Mathis’s Recognitions

I am grateful for the honors I have received over the years. They have boosted my courage and endurance. They also generate a sense of kinship and community. The sweet and generous recognitions include:

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• the 2024 "Sustainability Award" for leadership in implementation of the Nobel Sustainability Trust, bestowed on November 20, 2024. The Laudatio gives the reason. The celebration explains the significance,

• ​"Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar" by the Colombian House of Representatives, October 2, 2024, bestowed on October 24, 2024,

• "Gran Cruz con Placa de Oro" of the Colombian Congress, October 16, 2024, bestowed on October 23, 2024, 

• the 2024 "Premio Mondo d'Oro" of the Fondazione Geoknowledge,

• honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling (Nov 24, 2022),

• the 2018 World Sustainability Award,

• inclusion in the 2020 Fairforce 100 Environmental Data Entrepreneurs,

• the 2015 IAIA Global Environment Award,

• induction in the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) Sustainability Hall of Fame,

• the 2013 Prix Nature Swisscanto – Hauptpreis,

• the 2012 Blue Planet Prize,

• the 2012 Grosser Binding-Preis für Natur- und Umweltschutz

• the 2012 Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award of the International Society for Ecological Economics,

• the 2011 Zayed International Prize for the Environment,

• Honorary doctorate from the University of Berne (2007),

• the 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship,

• the 2005 Second biennial Herman Daly Award of the US Society for Ecological Economics.