This blog is a guest post by the Green Belt Movement, an organization founded by Prize winner Wangari Maathai (Kenya, 1991) that empowers communities, especially women, to protect the environment. The Start of the Green Belt Movement In Africa, as in many parts of the world, rural women deal with multiple stresses as an integral part of…
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report on the effects of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup; a popular herbicide produced by biotech giant Monsanto. The report concluded that the chemical – even at small doses – is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The Evidence Builds The WHO report isn’t the first…
In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign and 21 month road block that successfully pressured the world’s largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam. Read a Q&A with…
In 2009, Yuyun Ismawati was awarded the Goldman Prize for her work to implement sustainable community-based waste and sanitation management programs that provide employment opportunities to low-income people and empower them to improve the environment. In the Q&A below, Ismawati updates us about her work in the years since winning the Prize. Goldman Prize: Tell…