TIMBY (‘This Is My Backyard’) is a new smartphone app that 2006 Goldman Prize winner Silas Siakor is using to monitor illegal logging in his home country of Liberia. His work to train local communities to use the app is just one of the exciting projects the Goldman Prize has supported as part of our recently launched Pilot Grantmaking Program for former…
Next week is the 14th World Forestry Congress where the global forestry community will gather to address key forestry issues. The event takes place only once every six years, presenting a unique opportunity for Prize winners and staff members to join the conversation. The theme for this year’s Congress is “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future.” With…
It’s almost impossible to have missed the internet exploding last month with outrage about the killing of a 13-year-old lion called Cecil in a national park in Northern Zimbabwe. Since then, the issue of trophy hunting has dominated the headlines, with those defending the practice speaking out just as loudly as those decrying Cecil’s death. We…
Dear Goldman Prize community, It has been my honor and privilege to serve as the Communications Coordinator for the Goldman Prize over the last five years. It is with deep gratitude that I announce today, August 12, 2015 will be my last day at the Prize. For my final blog, I want to take the opportunity…
Last week we told readers what to look out for when shopping around for an environmentally friendly vacation. We flagged greenwashing and green grabbing as troublesome tactics used by the travel industry to lure travelers. This week we are spotlighting examples of Goldman Prize winners who are engaged in authentic, sustainable ecotourism activities that benefit…
Over the years, society has grown more environmentally sensitive and consumers are becoming more and more interested in using their purchasing power for good. Industries from grocery stores and fast food chains to beauty products and household goods have jumped on the bandwagon, labeling their products “all natural” and “eco-friendly,” regardless of whether or not…
For the first time, the Goldman Environmental Prize and the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund (the Federation) have partnered on a pilot grantmaking program for international organizations committed to grassroots environmental change. The 12 grantees are past Goldman Environmental Prize winners that have applied for new programmatic grants. A total of $484,700 was…
Last month, 2015 Goldman Prize winner Howard Wood celebrated a victory when Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, announced that a Marine Conservation Order (MCO) has been put before Scottish parliament setting out conservation measures that include banning the highly destructive practice of scallop dredging within the South Arran Marine Protected…
In the third and final part of our three part series on environmental justice and environmental racism, we hear from 2013 Goldman Prize winner Kimberly Wasserman about her successful campaign to shut down two of the country’s oldest and dirtiest coal plants that were polluting her Latino community of Little Village. She is now leading…
Last week we discussed how communities of color and low-income communities are more likely to live next to highly polluting facility and therefore bear a disproportionate burden of toxic contamination compared to whiter and more affluent communities. In the foreword written for Steve Lerner’s book on fenceline communities titled “Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of…