The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an international initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the independent exploration and production company ConocoPhillips. The award recognises significant contributions to environmental issues and concerns. Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups. The winning environmental project receives funding of $100,000 USD and each of the two runners-up receive US$25,000. Winners List of winners has been taken from the St Andrews Prize website 1999 - Daniel Limpitlaw, of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa for work connected to the environmental degradation caused by early mining developments. 2000 - Hikmat Hilal and Amer El-Hamouz of An-Najah National University, West Bank for a proposal to turn the waste from olive oil production into useful by-products. 2001 - George Odera Outa of the University of Nairobi, Kenya for a community education project to combat the environmental hazards that are choking Lake Victoria. 2002 - Monina Escalada of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, for an initiative aimed at persuading a rice farmers in North Vietnam to stop spraying insecticides. 2003 - Bunker Roy, the founder of the Barefoot College, Rajasthan, India, for bringing solar energy to remote Himalayan villages, using so-called 'barefoot engineers'. 2004 - Conrad Feather who worked with the Nahua people of Peru allowing them to map their territory using the latest GPS, photographic, radio and video equipment. 2005 - Ian Thorpe founder of Pump Aid, which has developed the Elephant Pump a pump built using simple technology and locally available materials. 2006 - Erika Vohman of The Equilibrium Fund for promoting the use of Maya nut in Central America. 2007 - David Manalo and his team for the River, Fibre and Power Project providing sustainable lighting services in remote locations in the Philippines 2008 - Elephant Toilet, a sustainable sanitation solution for Africa 2009 - One Earth Designs for the development of the SolSource high-performance solar cooker to meet the needs of Himalayan villagers at >90% energy efficiency 2010 - Arsenic removal project 2011 - BioLite project 2012 - Lion Guardians project 2013 - Lucy King beehive fence to control elephants 2014 - Vikas Mohan Blue Ventures See also List of environmental awards References Environmental awards Prize for the Environment, St Andrews Scottish awards 1998 establishments in Scotland Awards established in 1998 Nature conservation in Scotland