Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." [1] The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexküll, and is presented annually in early December. [2]
The Right Livelihood Award is considered the alternative Nobel Prize and the world's premier award for personal courage and social transformation. Manorama was also one among the thousand nominees for the 1,000 Peace Women for Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. [3]
The Right Livelihood Award, an international award established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Right Livelihood .
[15] [16] She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, an award established by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull. [17] Shiva's book Making Peace With the Earth discusses biodiversity and the relationship between communities and nature.
Right Livelihood Award Dr. Hanumappa Sudarshan (born 30 December 1950) is an Indian social worker and tribal rights activist. He is known for his contributions to the upliftment of the forest dwelling tribes (mainly Soligas ) in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka.
Right Livelihood Award: Right Livelihood Award Foundation: Practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today [18] United States: Computerworld Smithsonian Award: Computerworld: Individuals who have used technology to produce beneficial changes for society [19] [20] [21] United States: Dr. Nathan Davis Awards ...
The most prestigious award was the one he won together with his research associate, Dr. Legesse Wolde-Yohannes in November 1989 – the Right Livelihood Award of Sweden, commonly referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize. [11] He died in the United States on 5 April 1997 and was buried in Ethiopia, on 13 April. [10]
Right Livelihood Award Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist working on social issues for tribals , dalits , farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS , a premier institute of social science research in India.