Goldman Environmental Prize Blog

The 2014 Goldman Prize ceremony in Washington, DC took place on Wednesday, April 30 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Despite the rainy weather, hundreds of people turned out to support and celebrate the 2014 Goldman Prize recipients. Barbara Harrison returned for her ninth year as Master of Ceremonies for the event.…

The 25th annual Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony took place on Monday, April 28, 2014 at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, followed by a reception at City Hall. Nearly 4,000 guests were inspired and motivated by the courageous stories of the 2014 Goldman Prize recipients: Desmond D’Sa from South Africa; Ramesh Agrawal from India; Suren Gazaryan…

Congratulations to the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients: Desmond D’Sa, South Africa: Desmond D’Sa rallied south Durban’s diverse and disenfranchised communities to successfully shut down a toxic waste dump that was exposing nearby residents to dangerous chemicals and robbing them of their constitutionally protected right to a safe and clean environment. Ramesh Agrawal, India: With…

For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are spotlighting past Goldman Prize winners who will be attending the 2014 Goldman Prize ceremony on Monday, April 28. Ignace Schops, Thuli Makama, Randall Arauz, and Marina Rikhvanova are just a few of the familiar faces we are excited to see. Ignace Schops was awarded the Prize in 2008…

With the 2014 Goldman Prize ceremony less than a week away, the Prize team is busy putting the finishing touches on what is sure to be a spectacular 25th anniversary celebration. We are excited to announce that award-winning journalist and news anchor Soledad O’Brien will be this year’s Master of Ceremonies. She will be joined…

For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are taking a look back at the first ever Goldman Prize ceremony, which took place on April 16, 1990 to coincide with Earth Day. Coincidentally, it was also Goldman Prize co-founder Richard Goldman’s 70th birthday. The Goldmans sent out over 3,000 invitations to the ceremony, expecting only a small…

We are excited to announce that for the first time ever the Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony will be broadcast LIVE on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel. Attendance to the Goldman Prize ceremony is by invitation only, but this year all our followers will have the opportunity to experience the ceremony in real time. The 2014…

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. Tell us about…

For over 10 years Robert Redford has been narrating the Goldman Prize recipient profile videos and has been a valued partner of the Prize. Redford is an ardent conservationist and environmentalist, who stands for social responsibility and political involvement. He is an artist and businessman who is a staunch supporter of uncompromised creative expression. His…

Russian scientist Olga Speranskaya was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2009 for her work to transform the NGO community in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asian (EECCA) region into a potent, participatory force working to identify and eliminate the Soviet legacy of toxic chemicals in the environment. She formed a civil society network that…