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Anti-mining Activist Killed in El Salvador

June 20, 2011

The Goldman Environmental Foundation regrets to inform you that a colleague of 2011 winner Francisco Pineda, an activist from the Environmental Committee of Cabañas, has been killed. Juan Francisco Duran, a 30 year old university student, was last seen hanging anti-mining fliers on the night of June 2nd.  His body was found on June 14th…

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Bob Brown (1990) Donates His Home and Property to Conservation

June 17, 2011

How much are you willing to donate to environmental conservation? A few hours of your time? A few dollars from your pocket? How about your home and all of the property it sits on? That is exactly what 1990 Goldman Prize winner Bob Brown of Australia did on June 15. Brown donated his picturesque white…

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Ignace Schops (2008) receives an honorary doctorate

June 14, 2011

2008 Goldman Prize winner Ignace Schops received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hasselt, Belgium, for international achievement for biodiversity and social entrepreneurship featured by cooperation and sustainable development. Ignace had this to say about the honor: “The University of Hasselt gives honorary doctorates to people who achieved something with a broad impact and…

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Mill Valley Film Group wins an Emmy

June 13, 2011

Congratulations to Mill Valley Film Group on winning an Emmy for the series Global Focus VII –The New Environmentalists. MVFG took home the Emmy this past Saturday at the gala award ceremony in San Francisco. The series won for the Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program/Special category. The Global Focus series also won an Emmy in 2008-2009.…

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Wangari Maathai's (1991) Green Belt Movement selects new US Director

June 9, 2011

The Green Belt Movement was founded by 1991 Goldman Prize winner Wangari Maathai, who also received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental activism in Kenya. Please join us in congratulating Stephen Mills, formerly the International Programs Director of the Sierra Club, on his new position as the Director of the Green Belt Movement – US Office. Stephen…

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"The Last Mountain" featuring Maria Gunnoe (2009) screening at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club

June 8, 2011

How far would you go to protect your home, your livelihood and your community? Robert F Kennedy Jr. joins Goldman Prize winner Maria Gunnoe (2009) in fighting on the front lines against mountaintop removal in Gunnoe’s Appalachian community. Take an in-depth look into her struggle with the powerful new film The Last Mountain. The Last…

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Tuy Sereivathana (2010) wins National Geographic's Emerging Explorers Award

June 7, 2011

Why should you scare wild elephants? In order to save them! Congratulations to Tuy Sereivathana. The 2010 Goldman Prize winner from Cambodia has been awarded the 2011 National Geographic Emerging Explorers Award for his ground-breaking elephant conservation methods. Check out the video below to see how Sereivathana’s work has helped save his country’s elephants.

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Goldman Prize winners Hilton Kelley (2011) and Maria Gunnoe (2009) featured at Mountainfilm Telluride

June 3, 2011

Goldman Prize winners Hilton Kelley (2011) and Maria Gunnoe (2009) spent Memorial Day weekend at the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. Mountainfilm has been “Celebrating the Indomitable Spirit” for 32 years, and is dedicated to shedding light on important issues, cultures, and ideas all over the world. Kelley and Gunnoe were showcased at this year’s…

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New Documentary features 2007 Recipient Willie Corduff

May 11, 2011

For more than five years, the people of Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland, have been fighting Shell Oil’s plans to build the Corrib Gas Pipeline directly through their farmland and coastline. This tiny community, whose residents have called it home for generations, has been torn apart through this fight, with some people siding with Shell…

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2011 Prize: Q&A with Dmitry Lisitsyn

May 4, 2011

Dmitry Lisitsyn is fighting to protect Sakhalin Island’s critical endangered ecosystems while also demanding safety measures from one of the world’s largest petroleum development projects. Learn more about his work in the Q&A below. Q. What first brought you to Sakhalin Island and what made you stay? A. My wife and I moved to Sakhalin…

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