I admire these winners for devoting themselves to protecting the environment.Not a CO2 doomer amongst them . http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2012/2012-04-16-01.html
It just shows that grass roots activists can make a difference,, and the are a myriad of environmental issues confronting us,, in a addition to climate change! Icarus
Note that the key ingredient for positive change is local education. Everything else flows from that.
Many prize recipients' issues relate to local indigenous rights vs. large-scale development projects: Recipients by Issue | Goldman Prize There is much overlap with REDD tropical-forest management policies. Not much (possibly none?) with greenhouse gas.climate policies. But I would not conclude that governmental climate policies are of no interest to this honored group. I'd email them individually and ask, I suppose. If they want to keep their focus on particular local or regional issues where they are surely having an impact, I'm OK with that also. Everyone has their own path, y'know.?.
You can page though significant Goldman events on the timeline: Timeline 1989-2012 | Goldman Prize and I might draw your attention to 2002 and 2009. But the whole thing is worth a look.
