The Goldman Environmental Prize

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Apr 21

Announcing the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winners 🌎🏆 Discover their stories: goldmanprize.org/2025 #GoldmanPrize

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 16

Yuyun Ismawati, cofounder of the Indonesian anti-pollution NGO @FokusNexus3 and 2009 #GoldmanPrize winner, speaks with @grist about a loophole that allows for the ongoing export of waste from wealthy nations to poorer ones. 🗑️ grist.org/accountability…

goldmanprize's tweet card. Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived fuel.”

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 15

🐟 #GoldmanPrize winner Howard Wood (Scotland, 2015) shares with @Esri how he and the team at @ArranCoast took matters into their own hands, turning a "rapidly declining marine environment" into a #conservation success story. bit.ly/4kwc34x

goldmanprize's tweet card. Mapping a Marine Renaissance: Geospatial Tools in Scottish Seabed Revival

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · 11 h

A new study links Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries to higher #biodiversity and less #deforestation. 🌴 #GoldmanPrize winner Hugo Jabini shares, "The areas where we have lived have become healthier and sustained entire communities." bit.ly/4kRVv76

goldmanprize's tweet card. A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and 29-55% less deforestation compared with protected and unprotected areas....

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · 14 h

🌀 A message from Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, Indigenous Peruvian leader, river defender, and 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner Learn more: bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

goldmanprize's tweet image. 🌀 A message from Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, Indigenous Peruvian leader, river defender, and 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner

Learn more: bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 23

🌏 Rizwana Hasan, #GoldmanPrize winner and adviser to Bangladesh's Ministry of the Environment, advocates for #nature, sharing, "The development discourse of the globe has to change. It has to be less hostile, less wealth-driven, and more nature-centric." bit.ly/44ODlyw

goldmanprize's tweet card. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, today urged global stakeholders to adopt nature-based solutions

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 23

Earlier this year, #GoldmanPrize Program Officer David Corrado visited Prize winner Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari in Peru. 🌎 Mari Luz is an Indigenous #Kukama leader who is working to protect Peru's Marañón River, a major headwaters of the Amazon River. bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

goldmanprize's tweet image. Earlier this year, #GoldmanPrize Program Officer David Corrado visited Prize winner Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari in Peru. 🌎

Mari Luz is an Indigenous #Kukama leader who is working to protect Peru's Marañón River, a major headwaters of the Amazon River. bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

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EARTHDAY.ORG@EarthDay · Jul 22

22 Minutes with Laurene Allen: How One Mom Sparked a Nationwide Movement Against PFAS x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 22

The rights of nature movement is growing. 🌿 In the past two years, two individuals have won the @goldmanprize for conservation work using the rights of nature doctrine: 🌎 Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari (Peru, 2025) 🌍 Teresa Vicente (Spain, 2024) @garnglobal

goldmanprize's tweet image. The rights of nature movement is growing. 🌿

In the past two years, two individuals have won the @goldmanprize for conservation work using the rights of nature doctrine:

🌎 Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari (Peru, 2025)
🌍 Teresa Vicente (Spain, 2024)

@garnglobal

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EARTHDAY.ORG@EarthDay · Jul 21

Don't miss it! Tomorrow, July 22nd at Noon EST, join "22 Minutes with Laurene Allen." This @goldmanprize -winning mom turned a local #PFAS water crisis into a nationwide movement for #environmentaljustice. Hear her incredible story! earthday.org/22-minutes/

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 17

🏖️ 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner Carlos Mallo Molina shares that "being aware of your impact as a tourist is the first step" toward sustainable travel. The Canary Islander is no stranger to the benefits—and costs—of #tourism, @GeographicalMag reports. geographical.co.uk/news/can-the-c…

goldmanprize's tweet card. The cruise industry is under scrutiny for its environmental toll – but a new wave of sustainable initiatives is charting a greener course for ocean travel.

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 16

🎥 Watch the trailer for Igualada, a new documentary on @PBS that follows the journey of Colombian vice president and 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize winner @FranciaMarquezM. pbs.org/pov/films/igua…

goldmanprize's tweet card. A Colombian Black rural activist's historic bid for presidency stirs a national awakening.

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 15

💧 Defending #rivers is defending communities, culture, and life itself. 🎥 Meet Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner from #Peru, and the women of @huaynakana who rose up to protect the sacred Marañón River. bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 14

🌿 Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari and @huaynakana won a landmark rights of #nature court decision to protect Peru's Marañón River. For the first time in the country's history, a river was granted legal personhood. Discover her story: bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

goldmanprize's tweet image. 🌿 Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari and @huaynakana won a landmark rights of #nature court decision to protect Peru's Marañón River.

For the first time in the country's history, a river was granted legal personhood. Discover her story: bit.ly/3Gy0Wte

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 9

✨ According to Semia, it's important to lead with a smile. Read an interview with Semia Gharbi—environmental educator, scientist, and 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from #Tunisia—on our blog: bit.ly/44dyvul

goldmanprize's tweet image. ✨ According to Semia, it's important to lead with a smile.

Read an interview with Semia Gharbi—environmental educator, scientist, and 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from #Tunisia—on our blog: bit.ly/44dyvul

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 8

🎉 Congratulations to @EarthRightsIntl on 30 years of legal advocacy for the planet. This wonderful NGO was cofounded by #GoldmanPrize winner Ka Hsaw Wa in 1995. 🌏

goldmanprize's tweet image. 🎉 Congratulations to @EarthRightsIntl on 30 years of legal advocacy for the planet.

This wonderful NGO was cofounded by #GoldmanPrize winner Ka Hsaw Wa in 1995. 🌏

The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 7

On the island of Puerto Rico, the town of Adjuntas shines brightly thanks to the work of @casapuebloorg. 💡🍃 Founded by #GoldmanPrize winner Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo has helped turn Adjuntas into a model of #energy security. bit.ly/46lHLOk

goldmanprize's tweet card. For years, Puerto Ricans have faced high electricity costs and regular blackouts. The town of Adjuntas, in the central mountains, boasts the island’s first community-owned solar microgrid

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 7

✨ A new documentary, Igualada, follows the 15-year journey of Colombian vice president and 2018 #GoldmanPrize winner @FranciaMarquezM, a rural land defender who dared to dream beyond the limits of race, class, and gender. Watch on @PBS. 🎥 pbs.org/pov/films/igua…

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 3

"Ecosystems are not objects, as they have been treated until now, they have their own life and human beings are part of them. Without them we cannot live." Teresa Vicente, 2024 #GoldmanPrize winner from Spain, speaks about the #RightsofNature. @garnglobal bit.ly/44c3SW7

goldmanprize's tweet card. "Environmental law is not enough, although it has been valuable and is in some aspects, but it is not enough in this unlimited environmental destruction," adds Goldman Prize winner Teresa Vicente

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 3

✨ New blog! ✨ Read a Q&A with Semia Gharbi, zero waste advocate, environmentalist, and 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner from Tunisia. @ToxicsFree @brkfreeplastic bit.ly/44dyvul

goldmanprize's tweet card. Read a discussion with Semia Gharbi, 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Africa and a lifelong environmental educator and scientist in Tunisia.

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The Goldman Environmental Prize@goldmanprize · Jul 2

Turkey's Gökova Bay went from ecological collapse to thriving marine sanctuary, thanks to its fishing community and leaders like #GoldmanPrize winner Zafer Kizilkaya of @akdenizkoruma. 🐟 Read the full story in @AtmosMag. #OceanConservation bit.ly/3G5N6Pj

goldmanprize's tweet card. Co-producers of David Attenborough’s latest film spearheaded a program to help ocean towns create their own national parks at sea.