Author: elomonico

The board and staff of the Goldman Environmental Prize are deeply saddened at the passing of Colleen McCrory, one of Canada’s foremost environmental leaders, who received the Goldman Prize in 1992. Colleen died July 1st at age 57 from an inoperable brain tumor. A mother of three and founder and executive director of the Valhalla…

Wangari Maathai and Arthur Chaskalson Receive the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2007 Mandela Health & Human Rights Award June 20, 2007 Wangari Mattai, 1991 Goldman Prize Recipient from Kenya, and Former South African Chief Justice, Arthur Chaskalson, today were awarded the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. Prof. Maathai won the award for…