Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva

female, 57 years old
anti-globalization, alter-globalization movement, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, author, environmentalist, physicist
Vandana Shiva (b. November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India), is a physicist, ecofeminist, environmental activist and author. Shiva,...
Walden Bello

Walden Bello

male, 64 years old
professor, Transnational Institute, Right Livelihood Award, globalisation, University of the Philippines, manila…RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, Focus on the Global South
Walden Bello (born 1945) is a left-wing author, academic, and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the...
Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow

female, 62 years old
From Ottawa, World Future Council, Activism, author, activist, Canadian…Council of Canadians, The Council of Canadians, Barlows of note, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, The Ontario Teachers' Federation
Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada's largest citizen's advocacy organization as well as the co-founder of...
Helena Norberg-Hodge

Helena Norberg-Hodge

female
Global Ecovillage Network, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, Harvard, ladakh, Right Livelihood Award, International Forum on Globalization…director of the International Society, Director of the Ladakh Project
Helena Norberg Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organisation concerned with the...
Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung

male, 79 years old
Peace Studies, PRIO, news values, Peace Journalism, Peace and conflict studies, peace and conflict research…RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward
Johan Galtung (born October 24, 1930, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian professor, founder and co-director of TRANSCEND - A Peace and Development...
Medha Patkar

Medha Patkar

female, 55 years old
Indian, nonviolence, activist, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, environmentalist, Ph.D.
Medha Patkar is a social activist from India.
Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa

male, 76 years old
Thai Chinese, Right Livelihood Award, editor, Social Science Review, thammasat university, Maha Ghosananda…Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Wales, Lampeter, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, Office of the Prime Minister
Sulak Sivaraksa is founder and director of the Thai NGO "Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation“. Besides being the initator of a number of social, hu...
Nicanor Perlas

Nicanor Perlas

male, 59 years old
activist, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, environmentalist, UNEP, Right Livelihood Award, Global 500 Roll of Honour…The Outstanding Filipino Award, Club of Budapest
Nicanor Perlas is President, Center for Alternative Development Initiatives (www.cadi.ph), a think tank and technical assistance group based in...
Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

male, 78 years old
pentagon, Anti-war activist, Classified information, The Pentagon, top-secret, United States Armed Forces…The New York Times, RecipientoftheRightLivelihoodAward, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Board of SANE-Freeze, the project
In the 1960s, Ellsberg was a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation, then a consultant to the Defense Department and the White House. He worked...