"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.
Rather than rely on the unstable electric grid in Puerto Rico, Nuestra Señora del Carmen Parish opted for solar, with hopes of serving as a climate resilience hub to prepare for future storms.
Amazon Frontlines is "the first organization of Indigenous and Western human rights and climate activists to receive the Prize," the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation said.
Maketai, an Arizona-based nonprofit co-founded by Sr. Judy Bisignano and Sandra Morse, partners with an Ecuadorian nonprofit, Fundacion Mente, on projects ranging from reforestation of the rainforest to ecotourism.
"I find working with youth and refugees very rewarding because both groups are eager to engage in training and are willing to learn from their peers," writes Sr. Zipporah Ngoiri Waitathu of Uganda.
The Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans have caught the attention of Pope Francis for a planned community solar project. An estimated 350 neighbors could lower their bills through a subscription to the solar grid.
Trusting the energy of the adventure, I encountered the Holy Spirit "renewing the face of the Earth," teaching us how to live sustainably with the billions of years of development found in soil, sea and stars.
Receiving the prestigious People's Choice SDGs Award for our regenerative agriculture project was an exceptional experience of communion for us, not only in Kenya, but the entire St. Joseph of Tarbes family.
With Malawi and other southern African countries still reeling nearly 10 months after Cyclone Freddy, Catholic sisters gathered to learn advocacy skills to lobby on the neglected survivors' behalf.
