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Awards
Right Livelihood Award (1988) - for its efforts to save the tropical forests of Sarawak.
The Right Livelihood Foundation was established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull to honour and support such people through a programme of annual awards. Since then, 70 people and projects from 38 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 500 nominations. In addition to supporting the recipients directly, an important purpose of the RLA is to spread their knowledge and experience and to show that problems which often look 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, the protection of minorities, care of the environment and many aspects of human development, ranging from cultural and spiritual renewal to science and technology for people's welfare. What unites them is the vision of an indivisible humanity, a commitment to careful stewardship of our small planet and an ethnic of justice and sustainability. The Right Livelihood Award exists to strengthen the social forces that they represent and to provide the support and inspiration needed to make them a model for the future. The
Right Livelihood Awards are presented annually at a ceremony, held
since 1985 in Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, on the day before
the Nobel Prize presentations. The prize money of US$250,000, shared
by three or four recipients, is to strengthen or expand their work,
not for personal use. An Honorary Award (non-monetary) is also usually
made for work the jury wishes to recognise but which is not primarily
in need of financial support.
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