CHANGE STARTS WHERE YOU STAND
July 15, 2010
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, 2010
Fighting Sea of Manure From Factory Farms, Woman Makes Enemies
Bloomberg
June 16, 2010
The Cost of a Fin
American Public Media’s The Story
The following piece is a guest post by Pianporn Deetes, Executive Director of Rivers and Rights. For six days, I walked alongside monks, Indigenous communities, women, youth, artists, and river defenders along the Kok River, a tributary of the Mekong in northern Thailand near the borders of Myanmar and Laos. We carried out this Peace Walk because people…
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This year, for the first time ever, all six recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize are women. The 2026 Goldman Prize winners—Iroro Tanshi (Nigeria), Borim Kim (South Korea), Sarah Finch (United Kingdom), Theonila Roka Matbob (Papua New Guinea), Alannah Acaq Hurley (United States), and Yuvelis Morales Blanco (Colombia)—represent a powerful group of environmental leaders. Their…
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When asked what it’s like to have a major climate ruling named after her, Sarah Finch responded, “It’s really cool!” A writer and editor from southeastern England, Sarah is now a well-known name in environmental circles thanks to the “Finch ruling,” a 2024 decision by the UK Supreme Court that requires environmental assessments to consider the downstream impacts that fossil fuels will have on the global climate, in addition to local…
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