The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world's six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.

RECIPIENT	COUNTRY	YEAR
Jane Akre	United States	2001
Julia Bonds	United States	2003
Edwin Bustillos	Mexico	1996
Aurora Castillo	United States	1995
Matthew Coon Come	Canada	1994
Margie Eugene-Richard	United States	2004
Lois Gibbs	United States	1990
Sarah James	United States	2002
Kory Johnson	United States	1998
Norma Kassi	United States	2002
Samuel LaBudde	United States	1991
Isidro Baldenegro López	Mexico	2005
Jesús León Santos	Mexico	2008
Bernard Martin	Canada	1999
Colleen McCrory	Canada	1992
Rodolfo Montiel Flores	Mexico	2000
Sophia Rabliauskas	Canada	2007
Jonathon Solomon	United States	2002
Terri Swearingen	United States	1997
JoAnn Tall	United States	1993