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2026 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Grassroots Environmental Leaders Grassroots award recognizes activists from Colombia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, and the United States First-ever all-women cohort of Prize winners Live ceremony to take place on April 20 in San Francisco during Earth Week   EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 20, 2026, AT 12:30 AM…

2025 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Seven Outstanding Defenders of the Earth Grassroots award recognizes activists from Peru, Mongolia, Albania, Tunisia, the Canary Islands, and the United States  Live ceremony to take place on April 21 in San Francisco during Earth Week  EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 21, 2025, AT 12:30 AM (PDT), 3:30 AM (EDT), 7:30 AM (GMT) …

2024 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Seven Outstanding Defenders of the Earth Grassroots award recognizes activists from South Africa, Brazil, Australia, India, Spain, and the United States 2024 marks 35 years of the Goldman Environmental Prize Live ceremonies to take place on April 29 in San Francisco and May 1 in Washington, DC EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 29,…

2023 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Outstanding Defenders of the Earth Grassroots award recognizes activists from Zambia, Indonesia, Turkey, Finland, Brazil, and the United States Live ceremonies to take place on April 24 in San Francisco and April 26 in Washington, DC EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 24, 2023, AT 12:30 AM (PDT), 3:30 AM (EDT), 7:30 AM…

2022 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Seven of the Earth’s Foremost Defenders Grassroots award recognizes activists from Thailand, Australia, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Ecuador, and the United States Virtual ceremony to take place on May 25, 2022, at 5:00 pm PDT, featuring Jane Fonda as host, musical guests Angelique Kidjo and the Detroit Youth Choir, narration by Sigourney…

2021 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Environmental Heroes Grassroots award recognizes activists from Peru, the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Japan, Vietnam, and Malawi Virtual ceremony to take place on June 15, 2021, at 4:00 pm PDT, featuring Jane Fonda as host, musical guests Lenny Kravitz, Baaba Maal, and the Ndlovu Youth Choir, with Sigourney Weaver and…

2015 press release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Heroes of the Environment 2015 recipients come from Kenya, Myanmar, Scotland, Haiti, Canada, and Honduras SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2015 — The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists. Awarded annually to environmental heroes from…

Press Release 2014

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Heroes of the Environment 2014 recipients come from India, Indonesia, Peru, Russia, South Africa and USA Prize recognizes grassroots environmental achievements stopping fracking, dams, palm oil development, land grabs, coal mining, toxic waste dumps SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2014 — The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients of…

2016 press release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Heroes of the Environment Award goes to activists from Tanzania, Cambodia, Slovakia, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2016 — The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists. Awarded annually to environmental…

2017 Press Release

Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Heroes of the Environment Award recognizes activists from Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Slovenia, United States SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2017 — The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists. Awarded annually to…