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Cancer Alley Activist Sharon Lavigne Among Goldman Environmental Prize Winners for 2021

DeSmogBlog

Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, 30, campaigned for Malawi to reinstate a ban on single-use plastics in 2019 and then for the government to enforce that ban. Her parents organized in St. James Parish.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

There are both private and public service careers that help organizations and businesses create more environmentally friendly products or operate more sustainably. Sustainability directors and managers often lead a small organization of full-time employees or team of part-time representatives from various organizations within a company.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

There are both private and public service careers that help organizations and businesses create more environmentally friendly products or operate more sustainably. Sustainability directors and managers often lead a small organization of full-time employees or team of part-time representatives from various organizations within a company.