Jakob von Uexkull

Jakob von Uexkull

male, 65 years old
Swede of Estonian descent, Swede of German descent, From Uppsala, Green Party politician, natural environment, German Green Party…RightLivelihoodAward
Jakob von Uexkull (born 19 August 1944) is a writer, lecturer, professional philatelist and past member of the European Parliament who, in 1980,...
Walden Bello

Walden Bello

male, 64 years old
professor, Transnational Institute, RightLivelihoodAward, globalisation, University of the Philippines, manila…Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award
Walden Bello (born 1945) is a left-wing author, academic, and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the...
Ruth Manorama

Ruth Manorama

female, 45 years old
Christian, From chennai, social entrepreneur, RightLivelihoodAward, community organizing, dalit…Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award
Ruth Manorama(1964) is widely known in India for her contributions in mainstreaming Dalit issues, especially the precarious situation of Dalit...
Manfred Max-Neef

Manfred Max-Neef

male, 77 years old
fundamental human needs, Valdivia, Chile, Universidad Austral de Chile, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, chilean, rector…RightLivelihoodAward
Manfred Max-Neef (b. October 26, 1932 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean economist and ecologist. Max-Neef started his career as a teacher of...
Helena Norberg-Hodge

Helena Norberg-Hodge

female
Global Ecovillage Network, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, Harvard, ladakh, RightLivelihoodAward, International Forum on Globalization
Helena Norberg Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organisation concerned with the...

Frances Moore Lappé

female, 65 years old
Social change, activist, Activism, Diet for a Small Planet, diet, Food writer…RightLivelihoodAward, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award
Frances Moore Lappé is a noted social change and democracy activist, and the author of 15 books, including the three-million-copy bestseller, "...

Irene Fernandez

female, 63 years old
Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, Human rights activist, Tenaganita, RightLivelihoodAward
Irene Fernandez (*1946) is the director and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Tenaganita, which promotes the rights of migrant...
Nicanor Perlas

Nicanor Perlas

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

Sulak Sivaraksa

male, 76 years old
Thai Chinese, RightLivelihoodAward, editor, Social Science Review, thammasat university, Maha Ghosananda…Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award
Sulak Sivaraksa is founder and director of the Thai NGO "Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation“. Besides being the initator of a number of social, hu...
Ibrahim Abouleish

Ibrahim Abouleish

male, 72 years old
Schwab Foundation, World Future Council, arteriosclerosis, RightLivelihoodAward, osteoporosis, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award
Ibrahim Abouleish (*1937 in Egypt) began his chemistry and medicine studies at the age of 19 in Austria. He did his doctorate in 1969 in the field...