It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Julia “Judy” Bonds, a charismatic and tireless leader in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Judy won the Goldman Prize in 2003 and will be remembered as one of the most important grassroots leaders speaking out against destructive mining practices. She…
Global Focus VII, a 30-minute documentary television program featuring the 2010 Goldman Prize recipients, will begin its broadcast run on San Francisco Bay Area PBS affiliate KQED this coming week before it airs throughout the country on other PBS stations. The program airs on November 22 and again on November 26 at 7:30pm. Be sure…
Feliciano dos Santos (Mozambique, 2008) is the subject of the most recent African Voices program on CNN International. In the piece, Santos discusses his successful music career with his band, Massukos, and his work in helping communities in the poorest region of Mozambique with sanitation and infrastructure projects. Click the image above to watch the…
Gilberto Cobaría, President of the Association of the U’Wa (L) and Berito Kuwaru’wa Cobaría, 1998 Goldman Prize winner (R) outside of the Goldman Prize offices in San Francisco Goldman Prize winner Berito Kuwaru’wa Cobaría, an U’Wa spiritual elder, visited the Prize offices in San Francisco today to update us on their recent victories and challenges…
Lynn Henning (USA, 2010) was included in O Magazine’s 2010 Power List, an honor she shares with veteran journalist Diane Sawyer, film star Julia Roberts, fashion designer Vera Wang, and other important women making a difference or emerging as leaders in their fields. Henning was interviewed by Erin Brockovich for the magazine, which hits newsstands…
In a New York Times investigative report released yesterday, Microsoft was implicated in the recent increase in Russian police seizures of computers and documents from civil society groups on grounds of suspected software piracy. Marina Rikhvanova’s (Russia, 2008) organization, Baikal Environmental Wave, was featured prominently in the article, which provided insight into the January police…
Despite intense objection by shipbreaking yard owners, the Supreme Court once again asserted its position requiring all ships coming to Bangladesh for dismantling to be pre-cleaned of all toxic materials prior to entering Bangladesh’s waters. Rizwana Hasan (Bangladesh, 2009) and her organization, BELA, have led this and other legal cases advocating for the health and…
Luis Yanza (Ecuador, 2008) traveled to the Gulf Coast with a delegation of indigenous leaders to advise communities affected by the BP oil spill disaster. July 22, 2010 Advice for fighting oil companies PRI’s The World As part of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week programming, Discovery News aired an interview with Randall Arauz (Costa Rica,…
Here’s a sampling of some of the major news stories and features that have come out recently about Prize winners from around the world. July 14, 2010 Saving one of Europe’s treasures CNN July 12, 2010 Hidden shame of ship-breaking industry CNN July 12, 2010 Fighting the CAFOs American Public Media’s The Story July 6,…
More than 25 years after the world’s worst industrial chemical leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, eight people have been convicted on criminal charges and now face 2-year prison terms and fines. This verdict is the first related to the disaster to come from the notoriously slow Indian justice system. Since…