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The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an international initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the independent exploration and production company ConocoPhillips.[1] The award recognises significant contributions to environmental issues and concerns. Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups. The winning environmental project receives funding of $100,000 USD and each of the two runners-up receive $25,000 USD.[2] WinnersList of winners has been taken from the St Andrews Prize website[3] - 1999 - Daniel Limpitlaw, of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa for work connected to the environmental degradation caused by early mining developments.
- 2000 - Hikmat Hilal and Amer El-Hamouz of An-Najah National University, West Bank for a proposal to turn the waste from olive oil production into useful by-products.
- 2001 - George Odera Outa of the University of Nairobi, Kenya for a community education project to combat the environmental hazards that are choking Lake Victoria.
- 2002 - Monina Escalada of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, for an initiative aimed at persuading a rice farmers in North Vietnam to stop spraying insecticides.
- 2003 - Bunker Roy, the founder of the Barefoot College, Rajasthan, India, for bringing solar energy to remote Himalayan villages, using so-called 'barefoot engineers'.
- 2004 - Conrad Feather who worked with the Nahua people of Peru allowing them to map their territory using the latest GPS, photographic, radio and video equipment.
- 2005 - Ian Thorpe founder of Pump Aid, which has developed the Elephant Pump a pump built using simple technology and locally available materials.
- 2006 - Erika Vohman of The Equilibrium Fund for promoting the use of Maya nut in Central America.
- 2007 - David Manalo and his team for the River, Fibre and Power Project providing sustainable lighting services in remote locations in the Philippines
- 2008 - Elephant Toilet, a sustainable sanitation solution for Africa
- 2009 - One Earth Designs for the development of the [https://www.oneearthdesigns.com/shop/solsource-solar-cooker-stove-grill/ SolSource] high-performance solar cooker to meet the needs of [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222033320/https://www.oneearthdesigns.com/blog/household-air-pollution-fuel-scarcity-china/ Himalayan villagers] at >90% energy efficiency
- 2010 - Arsenic removal project
- 2011 - BioLite project
- 2012 - Lion Guardians project
- 2013 - Lucy King beehive fence to control elephants
- 2014 - Vikas Mohan Blue Ventures
References1. ^{{cite web|title=The St Andrews Prize for the Environment|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,438507,en.php|website=st-andrews.ac.uk}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=About - The St Andrews Prize for the Environment|url=http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/about|website=www.thestandrewsprize.com|accessdate=16 October 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Winners & Finalists - The St Andrews Prize for the Environment|url=http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/winners-finalists|website=www.thestandrewsprize.com|accessdate=16 October 2016}}
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