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. They are bringing life back to damaged land and oceans.
The Lush Spring Prize is here to support this regeneration movement through:
- A biennial £200,000+ prize fund. This is open to communities, organisations and businesses from the Intentional stage, through to Young and Established organisations, and Influencers.
- Events to bring people together to share their skills and experiences.
- Publicity to raise awareness of regeneration and its potential to heal damaged systems, create resilience to crises, and grow abundance.
Find out more about the Prize, its purpose, and who is behind it.
Prize Awards 2025
The Prizes
The LUSH Spring Prize is for organisations that are working to revive damaged social and natural environments, and who want to share what they are doing to inspire and inform others. There are three different Spring Prize categories that you can apply to: Intentional, Young and Established.
There are also 2 additional collaborative prizes: Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Award and the Permaculture Magazine Award.
For the 2025 Spring Prize, the Influence Award will be decided in a different way. At least £25,000 will be allocated by judges to a project shortlisted in other categories – to highlight the influential work of an applicant. Applicants are eligible for the Influence category if they apply under one of the other core categories.
The deadline for applications is 27 September 2024 10:00 BST.
2025 Collaborative Prizes
Be The Earth Foundation, The Savitri Trust and Permaculture Magazine have partnered with the 2025 Lush Spring Prize to add two collaborative prizes: The Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Award and the Permaculture Magazine Award.
To be considered for these collaborative prizes, apply to one of the Spring Prize categories (Intentional Award, Young Award, Established Award) and complete the question on “Would you like your application to also be considered for an Influence Award or one of the following 2025 collaborative prizes..” No additional application is required.
The Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Award and the Permaculture Magazine Award are separately funded and have their own judging panel. For each award prize recipients share a prize fund of at least £20,000.
"Co-herd" project herders take their first carpentry lesson with Tobias Ndlovu under a Rosewood tree on Hwange national park's boundary. Zimbabwe 2017. Photo by Brent Stapelkamp from the Soft Foot Alliance.
Intentional Projects
For great new ideas and projects up to 1 year old, to help build knowledge and a solid foundation from which to grow.
Gloria Banda (Headteacher at Luwazi Primary School, Nkhata Bay District), receives her Malawi Schools Permaculture Club Teacher Pack for 2017. Photo by Kate Walkom. Young Projects
For projects or organisations that are 1-5 years old, to help develop their environmental and social regeneration work.
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) organic compost. Photo by Melissa Schilling.Established Projects
For organisations that have worked towards regeneration for 5+ years, to help share knowledge and inspire more people and ideas.
Peasants from the European Coordination Via Campesina, from 16 countries, demonstrate at a march in Brussels against new genetically modified organisms. Picture taken in front of DG Health - EU Commission, on 17 January 2018.
Influence Award
For organisations and networks that are campaigning or lobbying to influence policy, regulation or public opinion in support of regeneration.
Associação Centro de Cultura Sabuká Kariri Xocó.
Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom
To recognise and celebrate indigenous peoples’ knowledge and wisdom. In partnership with Be The Earth Foundation and The Savitri Trust.
Harvesting time near the Unidos Social Innovation Centre.
Permaculture Magazine
For individuals, communities, groups and organisations that can demonstrate inspirational permaculture work over 3+ years.
Projects
67 regenerative projects around the world from around the world have been awarded Spring Prizes and more than 280 regenerative projects have been shortlisted for awards.
Past Winner Case Study
Center for Justice and Human Rights in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN)
CEJUDHCAN secures indigenous land rights and promotes sustainable land management with communities on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast, and was part of the team that led the process granting legal control of native lands to natives.
They received the Established Projects award in 2018.
Learn more about them, and how winning the Prize has made a difference to their work.
