Prince William.Photo: Alex Bramall / The Earthshot Prize
Prince Williamhas traveled far and wide with hisEarthshot Prize Awards!
The Prince of Wales, 40, kicked offFriday’s ceremony in Bostonwith a short film that was presented to the audience, which included his wifeKate Middleton, at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
“Of the many wonders of the natural world that surround each of us every day, it is only from space that we can fully comprehend the gift that is our home,” he says in the film, which takes him from the moon to the earth. “Earth holds such splendor and gives us many things - beauty, curiosity, joy, and most importantly, Earth gives us life.”
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“For too long, many of us have taken for granted everything our planet gives us. The urgency needed to save the planet is ever-accelerating, while the time we have to make meaningful changes is ebbing away,” “But just as President John F. Kennedy had faith that humankind could put a man on the moon, I have the same faith today that we can repair and regenerate our planet in this critical decade. From Moonshot to Earthshot, the seemingly unsolvable can be solved.”
“Together we can achieve a sustainable future for generations to come. Together, we will change the future of our planet,” he said.
Prince William.Alex Bramall / The Earthshot Prize
The ceremony airs on Sunday on the BBC and will begin streaming from the Earthshot Prize YouTube channel on Monday. In the U.S., it will begin streaming at 2:00 p.m. ET on Monday on PBS.org and the PBS App and at 8:00 p.m. ET on the PBS YouTube channel. Since we are covering the show in real time I don’t foresee major coverage on
The ceremony followed a nine-month search to find the most innovative solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing the planet. The selection process received 1,000 applications that were narrowed down to a final 15 before the five winners across five categories were announced on Friday in Boston.
Kate Middleton and Prince William at the Earthshot Prize 2022.Mike Coppola/Getty
The Clean Our Air prize went to Mukuru Clean Stoves from Kenya. The women-founded start-up use processed biomass made from charcoal, wood and sugarcane, rather than dangerous solid fuels to power stoves. This burns cleaner, creating 90 percent less pollution than an open fire and 70 percent less than a traditional cookstove.
The Protect and Restore Nature category went to Kheyti in India. The start-up has come up with a solution for local smallholder farmers in a country on the frontlines of climate change. Their “Greenhouse-in-a-Box” offers shelter from unpredictable elements and destructive pests. Plants in the greenhouses require 98 percent less water than those outdoors and yields are seven times higher and the solution is more than doubling farmers' incomes.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.ANGELA WEISS/AFP
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Prince William, Kate Middleton and Rami Malek.Samir Hussein/WireImage
One of last year’s winners was Coral Vita — based in the Bahamas. Co-founder Sam Teicher told PEOPLE on Friday how the prize has helped them scale up to hire six new people, search for a chief operating officer and create a new system to help spawn coral babies all year round.
“We also got to takePrince Williamand Princess Kate to plant corals [during their tour of the Bahamas in March] and we have got a holiday adopt-a-coral campaign going.”
They are also inviting new governments to set up coral farms.
“Earthshot has really helped launch us into a whole new level,” he said.
source: people.com
