Author: Simone Walter
About the Author: Simone joined the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice after serving as an Agro-business Advisor in Madagascar with the United States Peace Corps.
I met Pablo Fajardo Mendoza*in 2009 while we were both working with Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). Pablo came to ELAW to obtain legal assistance for his case in the Ecuadorian Amazon against a large industrial oil company, which at the time was one of the largest environmental legal battles in history.
He was the first Goldman Environmental Prize recipient that I have had the honor of meeting.
Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient for Central and South America (Ecuador) with Ouroboros statue.
Known as the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental activists, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to grassroots change agents from each of the world’s six inhabited continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island nations, North America, and South & Central America.
Pablo’s English was improving; my Spanish was still pretty bad. But, as we worked alongside each other, I became fascinated by his story. How does a person have the resiliency, against all odds, to defend their community and their environment?
On the 18th of April 2016, another six individuals joined Pablo in being named Goldman Environmental Prize recipients.
Pablo, with his unwavering commitment to protecting the environment and defending communities devastated by inequitable development, is a beacon of environmental justice.
But so is <em><strong>M
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About the Author: Simone joined the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice after serving as an Agro-business Advisor in Madagascar with the United States Peace Corps.
I met Pablo Fajardo Mendoza*in 2009 while we were both working with Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). Pablo came to ELAW to obtain legal assistance for his case in the Ecuadorian Amazon against a large industrial oil company, which at the time was one of the largest environmental legal battles in history.
He was the first Goldman Environmental Prize recipient that I have had the honor of meeting.
Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient for Central and South America (Ecuador) with Ouroboros statue.Known as the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental activists, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to grassroots change agents from each of the world’s six inhabited continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island nations, North America, and South & Central America.
Pablo’s English was improving; my Spanish was still pretty bad. But, as we worked alongside each other, I became fascinated by his story. How does a person have the resiliency, against all odds, to defend their community and their environment?
On the 18th of April 2016, another six individuals joined Pablo in being named Goldman Environmental Prize recipients.
Pablo, with his unwavering commitment to protecting the environment and defending communities devastated by inequitable development, is a beacon of environmental justice.
But so is <em><strong>M
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