Goldman Environmental Prize Blog

The Goldman Environmental Prize is excited to announce the recipients of the 2020 Grantmaking program. Launched in 2015, the Grantmaking program supports past Goldman Prize winners to further their grassroots environmental work. Past grants have supported work in conservation, environmental justice, environmental education, and more. 2020 Goldman Prize Grant Recipients Listed in alphabetical order: Bangladesh…

By Ryan Mack Berta Cáceres (Honduras, 2015) was one of Latin America’s foremost activists, championing indigenous rights, social justice, and environmental protection for decades. For Berta, these were never separate issues. Environmental, indigenous, and human rights were all interconnected. Her work encapsulated these values more than any other activist I have met. On the night…

We are pleased to share the projects supported by the Goldman Environmental Prize’s Grantmaking program during the 2019 grant year (May 2019 – May 2020). Launched in 2015, the Grantmaking program is designed to support past Prize winners to further their grassroots environmental work. Past grants have supported work in conservation, environmental justice, environmental education,…

This June, participate in a digital film festival screening and live Q&A of the film Maxima by Claudia Sparrow. The award-winning documentary follows the story of Goldman Environmental Prize winner Maxima Acuña (Peru, 2016). The online festival is hosted by international NGO Human Rights Watch. Film synopsis: Maxima tells the incredible story of 2016 environmental Goldman Environmental Prize…

From the conservation of endangered species to the establishment of marine protected areas, here are five stellar Goldman Prize winners working to protect our seas. 1. Jacqueline Evans Thanks to the leadership of Goldman Prize recipient Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands, 2019), all 763,000 square miles of the Cook Islands’ ocean territory are sustainably managed and…

In the second installment of a two-part guest blog, Deputy Director of the Goldman Environmental Prize Lorrae Rominger writes about her trip to Eastern Europe in November 2019. Lorrae had the opportunity to meet with two Prize winners 20 years apart: 2016 Prize winner Zuzana Caputova, now the first female president of Slovakia (blog) and…

As international travel has been put on hold, we are grateful for this period as an opportunity for reflection. In the first installment of a two-part guest blog, Deputy Director of the Goldman Environmental Prize Lorrae Rominger writes about her trip to Eastern Europe in November 2019. Lorrae had the opportunity to meet with two…

Garth Owen-Smith, of Namibia, who won the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa in 1993 with Dr. Margaret Jacobsohn for their pioneering work in community-based natural resource management, has died. He was 76. In the early 1980s, Owen-Smith and Jacobsohn, an anthropologist, began a lifelong effort to link wildlife conservation with the needs of the local…

The first Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded in April 1990, scheduled to coincide with Earth Day, which debuted in 1970. Kicked off by a full-page ad in the New York Times, Earth Day established itself as an important new rallying cry and national call to action. The 1970 ad shows the humble beginnings of this…

Dear Friends, During the global coronavirus pandemic, we are all learning to adjust, to care for our communities and ourselves, and to plan for an unknown future. In this context, we join much of the world in taking extraordinary measures to adapt, namely: We are postponing the announcement of the Goldman Environmental Prize until a later…