists, and Honduras was recently singled out as the most deadly country in the world for environmental defenders. This became all too evident when — a year ago — Berta Cáceres was tragically assassinated. These growing threats against those who…