Earthshot Prize Awards - 2021 Finalists & Winners

The Earthshot Prize to Protect and Restore Nature

• Winners
• The Republic of Costa Rica. 
• A pioneering scheme paying local citizens to restore natural ecosystems that has led to a revival of the rainforest.
• Finalists
• Pole Pole Foundation, Democratic Republic of Congo. 
• An inspiring community-led model of conservation that protects gorillas and local livelihoods.
• Restor, Switzerland. 
• A ground-breaking online platform connecting and empowering local conservation projects.

The Earthshot Prize to Clean Our Air

• Winners
• Takachar, India. 
• A pioneering technology to create profitable products from agricultural waste and put a stop to the burning of crops.
• Finalists
• The Blue Map App, China. 
• China’s first public environmental database enabling citizens to hold polluters to account.
• Vinisha Umashankar, India. 
• A 14-year-old innovator and activist who has designed a solar-powered ironing cart with the potential to improve air quality across India.
  

The Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans

• Winners
• Coral Vita, Bahamas. 
• A truly cutting-edge breakthrough in coral farming that can restore our world’s dying coral reefs.
• Finalists
• Living Seawalls, Australia. 
• Innovative and replicable seawall panels bringing marine life back to coastal sea defences.
• Pristine Seas, USA. 
• An unprecedented global conservation programme protecting 6.5 million square km of the world’s ocean.

The Earthshot Prize to Build A Waste-Free World

• Winners
• The City of Milan Food Waste Hubs, Italy. 
• A city-wide initiative that has dramatically cut waste while tackling hunger.
• Finalists
• Sanergy, Kenya. 
• A circular sanitation solution that converts human waste into safe products for local farmers.
• WOTA BOX, Japan. 
• A tiny water treatment plant that turns 98% of wastewater into clean water.

The Earthshot Prize to Fix Our Climate

• Winners
• AEM Electrolyser, Thailand/Germany/Italy.
• An ingenious green hydrogen technology developed to transform how we power our homes and buildings.
• Finalists
• Reeddi Capsules, Nigeria. 
• Solar-powered energy capsules making electricity affordable and accessible in energy-poor communities.
• SOLbazaar, Bangladesh. 
• The world’s first peer-to-peer energy exchange network in a country on the front-line of climate change.

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