(1) The Goldman EnvironmentalPrize is a prize awardedannually to grassroots environmentalactivists, one fromeach of the world’s six geographicregions: Africa, Asia,Europe, Islands and IslandNations, North America, andSouth and Central America. Itwas created in 1990 by philanthropistsRichard N. Goldmanand his wife, Rhoda H. Goldman.