SOIL Love: The Summer of Awards

Most of the time it feels like we putter away in relative obscurity. We are a small grassroots organization getting a lot done on a little grit, good luck, and perseverance. But every so often we get a bit of recognition for our work and it feels great! And this summer we are have been truly blown away by a flurry of good news for SOIL. We are so honored to announce that this summer SOIL has earned not one but four incredible recognitions!

• Global Innovation Award from the EAT Stockholm Food: The Global Innovation Award aims to acknowledge and celebrate significant innovation and social enterprise along the food value chain – from production to end product, consumption and waste disposal. EAT GIA winners must meet a local or global unmet need, successfully address multiple challenges within the food-health-sustainability nexus, demonstrate commercial feasibility and scalability, and bring meaningful impact to a community. Learn more at eatforum.org.
• Humanitarian Water and Food Award Finalist: The Humanitarian Water and Food Award (WAF) searches the world for breakthrough initiatives that secure people’s fundamental rights to clean water and healthy food. Learn more at wafaward.org and stay tuned for the final results!
• Sustainia100 Solution: This annual guide identifies 100 innovative sustainability solutions from around the world that are at the forefront of sustainable innovation. Learn more at sustania.me/solutions.
• Unilever Global Development Award Finalist by The Prince’s Responsible Business Network: This award identifies those businesses that are demonstrating a positive impact on addressing global poverty. Learn more at bitc.org.

Please join us in thanking the Stordalen Foundation and the Stockholm EAT Forum, the Humanitarian Water and Food Award committee, Sustainia, and the Prince’s Responsible Business Network for honoring SOIL’s work this summer. We are incredibly proud of our team in Haiti for setting a global example for how to scale up access to dignified ecological sanitation services.