Established in 2012, the Environmentalist of the Year Awards recognise and encourage the commitment and courage of environmentalists in their pursuit of environmental protection, preservation and justice...

Environmentalist of the Year - Ben Pennings

A tireless advocate for the environment, Ben Pennings has been a key organiser in the Stop Adani campaign for many years. [Stop Adani is a movement to stop the operations of the Adani coal mine in Australia]

Young Environmentalists of the Year - Youth Verdict

Youth Verdict is a coalition of young people based in Queensland taking landmark legal action against Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal, using the new Queensland Human Rights Act 2019 to object to the mine on the grounds that climate change threatens all young people's right to life and First Nations people’s right to Country and culture, with a compounding impact on young First Nations people...

Community Environmental Prize - Friends of Leadbeater's Possum

Friends of Leadbeater's Possum lead the challenge in the Federal Court to the legality of the exemption from federal environment legislation for logging under the Regional Forest Agreement. As well as protecting forests directly subject to the case, it has galvanised campaigns for forest protection, sparked new legal challenges, and caused hardware firm Bunnings to reject wood from VicForests.