Olya Melen
(c. 1978)

Ukranian Environmental Activist
2006 Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize

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birthplace:
Lviv, Ukraine

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“I was always optimistic about our chances and never thought about defeat. I kept repeating the phrase ‘Nothing is impossible.’”.

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