CHANGE STARTS WHERE YOU STAND
February 12, 2024
Liz is passionate about empowering and inspiring individuals to lead positive change. She has a rich background in sustainability, with leadership positions at the Presidio Graduate School, a sustainability-focused university, and Net Impact, a nonprofit focused on building a global network of grassroots changemakers. Liz received an undergraduate degree from Yale and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She joined the Prize in 2024.
The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize is Monday, April 20 The 2026 Goldman Prize winners will be announced the morning of April 20 and celebrated at a live ceremony in San Francisco that evening. The event will be livestreamed on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel, allowing viewers around the world to join the celebration. Please follow…
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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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