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Meet the 2022 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award Candidates #6-10

The second group of five candidates for the 2022 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award includes a wildlife conservationist, a health and climate advocate, the founder of a carbon emission tracking company, a solar inventor, and a remote sensing specialist.

Pikyavish — ‘little fixing’

By Chook-Chook Hillman Karuk believe all things are connected. Humans are not separate from the natural world. Likewise, environmental and social justice are one in the same. Our health is…

We dream big, but start small

By Farwiza Farhan Growing up female in a conservative, patriarchal society influenced everything I did and the choices I made in life. Growing up, I liked doing “boys” things —…

Where I’m From

By David Diaz I was born in the late 1980s to two hard-working parents, Raquel and Jose, in Ensenada, Mexico. My parents immigrated to the United States with a dream;…

Q&A with Clara Pratte, 2020 Pritzker Award winner

Pratte moved solar energy projects forward with Navajo Power, the company she co-founded to benefit local communities on tribal lands. She also expanded Strongbow Strategies, the professional services and consulting…