Goldman Environmental Prize


The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists.

History

Awardees are named from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The award is given by the Goldman Environmental Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Prize is often referred to as the Green Nobel.
The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman.
The winners are selected by an international jury who receive confidential nominations from a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals. Prize winners participate in a 10-day tour of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., for an awards ceremony and presentation, news conferences, media briefings and meetings with political, public policy, financial and environmental leaders. The award ceremony features short documentary videos on each winner, narrated by Robert Redford through the year 2020, and Sigourney Weaver beginning in 2021.
The 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony marking the 30th anniversary took place on April 29, 2019, at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
The 2020, 2021, and 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremonies took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with pre-recorded videos premiering on November 30, 2020, June 15, 2021, and May 25, 2022, respectively.
Live ceremonies resumed in 2023, taking place in San Francisco on April 24 and in Washington, D.C., on April 26.

Prize winners

1990

  • Robert Brown
  • Lois Gibbs
  • Janet Gibson
  • Harrison Ngau Laing
  • János Vargha
  • Michael Werikhe

    1991

  • Wangari Muta Maathai
  • Barnens Regnskog
  • Evaristo Nugkuag
  • Yoichi Kuroda
  • Samuel LaBudde
  • Cath Wallace

    1992

  • Jeton Anjain
  • Medha Patkar
  • Wadja Egnankou
  • Christine Jean
  • Colleen McCrory
  • Carlos Alberto Ricardo

    1993

  • Margaret Jacobsohn and Garth Owen-Smith
  • Juan Mayr
  • Dai Qing
  • John Sinclair
  • JoAnn Tall
  • Sviatoslav Zabelin

    1994

  • Matthew Coon Come
  • Tuenjai Deetes
  • Laila Iskander Kamel
  • Luis Macas
  • Heffa Schücking
  • Andrew Simmons

    1995

  • Aurora Castillo
  • Yul Choi
  • Noah Idechong
  • Emma Must
  • Ricardo Navarro
  • Ken Saro-Wiwa

    1996

  • Ndyakira Amooti
  • Bill Ballantine
  • Edwin Bustillos
  • M.C. Mehta
  • Marina Silva
  • Albena Simeonova

    1997

  • Nick Carter
  • Loir Botor Dingit
  • Alexander Nikitin
  • Juan Pablo Orrego
  • Fuiono Senio and Paul Alan Cox
  • Terri Swearingen

    1998

  • Anna Giordano
  • Kory Johnson
  • Berito Kuwaru'wa
  • Atherton Martin
  • Sven "Bobby" Peek
  • Hirofumi Yamashita

    1999

  • Jacqui Katona and Yvonne Margarula
  • Michal Kravcik
  • Bernard Martin
  • Samuel Nguiffo
  • Jorge Varela
  • Ka Hsaw Wa

    2000

  • Oral Ataniyazova
  • Elias Diaz Peña and Oscar Rivas
  • Vera Mischenko
  • Rodolfo Montiel Flores
  • Alexander Peal
  • Nat Quansah

    2001

  • Jane Akre and Steve Wilson
  • Yosepha Alomang
  • Giorgos Catsadorakis and Myrsini Malakou
  • Oscar Olivera
  • Eugène Rutagarama
  • Bruno Van Peteghem

    2002

  • Pisit Charnsnoh
  • Sarah James and Jonathon Solomon
  • Fatima Jibrell
  • Alexis Massol González
  • Norma Kassi
  • Jean La Rose
  • Jadwiga Łopata

    2003

  • Julia Bonds
  • Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
  • Eileen Kampakuta Brown and Eileen Wani Wingfield
  • Von Hernandez
  • Maria Elena Foronda Farro
  • Odigha Odigha

    2004

  • Rudolf Amenga-Etego
  • Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla
  • Libia Grueso
  • Manana Kochladze
  • Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho
  • Margie Richard

    2005

  • Isidro Baldenegro López
  • Kaisha Atakhanova
  • Jean-Baptiste Chavannes
  • Stephanie Danielle Roth
  • Corneille Ewango
  • José Andrés Tamayo Cortez

    2006

  • Silas Kpanan’ Siakor
  • Yu Xiaogang
  • Olya Melen
  • Anne Kajir
  • Craig E. Williams
  • Tarcisio Feitosa da Silva

    2007

  • Sophia Rabliauskas
  • Hammerskjoeld Simwinga
  • Tsetsgeegiin Mönkhbayar
  • Julio Cusurichi Palacios
  • Willie Corduff
  • Orri Vigfússon

    2008

  • Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza
  • Jesus Leon Santos
  • Rosa Hilda Ramos
  • Feliciano dos Santos
  • Marina Rikhvanova
  • Ignace Schops from "Hoge Kempen National Park"

    2009

  • Maria Gunnoe, Bob White, West Virginia
  • Marc Ona, Libreville
  • Rizwana Hasan, Dhaka
  • Olga Speranskaya, Moscow
  • Yuyun Ismawati
  • Wanze Eduards and Hugo Jabini

    2010

  • Thuli Brilliance Makama
  • Tuy Sereivathana
  • Małgorzata Górska
  • Humberto Ríos Labrada
  • Lynn Henning
  • Randall Arauz

    2011

  • Raoul du Toit,
  • Dmitry Lisitsyn
  • Ursula Sladek
  • Prigi Arisandi
  • Hilton Kelley
  • Francisco Pineda

    2012

  • Ikal Angelei
  • Ma Jun
  • Yevgeniya Chirikova
  • Edwin Gariguez
  • Caroline Cannon
  • Sofia Gatica

    2013

  • Azzam Alwash
  • Aleta Baun
  • Jonathan Deal
  • Rossano Ercolini
  • Nohra Padilla
  • Kimberly Wasserman

    2014

  • Desmond D'Sa
  • Ramesh Agrawal
  • Suren Gazaryan
  • Rudi Putra
  • Helen Slottje
  • Ruth Buendía

    2015

  • Myint Zaw
  • Marilyn Baptiste
  • Jean Wiener
  • Phyllis Omido
  • Howard Wood
  • Berta Cáceres

    2016

  • Máxima Acuña
  • Zuzana Čaputová
  • Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera
  • Edward Loure
  • Leng Ouch
  • Destiny Watford

    2017

  • Wendy Bowman
  • Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo
  • mark! Lopez
  • Uroš Macerl
  • Prafulla Samantara
  • Rodrigo Tot

    2018

  • Manny Calonzo
  • Francia Márquez
  • Nguy Thi Khanh
  • LeeAnne Walters
  • Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid
  • Claire Nouvian

    2019

  • Bayarjargal Agvaantseren
  • Alfred Brownell
  • Alberto Curamil
  • Jacqueline Evans
  • Linda Garcia
  • Ana Colovic Lesoska

    2020

  • Chibeze Ezekiel
  • Kristal Ambrose
  • Leydy Pech
  • Lucie Pinson
  • Nemonte Nenquimo
  • Paul Sein Twa

    2021

  • Gloria Majiga-Kamoto
  • Nguyễn Văn Thái
  • Maida Bilal
  • Kimiko Hirata
  • Sharon Lavigne
  • Liz Chicaje Churay

    2022

  • Chima Williams
  • Niwat Roykaew
  • Marjan Minnesma
  • Julien Vincent
  • Nalleli Cobo
  • Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narváez Trujillo

    2023

  • Zafer Kızılkaya
  • Alessandra Korap Munduruku
  • Chilekwa Mumba
  • Tero Mustonen
  • Delima Silalahi
  • Diane Wilson

    2024

  • Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma
  • Alok Shukla
  • Teresa Vicente
  • Murrawah Maroochy Johnson
  • Andrea Vidaurre
  • Marcel Gomes

    2025

  • Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika
  • Carlos Mallo Molina
  • Laurene Allen
  • Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari