The Right Livelihood Award
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation was established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, a Swedish-German writer, philatelic expert and former member of the European Parliament, to honour and support those offering practical and exemplery answers to the crucial problems facing the World today. Since then 75 individuals and organisations from some 60 different countries have been chosen to receive the Right Livelihood Award, which has become widely known as “The Alternative Nobel Prize”. They have been selected from over 650 nominations.
In addition to supporting the recipients directly, an important purpose of the Right Livelihood Award is to spread their knowledge and experience and to show that problems which often look intractable can be confronted by individuals or small groups acting together and mobilising others for the common good.
The Award also aims to stimulate a debate about social values and goals. It brings together people working in many different fields: for social justice and human rights, for peace and disarmament