October 2, 2008
Silas Siakor (Africa, 2006), Marina Silva (South and Central America, 1996) and Marina Rikhvanova (Asia, 2008) were chosen by TIME Magazine as 2008 Heroes of the Environment.
Read about their work: Silas Siakor / Marina Silva / Marina Rikhvanova
The new year is a chance to reflect, take stock, and set a new tone for how we might take care of our planet. To find new inspiration and clarity, we’re turning to Goldman Environmental Prize winners, environmental champions leading change across the globe. In this blog post, they share their hopes and advice for…
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Michael Sutton, the executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, visited 2014 Goldman Prize winner Rudi Putra in Indonesia this November. He shared observations from the trip in the post below. In 2023, Tero Mustonen received the Goldman Environmental Prize for protecting a distinctive natural habitat in Finland: peatlands. These peat marshes and bogs—sometimes known…
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This fall, Goldman Environmental Prize Program Manager Laura Fernandez had the opportunity to visit Niwat Roykaew and Tuenjai Deetes, Goldman Prize winners from Thailand from 2022 and 1994, respectively. The following is a guest post about her experience. After spending three days in Chiang Mai, Thailand, attending the Asia Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum, I…
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