Congratulations to Carmelina Martinez Hernandez and Eric Murwanashyaka, prize winners of The Sustainability Laboratory’s 2022 Sustainability Prize at EARTH University.
December 6, 2022, marked the 13th year of The Lab’s Sustainability Prize at EARTH University.
At the annual graduation dinner held in Costa Rica, this year the top award of $10,000 was presented to Carmelina Martinez Hernandez and her project Mujeres Cultivando Vida (Women Cultivating Life). This project aims to create a cooperative of six housewives, centered around the production of honey and vegetables as a means of generating income and providing a source of employment and support for women and families in the community of Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.
The second prize of $5,000 was awarded to Eric Murwanashyaka and his Eco-Farming Training Center project, a social venture dedicated to training 100 smallholder farmers on modern sustainable farming practices. The initiative focuses on farmers from the Ngarama community, Rwanda, and training will take place every two years.
The Sustainability Prize at Earth University program is awarded annually to the student project that best exemplifies The Lab’s five core principles of sustainability. Proceeds from the prizes are typically invested by the winners in the continuation of their projects.
Thank you to the faculty and staff at Earth University who are running this program and to our generous supporters Ivor and Barbara Freeman and Joshua Arnow and Elyse Arnow-Brill.
