Lois Gibbs won the Goldman Prize in 1990 for her work to expose and clean-up ‘the love canal,’ a 21,000-ton toxic waste site buried beneath her neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. The discovery came after Gibbs launched a personal investigation into the unexplained health problems of her children and neighbors. Gibbs fought for years…
In the interview below, 2005 Goldman Prize recipient Chavannes Jean-Baptiste discusses the work that he and the team at the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) have been doing since the 2010 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti’s infrastructure, leaving thousands homeless and hungry. MPP has teamed up with Why Hunger, a campaign that together with…
Pedro Arrojo was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2003 for his oppositions to Spain’s 1995 National Hydrological Plan (NHP), which called for 120 new dams that would have devastated countless natural areas and fishing communities along the Ebro River. Today, Arrojo is the director of Water, Rivers and People, a collaborative international exhibition that aims to…
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s easy to get bogged down with buying and consuming during the holidays. Take a break today and help us celebrate Giving Tuesday. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday open the holiday shopping season, Giving Tuesday marks the official start of the ‘giving season.’ After all, aren’t the holidays…
1995 Goldman Prize recipient Ricardo Navarro and his organization Friends of the Earth El Salvador/CESTA recently partnered with the Movement of the Victims and Peoples Affected by Climate Change (MOVIAC) to organize an international conference in San Salvador, El Salvador. The International Conference on Climate Change, Territories and Social Movements took place over two days…
In early 2006, Belgium opened its first national park, thanks to the hard work of 2008 Goldman Prize recipient Ignace Schops. For several years, Schops and the team at Regionaal Landschap Kempen and Maasland (RLKM) – a nature conservation NGO that he directs- lobbied local and regional governments, NGOs, industries and citizens to help secure the funding needed to open Hoge Kempen. Schops…
In an effort to enforce Ecuador’s $18 billion ruling against Chevron, an Argentine judge signed an order to freeze almost all of Chevron’s $2 billion assets in that country. “Seizure actions will continue to be filed against Chevron assets in more countries to make sure the full amount of the judgment is collected,” said 2008…
Last week, we detailed the first half of Lorrae Rominger’s recent outreach trip to Europe, where she met with 2005 Goldman Prize recipient Stephanie Roth in Berlin, Germany. The second part of her trip brought Rominger (Interim Executive Director of the Goldman Prize) to Belgium, where she attended the Europarc 2012 Conference and reconnected with the event’s host – 2008 Goldman…
In light of today’s US presidential election, the Goldman Prize is reflecting on the importance of keeping the environment on the nations’ political agenda. A recent poll shows that climate change and environmental protection are important issue to two-thirds of Americans, yet discussion of these matters has been noticeably absent from both sides of the…
Lorrae Rominger, Interim Executive Director of the Goldman Prize, recently returned from a trip to Europe where she had the opportunity to engage with potential nominators and connect with past Goldman Prize winners. On the first leg of her trip, Rominger met with 2005 Prize recipient Stephanie Roth in Berlin, Germany, where Roth now lives.…