Akashi Project Founder wins Prestigious Award
Shilpa
Shilpa Shah, the first co-ordinator and originator of the Akashi Project, has won the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Environment Award, which highlights campaigners working to provide sustainable solutions to the environmental problems we face locally and globally.
In an interview after receiving the award, Shilpa said, “Climate change is affecting, and is going to affect absolutely everyone, and at the moment, the voices that are being heard in the environmental movement are from a narrow sector of the community. We need to be more inclusive, and more accessible and make sure everyone’s voices are heard.”
The award includes a development package to equip award winners with the skills they need to make a greater impact and achieve real change. More information about the award, including a video clip of Shilpa, can be accessed here.
