Jadwiga Łopata is an organic farmer.
She lives near
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, Poland. She was awarded the
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists.
History
Awardees are named from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, an ...
in 2002, for her works on rural protection.
[Goldman Environmental Prize]
Jadwiga Lopata
(Retrieved on November 10, 2007) She is co-founder and co-director of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC).
Łopata was awarded the Polish
Cross of Merit in 2009.
References
External links
INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO PROTECT THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE ; MIĘDZYNARODOWA KOALICJA DLA OCHRONY POLSKIEJ WSI
Polish environmentalists
Polish women environmentalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Organic farmers
Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
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