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The Right Livelihood Awards

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Submitted by AFAN team member Amaranatho a Buddhist on 25/05/2009 07:08
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 The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to honour and support those "offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today".

It has become widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' and there are now 133 Laureates from 57 countries.

Presented annually in Stockholm at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament, the Right Livelihood Award is usually shared by four Recipients. One of them may receive an Honorary Award, given to a person or group whose work the Jury wishes to recognise but who is not primarily in need of monetary support. The others share the prize money of 2,000,000 Swedish kronor (approximately USD 240,000). The prize money is for ongoing successful work, never for personal use.

 

http://www.rightlivelihood.org/

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