About the Right Livelihood Award
The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to honour and support those "offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today". It has become widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' and there are now 141 Laureates from 59 countries.
Presented annually in Stockholm at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament, the Right Livelihood Award is usually shared by four Recipients, but not all Laureates receive a cash award. Often an Honorary Award is given to a person or group whose work the Jury wishes to recognise but who is not primarily in need of monetary support. The prize money in 2010 was 200,000 €. The prize money is for ongoing successful work, never for personal use.
From Peace to Spirituality and Agriculture
Unlike the Nobel Prizes (for Physics, Physiology/Medicine, Chemistry, Literature, and Peace), the Right Livelihood Award has no categories. It recognises that, in striving to meet the human challenges of today's world, the most inspiring and remarkable work often defies any standard classification. For example, people who start out with an environmental goal frequently find themselves drawn into issues of health, human rights and/or social justice. Their work becomes a holistic response to community needs, so that sectoral categories lose their meaning.
Unlike the Nobel Prizes (for Physics, Physiology/Medicine, Chemistry, Literature, and Peace), the Right Livelihood Award has no categories. It recognises that, in striving to meet the human challenges of today's world, the most inspiring and remarkable work often defies any standard classification. For example, people who start out with an environmental goal frequently find themselves drawn into issues of health, human rights and/or social justice. Their work becomes a holistic response to community needs, so that sectoral categories lose their meaning.
List of Right Livelihood Award Laureates
2010
Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria)
"...for revealing the full ecological and human horrors of oil production and for his inspired work to strengthen the environmental movement in Nigeria and globally."
Erwin Kräutler (Brazil)
"...for a lifetime of work for the human and environmental rights of indigenous peoples and for his tireless efforts to save the Amazon forest from destruction."
Shrikrishna Upadhyay / SAPPROS (Nepal)
"...for demonstrating over many years the power of community mobilisation to address the multiple causes of poverty even when threatened by political violence and instability."
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (Israel)
“… for their indomitable spirit in working for the right to health for all people in Israel and Palestine.”
David Suzuki (Canada)
Honorary Award
"for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness about the perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it".
René Ngongo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
"...for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use."
Alyn Ware (New Zealand - Aotearoa)
"...for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons."
Catherine Hamlin (Ethiopia)
"...for her fifty years dedicated to treating obstetric fistula patients, thereby restoring the health, hope and dignity of thousands of Africa's poorest women."
Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan / LAFTI (India)
"...for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social justice and sustainable human development, for which they have been referred to as 'India's soul'."
Amy Goodman (USA)
"...for developing an innovative model of truly independent political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by mainstream media."
Asha Hagi Elmi (Somalia)
"...for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country."
Monika Hauser (Germany)
"...for her tireless commitment to working with women who have experienced the most horrific sexual violence in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, and campaigning for them to receive social recognition and compensation."
Christopher Weeramantry (Sri Lanka)
"... for his lifetime of groundbreaking work to strengthen and expand the rule of international law".
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi (Kenya)
"... for showing in diverse ethnic and cultural situations how religious and other differences can be reconciled, even after violent conflict, and knitted together through a cooperative process that leads to peace and development".
Percy and Louise Schmeiser (Canada)
"... for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws".
Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh)
"... for bringing sustainable light and power to thousands of Bangladeshi villages, promoting health, education and productivity".
Chico Whitaker Ferreira (Brazil)
Honorary Award
"…for a lifetime's dedicated work for social justice that has strengthened democracy in Brazil and helped give birth to the World Social Forum, showing that ‘another world is possible'".
Daniel Ellsberg (USA)
“…for putting peace and truth first, at considerable personal risk, and dedicating his life to inspiring others to follow his example.”
Ruth Manorama (India)
"…for her commitment over decades to achieving equality for Dalit women, building effective and committed women's organisations and working for their rights at national and international levels."
Festival Internacional de PoesÃa de MedellÃn (Colombia)
"…for showing how creativity, beauty, free expression and community can flourish amongst and overcome even deeply entrenched fear and violence."
Francisco Toledo (Mexico)
Honorary Award
"... for devoting himself and his art to the protection and enhancement of the heritage, environment and community life of his native Oaxaca."
Maude Barlow (Canada)
Joint Award with Tony Clarke
"… for their exemplary and longstanding worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental human right to water."
Tony Clarke (Canada)
Joint Award with Maude Barlow
"… for their exemplary and longstanding worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental human right to water."
First People of the Kalahari / Roy Sesana (Botswana)
"… for resolute resistance against eviction from their ancestral lands, and for upholding the right to their traditional way of life."
Irene Fernandez (Malaysia)
"… for her outstanding and courageous work to stop violence against women and abuses of migrant and poor workers."
Swami Agnivesh (India)
Joint Honorary Award with Asghar Ali Engineer
"...for promoting over many years in South Asia the values of religious and communal co-existence, tolerance and mutual understanding."
Asghar Ali Engineer (India)
Joint Honorary Award with Swami Agnivesh
"...for promoting over many years in South Asia the values of religious and communal co-existence, tolerance and mutual understanding."
Memorial (Russia)
“...for showing, in traumatic times, the importance of understanding the historical roots of human rights abuse, to secure respect for them in the future.”
Bianca Jagger (Nicaragua)
”...for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human rights, social justice and environmental protection.”
Raúl Montenegro (Argentina)
“… for his outstanding work with local communities and indigenous people to protect the environment and natural resources.”
David Lange (New Zealand - Aotearoa)
Honorary Award
"...for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons."
Walden Bello (Philippines)
Joint Award with Nicanor Perlas
"...for his outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented."
Nicanor Perlas (Philippines)
Joint Award with Walden Bello
"...for his outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented."
Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, CCEJ (South Korea)
”...for its rigorous wide-ranging reform programme, based on economic and social justice, accountability and reconciliation with North Korea.”
Sekem / Ibrahim Abouleish (Egypt)
”...for a 21st century business model which combines commercial success with social and cultural development.”
Martin Green (Australia)
Honorary Award
”...for his dedication and outstanding success in the harnessing of solar energy, key technological challenge of our age.”
Centre Jeunes Kamenge, CJK (Burundi)
“...for their exemplary courage and compassion in overcoming ethnic divisions during civil war so that young people can live and build a peaceful future together.”
Kvinna Till Kvinna (Sweden)
”…for its successes in addressing ethnic hatred by helping war-torn women to be the major agents of peace-building and reconciliation.”
MartÃn Almada (Paraguay)
… for his outstanding courage in bringing torturers to justice, and promoting democracy, human rights and sustainable development."
José Antonio Abreu (Venezuela)
"… for achieving a unique cultural renaissance, bringing the joys of music to countless disadvantaged children and communities."
Gush Shalom / Uri Avnery and Rachel Avnery (Israel)
”… for their unwavering conviction, in the midst of violence, that peace can only be achieved through justice and reconciliation."
Leonardo Boff (Brazil)
".… for his inspiring insights and practical work to help people realise the links between human spirituality, social justice and environmental stewardship."
Trident Ploughshares (UK)
“… for providing a practical model of principled, transparent and non-violent direct action dedicated to ridding the world of nuclear weapons.”
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher (Ethiopia)
”...for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources.”
Munir (Indonesia)
”...for his courage and dedication in fighting for human rights and the civilian control of the military in Indonesia.”
Birsel Lemke (Turkey)
”...for her long-standing struggle to protect her country from the devastation of cyanide-based gold mining.”
Wes Jackson / The Land Institute (USA)
"...for his single-minded commitment to developing an agriculture that is both highly productive and truly ecologically sustainable."
Hermann Scheer (Germany)
Honorary Award
”...for his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide.”
Juan Garcés (Spain)
“...for his long-standing efforts to end the impunity of dictators.”
Consolidation of the Amazon Region, COAMA (Colombia)
”...for showing how indigenous people can improve their livelihood, sustain their culture and conserve their rainforests.”
Grupo de Agricultura Orgánica, GAO (Cuba)
”…for showing that organic agriculture is a key to both environmental sustainability and food security.”
International Baby Food Action Network, IBFAN (Switzerland)
”...for its committed and effective campaigning in support of breastfeeding.”
Samuel Epstein (USA)
"...for his exemplary life of scholarship wedded to activism on behalf of humanity."
Juan Pablo Orrego / Grupo de Acción por el BiobÃo (Chile)
”...for his personal courage, self-sacrifice and perseverance in working for sustainable development in Chile.”
Katarina Kruhonja (Croatia)
Joint Award with Vesna Terselic
"...for their dedication to a long-term process of peace-building and reconciliation in the Balkans."
Vesna Terselic (Croatia)
Joint Award with Katarina Kruhonja
"...for their dedication to a long-term process of peace-building and reconciliation in the Balkans."
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso)
”...for a lifetime of scholarship and activism that has identified the key principles and processes by which Africans can create a better future.”
Jinzaburo Takagi (Japan)
Joint Award with Mycle Schneider
"...for serving to alert the world to the unparalleled dangers of plutonium to human life."
Mycle Schneider (France)
Joint Award with Jinzaburo Takagi
"...for serving to alert the world to the unparalleled dangers of plutonium to human life."
Michael Succow (Germany)
”...for his commitment to safeguard natural eco-systems and areas of outstanding natural value for future generations.”
Cindy Duehring (USA)
”...for putting her personal tragedy at the service of humanity by helping others understand and combat the risks posed by toxic chemicals.”
Herman Daly (USA)
Honorary Award
”...for defining a path of ecological economics that integrates the key elements of ethics, quality of life, environment and community.”
The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, CSMR (Russia)
”...for their courage in upholding the common humanity of Russians and Chechens and opposing the militarism and violence in Chechnya.”
Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) (India)
”...for its major contribution to a model of development rooted in social justice and popular participation.”
George Vithoulkas (Greece)
“...for his outstanding contribution to the revival of homeopathic knowledge and the training of homeopaths to the highest standards.”
András Biró / Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance (Hungary)
”...for their resolute defence of Hungary's Roma (gypsy) minority and effective efforts to aid their self-development.”
The Serb Civic Council (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
”...for maintaining their support for a humane, multi-ethnic, democratic Bosnia-Herzegovina.”
Carmel Budiardjo (UK)
“...For holding the Indonesian government accountable for its actions and upholding the universality of fundamental human rights.”
Sulak Sivaraksa (Thailand)
”...for his vision, activism and spiritual commitment in the quest for a development process that is rooted in democracy, justice and cultural integrity.”
Astrid Lindgren (Sweden)
Honorary Award
”...for her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality.”
Servol (Service Volunteered for All) (Trinidad)
”…for fostering spiritual values, co-operation and family responsibility in building society.”
Hannumappa R Sudarshan / Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra, VGKK (India)
”...for showing how tribal culture can contribute to a process that secures the basic rights and fundamental needs of indigenous people and conserves their environment.”
Ken Saro-Wiwa / Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Nigeria)
“...for their exemplary courage in striving non-violently for the civil, economic and environmental rights of their people.”
Arna Mer-Khamis (Israel)
”...for passionate commitment to the defence and education of the children of Palestine.”
Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP) (Zimbabwe)
”...for building a remarkable grassroots movement and motivating its million members to follow their own path of human development.”
Vandana Shiva (India)
”...for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse.”
Mary † and Carrie Dann of the Western Shoshone Nation (USA)
"...for exemplary courage and perseverance in asserting the rights of indigenous people to their land."
Kylätoiminta / Finnish Village Action (Finland)
Honorary Award
”…for showing a dynamic path to rural regeneration, decentralisation and popular empowerment.”
Gonoshasthaya Kendra / Zafrullah Chowdhury (Bangladesh)
”...for its outstanding record of promotion of health and human development.”
Helen Mack Chang (Guatemala)
”…for her personal courage and persistence in seeking justice and an end to the impunity of political murderers.”
John Gofman (USA)
Joint Award with Alla Yaroshinskaya
"...for his pioneering work in exposing the health effects of low-level radiation."
Alla Yaroshinskaya (Russia)
Joint Award with John Gofman
"...for revealing, against official opposition and persecution, the extent of the damaging effects of the Chernobyl disaster on local people."
Edward Goldsmith (UK)
Honorary Award
”...for his uncompromising critique of industrialism and promotion of environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives to it.”
Medha Patkar and Baba Amte / Narmada Bachao Andolan (India)
”…for their inspired opposition to the disastrous Narmada Valley dams project and their promotion of alternatives designed to benefit the poor and the environment.”
Marie-Thérèse and Bengt Danielsson (Polynesia)
Joint Award with the Rongelap People / Senator Jeton Anjain
"...for exposing the tragic results of and advocating an end to French nuclear colonialism."
The Rongelap People / Senator Jeton Anjain (Marshall Islands)
Joint Award with Marie-Thérèse and Bengt Danielsson
"...for their steadfast struggle against United States nuclear policy in support of their right to live on an unpolluted Rongelap island."
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra, MST (Brazil)
Joint Award with CPT
"...for winning land for landless families and helping them to farm it sustainably."
Commissão Pastoral da Terra, CPT (Brazil)
Joint Award with MST
"...for their dedicated campaigning for social justice and the observance of human rights for small farmers and the landless in Brazil."
Alice Tepper Marlin (USA)
Honorary Award
”...for showing the direction in which the Western economy must develop to promote the well-being of humanity.”
Bernard Lédéa Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
”…for strengthening peasant self-help movements all over West Africa.”
Felicia Langer (Israel)
”...for the exemplary courage of her advocacy for the basic rights of the Palestinian people.”
Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare (ATCC) (Colombia)
”...for its outstanding commitment to peace, family and community in the midst of the most senseless violence.”
Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative (Japan)
Honorary Award
”...for creating the most successful, sustainable model of production and consumption in the industrialised world.”
Melaku Worede (Ethiopia)
"...for preserving Ethiopia's genetic wealth by building one of the finest seed conservation centres in the world."
Aklilu Lemma (Ethiopia)
Joint Award with Legesse Wolde-Yohannes
"...for discovering and campaigning relentlessly for an affordable preventative against bilharzia."
Legesse Wolde-Yohannes (Ethiopia)
Joint Award with Aklilu Lemma
"...for discovering and campaigning relentlessly for an affordable preventative against bilharzia."
Survival International (UK)
”...for working with tribal peoples to secure their rights, livelihood and self-determination.”
Inge Genefke / International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (Denmark)
Honorary Award
”...for helping those whose lives have been shattered by torture to regain their health and personality.”
José Lutzenberger (Brazil)
”…for his contribution to protecting the natural environment in Brazil and worldwide.”
John F. Charlewood Turner (UK)
”...for championing the rights of people to build, manage and sustain their own shelter and communities.”
Sahabat Alam Malaysia-Sarawak (SAM) (Malaysia)
”...for their exemplary struggle to save the tropical forests of Sarawak.”
Johan Galtung (Norway)
Honorary Award
"... for his systematic and multidisciplinary study of the conditions which can lead to peace."
The Chipko Movement (India)
”...for its dedication to the conservation, restoration and ecologically-sound use of India's natural resources.”
Hans-Peter Dürr (Germany)
”...for his profound critique of the strategic defence initiative (SDI) and his work to convert high technology to peaceful uses.”
Frances Moore Lappé / Institute for Food and Development Policy (USA)
”...for revealing the political and economic causes of world hunger and how citizens can help to remedy them.”
Mordechai Vanunu (Israel)
”...for his courage and self-sacrifice in revealing the extent of Israel's nuclear weapons programme.”
Robert Jungk (Austria)
Honorary Award
"...for struggling indefatigably on behalf of peace, sane alternatives for the future and ecological awareness."
Rosalie Bertell (Canada)
Joint Award with Alice Stewart
"...for raising public awareness about the destruction of the biosphere and human gene pool, especially by low-level radiation."
Alice Stewart (UK)
Joint Award with Rosalie Bertell
"...for bringing to light in the face of official opposition the real dangers of low-level radiation."
Ladakh Ecological Development Group/Helena Norberg-Hodge (India)
”...for preserving the traditional culture and values of Ladakh against the onslaught of tourism and development.”
Evaristo Nugkuag Ikanan (Peru)
“...for organising to protect the rights of the Indians of the Amazon basin.”
Theo van Boven (Netherlands)
Honorary Award
”...for speaking out on human rights abuse without fear or favour in the international community.”
Cary Fowler (Norway)
Joint Award with Pat Mooney
"...for working to save the world's genetic plant heritage."
Pat Mooney (Canada)
Joint Award with Cary Fowler
"...for working to save the world's genetic plant heritage."
Lokayan (India)
”...for linking and strengthening local groups working to protect civil liberties, women's rights and the environment.”
Duna Kör / Janos Vargha (Hungary)
”…for working under unusually difficult circumstances to preserve the river Danube, a vital part of Hungary's environment.”
Imane Khalifeh (Lebanon)
Honorary Award
"...for inspiring and organising the Beirut peace movement."
Self-Employed Women's Association / Ela Bhatt (India)
”...for helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect.”
Winefreda Geonzon / FREE LAVA - Free Legal Assistance Association (Philippines)
”...for giving assistance to prisoners and aiding their rehabilitation.”
Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
“...for converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation.”
Leopold Kohr (Austria)
Honorary Award
”...for his early inspiration of the movement for a human scale.”
High Chief Ibedul Gibbons and the people of Belau (Palau)
“…for upholding the democratic, constitutional right of their island to remain nuclear-free.”
Amory and Hunter Lovins (USA)
"...for pioneering soft energy paths for global security."
Manfred Max-Neef (Chile)
“…for revitalising small and medium-sized communities through ‘Barefoot Economics’.”
Erik Dammann / The Future in Our Hands (Norway)
Honorary Award
"...for challenging Western values and lifestyles in order to promote a more responsible attitude to the environment and the third world."
Anwar Fazal (Malaysia)
”...for fighting for the rights of consumers and helping them to do the same.”
Petra Kelly (Germany)
”...for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights.”
Participatory Institute for Development Alternatives (PIDA) (Sri Lanka)
”...for developing exemplary processes of self-reliant, participatory development among the poor in Asia.”
George Trevelyan (UK)
“...for educating the adult spirit to a new non-materialistic vision of human nature.”
Mike Cooley (UK)
”...for designing and promoting the theory and practice of human-centred, socially useful production.”
Bill Mollison (Australia)
”...for developing and promoting the theory and practice of permaculture.”
Patrick van Rensburg (South Africa)
”...for developing replicable educational models for the third world majority.”
Hassan Fathy (Egypt)
”…for developing an ’Architecture for the Poor’.”
Plenty International / Stephen Gaskin (USA)
"...for caring, sharing and acting with and on behalf of those in need at home and abroad."
Source : http://www.rightlivelihood.org/
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