RECENT WINNERS
Peter Mui – Fixit Clinic
fixitclinic.org | Berkeley, CA
Fixit Clinic conveys basic disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair skills using peoples’ own broken things as the vehicle. By sharing these skills while transferring them to others, Peter and his team teach critical thinking through the lens of our relationship to consumption and sustainability. The Fixit Clinic Team strive to demystify science and technology so that we can ultimately make better policy choices as a society.
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Anne Rolfes – Louisiana Bucket Brigade
labucketbrigade.org/ | New Orleans, LA
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbour the state’s oil refineries and chemical plants. LBB uses grassroots action to create an informed, healthy society that holds the petrochemical industry and government accountable for the true costs of pollution to hasten the transition from fossil fuels.
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Chris Pallister – Gulf of Alaska Keeper
goak.org/ | Prince William Sound, AK
In the 90s, future members of Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK) became increasingly concerned that Prince William Sound and the northern Gulf of Alaska coast were under growing environmental threats from industrial pressures, unsustainable fish and wildlife harvesting practices, harmful logging projects, and other damaging exploitive activities. They decided to organize to better address these issues.
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