Australian activist Wendy Bowman wins Goldman environmental prize

Wendy Bowman, an 83-year-old farmer, has been given the Goldman environmental prize, awarded across six global regions for grassroots work. 

Wendy Bowman wins Goldman
environmental award.

For three decades Bowman has fought the march of open-cut coalmines across the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and helped organise her community to protect agricultural land and water.

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