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2012
Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation
2011
Top 100 Best NGOs, The Global Journal
2011
Global Hero Award (Awarded to Landesa founder Roy Prosterman), Global Washington
2002-2010
Outstanding Global Social Entrepreneur, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
2009
Evergreen Award, Executive Alliance
2009
Telly Award (for film “Land is Hope), People’s Telly Awards
2008
Development Marketplace Award, World Bank
2008
Razoo Top 100 Nonprofits, Razoo
2008
Finalist, United Nations Public Service Award, United Nations
2008
World Citizen of the Year, World Affairs Council
2007
Featured Commitment (Micro-land Ownership in India), Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton Foundation
2007
Featured Commitment (Center for Women and Land), Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton Foundation
2007
Finalist, Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, Hilton Foundation
2007
Finalist, Alcan Prize for Sustainability, International Business Leaders Forum
2006
Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership, Henry R. Kravis Institute in Leadership, Claremont McKenna College
2003
Gleitsman International Activist Award, Gleitsman Foundation
1996
Courageous Award, Washington State Bar Association
1991-1996
John and Marguerite Walker Corbally Professor in Public Service
1993
International Citizen of the Year, Seattle International District Rotary
1990
Outstanding Public Service Award, University of Washington
1973
Ralph Bunche Award for Outstanding Contribution to World Peace through Law, Seattle-King County Bar Association
Nominations
Nobel Peace Prize, Hilton Humanitarian Award, Skoll Social Entrepreneur Award, World Food Prize, Rio Tinto Alcan Prize for Sustainability, United Nations Public Service Award, Gates Award for Global Health, and the Civic Ventures Purpose Prize

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Darryl Vhugen

Growing profits – and a greener planet

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Darryl Vhugen

While many people are aware that agriculture is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, few know that agricultural practices contribute about 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This has led to the development of an entirely new …
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Bill Gates

My 2012 Annual Letter

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Bill Gates

Landesa is pleased to post Bill Gates’s Annual Letter as a guest blog feature. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to accelerating progress for the world’s rural poor, and Landesa is proud to be a grantee for their …
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Deena Ledger

A Development Practitioner’s Perspective on Reducing Malnutrition

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Deena Ledger

The findings of a new study released this month showing that 42 percent of children under five in India are malnourished call into question some of the most fundamental assumptions about the connection between economic growth and development. It seemed …
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