2025 LUSH Spring Prize

A £200,000+ prize fund and other support activities, to build capacity for those repairing the earth’s damaged systems and leaving the world lusher than they found it.

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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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.
 

The 19 recipients of the 2025 Prize are from more than 16 different countries, sharing a prize fund of around £250,000 to invest in regenerative work.

The 2025 prizes are awarded across seven categories: Intentional (supported by the Dixon Foundation), Young, Established and Influence Awards, an Influence: Agroecology Award (supported by the Agorecology Fund) and two collaborative prizes; the Indigenous Wisdom Award (run in partnership with Be The Earth Foundation and Savitri Trust) and the Permaculture Magazine Award.

 
Below you can watch the prize ceremony which took place on Thursday 29th May.


 

2025 Award Recipients

Photo: Agro-Pueblos

Agro-Pueblos

Intentional Projects
Photo: Assentamento Terra Vista

Assentamento Terra Vista

Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Award
Photo: Battmung

Battmung

Permaculture Magazine Award
Photo: Buzuruna Juzuruna Association

Buzuruna Juzuruna Association

Established Projects
Photo: Eco Centro Allpa Tarpuna

Eco Centro Allpa Tarpuna

Permaculture Magazine Award
Photo: Glasbren CIC

Glasbren CIC

Influence Award
Photo: Global Ecovillage Network

Global Ecovillage Network

Established Projects
Photo: HortaFCUL

HortaFCUL

Permaculture Magazine Award
Photo: Land in Our Names

Land in Our Names

Young Projects
Photo: Natiora Defenders

Natiora Defenders

Intentional Projects
Photo: NGO Permaculture in Ukraine

NGO Permaculture in Ukraine

Permaculture Magazine Award
Photo: Ñu’u Ndito

Ñu’u Ndito

Young Projects
Photo: Organizacion Ecologica Sol y Verde

Organizacion Ecologica Sol y Verde

Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Award
Photo: Tender Shoots

Tender Shoots

Intentional Projects
Photo: The Cultural Conservancy (TCC)

The Cultural Conservancy (TCC)

Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Award
Photo: Ubuntu Learning Hub Trust

Ubuntu Learning Hub Trust

Intentional Projects

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.

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Past Winner Case Study

AGROECOPOLIS

Established in February 2017, AGROECOPOLIS is the first Greek grassroots NGO to focus on food sovereignty, access to land and agroecology, and is the product of many years of collaboration

They received the Young Projects award in 2018.

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