The LUSH Spring Prize shortlist

An annual £200,000 prize fund showcasing projects from around the world that are working towards environmental and social regeneration.

Regeneration

Rather than reducing impacts and maintaining the earth’s damaged systems, the LUSH Spring Prize showcases work that seeks to heal and grow; taking a holistic approach to overcoming environmental, social and economic challenges.

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The 2019 shortlist

We received hundreds of nominations from around the world, which have been narrowed down to a shortlist of 50. The winners will be announced in May.

Intentional Projects Award

Young Projects Award

Established Projects Award

Influence Award

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The Lush Spring Prize aims to support the movement for environmental and social regeneration, around the world.

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Shortlisted in the Young category, SCOPE Uganda works with schools to ensure #youth gain the practical skills education needed to foster #ecological, climate-smart & #sustainable landscapes https://t.co/IwxP0oN1Ci

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Shortlisted in the Young category and based on a productive farm just outside of Athens, #Greece, School of the Earth acts as a test site for #Permaculture design applications and techniques that are adapted to the Mediterranean climate. https://t.co/m2Wj4pMErR

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15 Mar

Shortlisted in the Young category, #Minkalab provides space for mutual exchange among local & international communities. The project combines current & #AncestralKnowledge about cultivation to bring this culture of “#BuenVivir” back to the countryside https://t.co/YXClpsDg77

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About the Lush Spring Prize

People all over the world are developing ways to live in harmony with nature and each other. They are generating renewable resources, restoring ecosystems, nurturing solidarity and building health, wholeness and resilience.

The Lush Spring Prize is here to support this regeneration movement through:

  • An annual £200,000 prize fund. This is open to communities, organisations and businesses from the Intentional stage, through to Young and Established organisations, and Influencers. We are currently closed for entries but plan to reopen in September 2019.  
  • Events that bring people together to share their skills and experience.
  • Publicity to raise awareness of regeneration and its potential to heal damaged systems.

Find out more about the Prize, its purpose, and who is behind it.

 

Past Winner Case Study

CEJUDHCAN

Center for Justice and human Rights in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN) was a winner of the Established Projects Award in 2018.

CEJUDHCAN started in 2003, and secures indigenous land rights and promotes sustainable land management with communities on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast.

Learn more about them, and how winning the Prize has made a difference to their work.

All winning and short-listed projects

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