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Environmental award spotlights grassroots environmentalists.(Goldman Environmental Prize)
Every April, six activists from around the globe are awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest cash prize for grassroots environmentalists. "These six winners are among the most important people you have not heard of before," explains philanthropist and Prize founder Richard N. Goldman. "All of them have fought, often alone and at great personal risk, to protect the environment in their home countries."
Goldman's idea to launch an environmental prize emerged over breakfast one morning in 1988 as he was reading about the winners of several Nobel Prizes. He and his late wife Rhoda decided to offer a comparable award that recognized ...
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...Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to environmental grassroots heroes from around the world. At $125,000, the Goldman Prize is the world's largest award for environmental activists. Its recipients have taken on a diverse range of issues, from...
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- News wire article from: Interpress Service April 24, 2007 700+ words
...of life, according to the Goldman Prize. Both Hammerskjoeld Simwinga...poverty stricken region of the North Luangwa Valley where illegal wildlife...elephant populations. The North Luangwa Wildlife Conservation and...founded, works to preserve the North Luangwa National ...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire April 22, 2007 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire May 1, 2007 700+ words
...join you today to salute the Goldman Prize winners. Their conviction...Zambia: In Zambia's North Luangwa Valley, where rampant illegal...industry. Since receiving a Goldman Prize, eight winners have been...the environment. The 1991 Goldman Prize winner for Africa, ...