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Acceptance Speech by Nohra Padilla, 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony

By on April 01, 2013

Acceptance speech by Nohra Padilla, who won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Bogota's marginalized waste pickers to make recycling a legitimate part of Colombia's waste management.

 

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest prize for grassroots environmentalists. Each of the winners, chosen from the planet's six inhabited continental regions, demonstrate exceptional courage and commitment, often working at great risk to protect theenvironment. In the process, they inspire others to do the same.

 

For more information, visit http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/nohra-padilla

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