Environmental Award Spotlights Grassroots Environmentalists

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."

Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, Monrovia, Liberia
Yu Xiaogang, Kunming, China
Olya Melen, Lviv, Ukraine
Anne Kajir, Port Moresby, Papaua New Guinea
Craig Williams, Bera, Kentucky, USA
Tarcisio Feitosa da Silva, Altamira, Brazil