Australian activist Wendy Bowman wins Goldman environmental prize – video

Wendy Bowman, an 83-year-old farmer, has been given the Goldman environmental prize, awarded across six global regions for grassroots work. 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 • Honour for activist farmer, 83, surrounded by mines on three sides Continue reading...