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The Goldman Environmental Prize honors ordinary people who take extraordinary actions to protect our planet.

Meet the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to grassroots environmental champions from around the world.

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2025 Goldman Prize Winner Spotlight

Semia Gharbi

Environmental Justice
Africa
Tunisia

Semia Gharbi led a campaign that challenged a corrupt waste trafficking scheme between Italy and Tunisia, resulting in the return of 6,000 tons of illegaly exported household waste back to Italy, its country of origin, in February 2022.

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36 Years of Impact

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awarded in Prize funding

233

awards given to date

98

countries represented

106

female Prize winners

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Addressing the World’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges

We recognize individuals who are fighting on the frontlines of the greatest environmental issues of our time. Prize winners protect endangered ecosystems and species, combat destructive industries and developments, promote sustainable and environmentally friendly policies, and push for environmental justice.

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On our blog

Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Share Advice for the New Year

January 5, 2026

The new year is a chance to reflect, take stock, and set a new tone for how we might take care of our planet. To find new inspiration and clarity, we’re turning to Goldman Environmental Prize winners, environmental champions leading change across the globe. In this blog post, they share their hopes and advice for…

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Protecting Indonesia’s Tropical Ecosystems with Rudi Putra

December 11, 2025 – By Michael Sutton

Michael Sutton, the executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, visited 2014 Goldman Prize winner Rudi Putra in Indonesia this November. He shared observations from the trip in the post below. In 2023, Tero Mustonen received the Goldman Environmental Prize for protecting a distinctive natural habitat in Finland: peatlands. These peat marshes and bogs—sometimes known…

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Two Days on the Mekong River in Thailand: A Report from the Field

November 18, 2025 – By Laura Fernandez

This fall, Goldman Environmental Prize Program Manager Laura Fernandez had the opportunity to visit Niwat Roykaew and Tuenjai Deetes, Goldman Prize winners from Thailand from 2022 and 1994, respectively. The following is a guest post about her experience. After spending three days in Chiang Mai, Thailand, attending the Asia Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum, I…

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