Goldman Environmental Prize Blog

The Goldman Prize ceremony in Washington, DC is moving to a new venue this spring. In April 2013, the ceremony will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Ronald Reagan Building is part of the Federal Triangle complex. It is the largest federal building in the nation, after the Pentagon.…

Last week, Apple CEO Tom Cook announced to Bloomberg Businessweek that Apple plans to bring some production of Mac computers to the United States from China. Cook did not give details about which line of Macs it will be or where the plant will be located. Nor did he say exactly what prompted the move,…

Did climate change cause Hurricane Sandy? Many in the scientific community agree that it played a significant role in the storm’s strength and destructiveness. “Hurricanes and tropical storms would occur with or without global warming. But many climate models suggest that such storms will become more intense as the planet warms,” Pennsylvania State University climatologist…

Lois Gibbs won the Goldman Prize in 1990 for her work to expose and clean-up ‘the love canal,’ a 21,000-ton toxic waste site buried beneath her neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. The discovery came after Gibbs launched a personal investigation into the unexplained health problems of her children and neighbors. Gibbs fought for years…

In the interview below, 2005 Goldman Prize recipient Chavannes Jean-Baptiste discusses the work that he and the team at the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) have been doing since the 2010 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti’s infrastructure, leaving thousands homeless and hungry. MPP has teamed up with Why Hunger, a campaign that together with…

Pedro Arrojo was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2003 for his oppositions to Spain’s 1995 National Hydrological Plan (NHP), which called for 120 new dams that would have devastated countless natural areas and fishing communities along the Ebro River. Today, Arrojo is the director of Water, Rivers and People, a collaborative international exhibition that aims to…

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s easy to get bogged down with buying and consuming during the holidays. Take a break today and help us celebrate Giving Tuesday. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday open the holiday shopping season, Giving Tuesday marks the official start of the ‘giving season.’ After all, aren’t the holidays…

1995 Goldman Prize recipient Ricardo Navarro and his organization Friends of the Earth El Salvador/CESTA recently partnered with the Movement of the Victims and Peoples Affected by Climate Change (MOVIAC) to organize an international conference in San Salvador, El Salvador. The International Conference on Climate Change, Territories and Social Movements took place over two days…

In early 2006, Belgium opened its first national park, thanks to the hard work of 2008 Goldman Prize recipient Ignace Schops. For several years, Schops and the team at Regionaal Landschap Kempen and Maasland (RLKM) – a nature conservation NGO that he directs- lobbied local and regional governments, NGOs, industries and citizens to help secure the funding needed to open Hoge Kempen. Schops…

In an effort to enforce Ecuador’s $18 billion ruling against Chevron, an Argentine judge signed an order to freeze almost all of Chevron’s $2 billion assets in that country. “Seizure actions will continue to be filed against Chevron assets in more countries to make sure the full amount of the judgment is collected,” said 2008…