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Right Livelihood Award
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The Right Livelihood Award, sometimes informally called the Alternative Nobel Prize, established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, is presented annually, usually on December 9, to honour those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today".
An international jury decides the awards in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education and peace. The prize money is shared among the winners, usually numbering four, and is SEK2 million (US$310,000). The ceremonial event takes place in the same Stockholm building where the Swedish Parliament convenes, usually during the first week of December. The award is therefore often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize".[1][2] The award states that, in the 21st century, the "greatest benefit to mankind" may be found in different fields than in the traditional sciences or in strict categories: the vast majority of award winners work for grassroots non-governmental organisations in their countries. The foundation understands its awards as a complement to the Nobel Prizes.
Since 1980, the foundation has presented, as of 2007, awards to 119 individuals and organisations. Its purpose is both to bestow prizes and publicize the work of its recipients' local solutions to problems that also exist on world-wide.
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2007 - Christopher Weeramantry, Sri Lanka
- - Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Kenya
- - Percy Schmeiser and Louise Schmeiser, Canada
- - Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
2006 - Daniel Ellsberg, USA
- - Ruth Manorama, India
- - Chico Whitaker, Brazil
- - International Poetry Festival of Medellín, Colombia
2005 - Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, Canada
- - Irene Fernandez, Malaysia
- - Roy Sesana and First People of the Kalahari, Botswana
- - Francisco Toledo, Mexico
2004 - Swami Agnivesh / Asghar Ali Engineer, India
2003 - David Lange, New Zealand
- - Walden Bello / Nicanor Perlas, Philippines
- - Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, South Korea
- - SEKEM, Egypt and Ibrahim Abouleish
2002 - Martin Green, Australia
- - Kamenge Youth Centre (Centre Jeunes Kamenge), Burundi
- - Kvinna Till Kvinna, Sweden
- - Martín Almada, Paraguay
2001 - José Antonio Abreu, Venezuela
- - Gush Shalom / Uri and Rachel Avnery, Israel
- - Leonardo Boff, Brazil
- - Trident Ploughshares, United Kingdom
2000 - Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, Ethiopia
- - Munir, Indonesia
- - Birsel Lemke, Turkey
- - Wes Jackson, USA
1999 - Hermann Scheer, Germany
- - Juan Garcés, Spain
- - COAMA (Consolidation of the Amazon Region), Colombia
- - Grupo de Agricultura Orgánica, Cuba
1998 - International Baby Food Action Network
1997 - Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso
1996 - Herman Daly , USA
- - Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Russia
- - People's Science Movement of Kerala (Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat), India
- - George Vithoulkas, Greece
1995 - András Biró / Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance, Hungary
- - Serb Civic Council, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- - Carmel Budiarjo / TAPOL, Indonesia /United Kingdom
- - Sulak Sivaraksa, Thailand
1994 - Astrid Lindgren, Sweden
- - SERVOL (Service Volunteered for All), Trinidad & Tobago
- - Dr. H. Sudarshan / VGKK (Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra), India
- - Ken Saro-Wiwa / Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Ogoniland, Nigeria
1993 - Arna Mer-Khamis / Care and Learning, Israel
- - Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress / Sithembiso Nyoni, Zimbabwe
- - Vandana Shiva, India)
- - Mary and Carrie Dann of the Western Shoshone Nation, North America
1992 - Finnish Village Action Movement (Kylätoiminta), Finland
- - Gonoshasthaya Kendra / Zafrullah Chowdhury, Bangladesh
- - Helen Mack, Guatemala
- - John Gofman, USA / Alla Yaroshinskaya, Ukraine
1991 - Edward Goldsmith, United Kingdom
- - Narmada Bachao Andolan, India
- - Bengt & Marie-Thérèse Danielsson, Polynesia / Senator Jeton Anjain / the People of Rongelap, Marshall Islands
- - Landless Workers' Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra) / CPT (Commissao Pastoral da Terra), Brazil
1990 - Alice Tepper Marlin / Council on Economic Priorities, USA
- - Bernard Lédéa Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso
- - Felicia Langer, Israel
- - ATCC (Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare), Colombia
1989 - Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative, Japan
- - Melaku Worede, Ethiopia
- - Aklilu Lemma / Legesse Wolde-Yohannes, Ethiopia
- - Survival International, United Kingdom
1988 - International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims / Dr. Inge Kemp Genefke, Denmark
- - José Lutzenberger, Brazil
- - John F. Charlewood Turner, United Kingdom
- - Sahabat Alam Malaysia / Mohammed Idris, Harrison Ngau, the Penan people, Malaysia
1987 - Johan Galtung, Norway
- - Chipko movement, India
- - Hans-Peter Dürr / Global Challenges Network, Germany
- - Institute for Food and Development Policy / Frances Moore Lappé, USA
- - Mordechai Vanunu, Israel
1986 - Robert Jungk, Austria
- - Rosalie Bertell, Canada / Alice Stewart, United Kingdom
- - International Society for Ecology and Culture / Helena Norberg-Hodge, India
- - Evaristo Nugkuag / AIDESEP, Peru
1985 - Theo Van Boven, Netherlands
- - Cary Fowler, USA / Pat Mooney, Canada / Rural Advancement Fund International
- - Lokayan / Rajni Kothari, India
- - Duna Kör, Hungary
1984 - Imane Khalifeh, Lebanon
- - Self-Employed Women's Association / Ela Bhatt, India
- - Winefreda Geonzon / Free Legal Assistance Volunteers' Association (FREE LAVA), Philippines
- - Wangari Maathai / Green Belt Movement, Kenya
1983 - Leopold Kohr, Austria
- - Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins / Rocky Mountain Institute, USA
- - Manfred Max-Neef / CEPAUR, Chile
- - People of Belau, Belau
1982 - Eric Dammann / Future in Our Hands, Norway
- - Anwar Fazal, Malaysia
- - Petra Kelly, Germany
- - Participatory Institute for Development Alternatives, Sri Lanka
- - George Trevelyan, United Kingdom
1981 - Mike Cooley, United Kingdom
- - Bill Mollison, Australia
- - Patrick van Rensburg / Education with Production, Botswana, South Africa
1980 - Hassan Fathy, Egypt
- ^ "Alternative Nobel Prize" awarded in Sweden. 8 December 2006. NewsAhead World News Forecast story. Accessed October 24, 2007.
- ^ "...the Danube Circle, has become the first East European group to win the Swedish Right Livelihood Award (known as the alternative Nobel Prize)" from Letter to the editor, March 9, 1988, The New York Times. Letter. Accessed October 24, 2007.
- Right Livelihood Award - Official site
- Complete list of recipients with descriptions
- Jakob von Uexkull - Founder
- A Great Son of Lanka S. Pathiravitana (2007), Sri Lanka Daily News. History of the Award, to acknowledge winner Christopher Weeramantry. Accessed 2007-11-08