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Right Livelihood Award

Film “The Forest Maker” – about the man who makes trees grow: Toni Rinaudo

11. April 2022

Even in this time of war and destruction, there is a need for signs of hope and future. That’s why today I’m reporting on “The Forest Maker” Toni Rinaudo and filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff. “I firmly believe that with the right production methods, Africa could easily feed the world.” A bold…

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Portrait of Sima Samar

Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar – powerful speech in the EU Parliament

4. February 2022

Sima Samar received the “Alternative Nobel Prize” in 2012 (with Monika Griefahn and Jakob von Uexküll). In 2012 Sima Samar received the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”). We were very impressed by her fight for human rights and especially for women’s rights.  Afghanistan is a…

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Freda Huson

New RLA winners have been announced

10. October 2021

They stand up against violence and climate change and address the most pressing questions of our time: Marthe Wandou (Cameroon), Wladimir Sliwjak (Russia), Freda Huson (People of the Wet’suwet’en, Canada) and the Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (India) are the winners of the Right Livelohood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”)…

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“Right Livelihood Awards” for the genuine fighters of this world

10. December 2019

Stockholm, Berlin, Zurich and Geneva – this year, a busy itinerary was in store for the latest laureates of the Right Livelihood Awards, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. Not all of them could take part, however − our Chinese laureate Guo Jianmei was missing, as was Greta Thunberg…

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Dancing performance at Sekem's Spring Festival

The Sekem project – sustainability in unstable times

16. April 2019

A few years ago, Helmy Abouleish, the manager of Sekem, visited the Cradle to Cradle Congress in Germany. He was convinced that the path his father had chosen for the project was the right one, and that the development it had undergone since 1977 was ample proof for that. But…

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Gruppenbild des Vorstands der Right Livelihood Award Stiftung mit Daniel Ellsberg und Paul Walker.

The whistle-blower from 1969

21. February 2019

At this year’s first board meeting of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation (“Alternative Nobel Prize”), we “young people” were able to benefit from the extensive experiences of Daniel Ellsberg, a person who had already acted as a whistle-blower by the late 1960s − and therefore at a time when the…

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“Alternative Nobel Prize” winners on tour

8. February 2018

Robert Bilott (l.) and Monika Griefahn visit politician Cem Özdemir (Green Party). The Right Livelihood Award (also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”) is intended to allow its laureates to make new investments in their projects as well as to provide them with personal support, protection…

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Right Livelihood Awards 2017

Right Livelihood Awards Honour Inspiring Changemakers and Champions of Justice

2. October 2017

Right Livelihood Awards 2017 Press release Robert BilotPhoto: Taft-Stettinius-Hollister The Laureates of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, have been announced lately in Stockholm, Sweden. This year’s honorary award goes to Robert Bilott (USA) “for exposing…

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And the award (quite literally) goes to…

3. May 2017

The winner of the most recent Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) was announced back in November 2016. However, as the laureate, Mozn Hassan, was not allowed to travel outside of her native Egypt she wasn’t able to participate in the awards ceremony in Stockholm. But now the award has…

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Environmental activists from around the world debate Cradle to Cradle

7. April 2017

At this year’s meeting of environmental award winners from all over the world in the southern German city of Freiburg, participants from Brazil, China, India and other countries showed a lot of interest in the Cradle to Cradle design concept. After the introductory talk on the subject a lively and…

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War without rules: Syria’s White Helmets between recognition and bitter reality

3. January 2017

Photo: Janine Escher As a way of sending out a message against the war in Syria the Right Livelihood Award Foundation this year gave one of its four Right Livelihood Awards – also often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prizes – to the Syrian White Helmets. What…

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Raúl Montenegro leads eighth RLC Campus

29. June 2016

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Right Livelihood Cordoba
Right Livelihood Cordoba
Right Livelihood Cordoba
Right Livelihood Cordoba
It’s a forum of exchange for scientists and activists campaigning for human rights, the environment and social justice: the Right Livelihood Award Foundation (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) has recently inaugurated the eighth instalment of the Right Livelihood College (RLC) on the campus of the National University of Cordoba, Argentina….
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RLA seminar in Nepal

Make Nepal Green

27. February 2016

RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
RLA seminar in Nepal
Because people are always stronger when they are united, several laureates of the Right Livelihood Award (RLA, “Alternative Nobel Prize”) recently gathered in Kathmandu (Nepal) for a two-day seminar to support Shrikrishna Upadhyay of Sappros-Nepal and its partners. His new initiative is titled Make Nepal Green. Upadhyay received…
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This year’s ‘Alternative Nobels’ announced

12. October 2015

Press Release Right Livelihood Award Foundation A Pacific island state foreign minister who has challenged the world’s nuclear powers through unprecedented legal action; an indigenous leader who fights to protect the Arctic in the face of climate change; an Ugandan human rights activist working against discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual,…

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RLA - Asian Regional Conference

Strong women and solar energy for daily life

25. March 2015

RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
RLA - Asian Regional Conference
The commitment and assertiveness of our Laureates – the recipients of the Right Livelihood Award – surprises me again and again. It is overwhelming to experience their confidence and power. At the Regional Conference of Asia-Pacific Laureates, held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, I…
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Bangladesh on its way to a „solar nation“

4. July 2014

Listening to Dipal Chandra Barua might cause astonishment every time one hears him talk about his work and his vision: He wants Bangladesh to be the world’s first “solar nation”! This might sound like daydreaming at first, but if you have a closer look at the work of Dipal Barua,…

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Conference of those who „make the world better“

23. June 2014

„Regional Conference“ – this sounds small and manageable. Manageable it was indeed, but the regional conference of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation covered geographically the entire continent of Africa and the Middle East. It took place in Sekem near Cairo, Egypt. About ten Right Livelihood laureates gathered there to share…

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„Working tirelessly to rid the world of chemical weapons“ – Paul Walker

9. April 2014

Yesterday evening, one of the world’s most respected experts on disarmament of chemical weapons – Paul Walker – was in Hamburg to give a lecture. On 2nd December 2013, Paul Walker received the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm for his tireless work to rid the world of chemical weapons. Just…

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Appointments

February 5, 2023: New Year’s reception of the SPD Heidekreis with party chairman Lars Klingbeil and the new Minister of the Interior of Lower Saxony Daniela Behrens in Walsrode.

February 7, 2023: Women in Lead event in Berlin. In 2021, the “Women in Lead” network was founded out of the SPD Economic Forum to add female leaders to the dialogue on the key economic and social issues of the day. Now it will be expanded to include an “Expert Group.”

February 14, 2023: Public meeting of the Climate Advisory Board of the City of Buchholz with presentation of the Climate Action Plan in the City’s budget.

March 10, 2023: The winner of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” Vladimir Slivyak from Russia is a guest at the “Reading without Nuclear Power” event in Hamburg. Read more about the event week of the association Culture for All!

March 17, 2023: Organizational meeting of the Swiss board of the Right Livlihood Foundation (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) for future events.

March 22-23, 2023: Roundtable of the Living City Foundation.

March 28, 2023: Keynote at the Automotive Industry Association VDA on “New Solutions for Climate Neutral Drives” Read more about the conference here (in German).

March 30, 2023: Participation in the real estate congress of the Federal Association of Free Real Estate and Housing Companies (BFW). Discussion in the panel “Departure into the circular economy.” Click here for the program (in German).

April 20, 2023: Start of the four-day nature film festival Lüneburger Heide under the patronage of Monika Griefahn. You will find the program here shortly (in German).


Nature Film Festival Lueneburg Heath

Planning group for the next Nature Film Festival Lueneburg Heath.

April 20-24, 2023: 2nd Nature Film Festival Lueneburg Heath with Monika Griefahn as patron. At four venues in the region of the Lüneburger Heide Nature Park, after 2021, it is once again: “Film off!” Visitors can expect fantastic nature films, stirring documentaries and, above all, great conversations with filmmakers and experts. From now on, check the status of the program planning at www.films4future.de (German).


Cradle to Cradle Congress 2021

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Cradle to Cradle Congress 2021: Because of the Corona pandemic the C2C Conress took place in three parts this year: The first one was on June 14, 2021 in Freiburg. The second took place on September 7, 2021 in Mainz, the third November 4, 2021 in Mönchengladbach.


eFuels

Synthetic fuels are one of the decisive factors for the energy transition away from fossile fuels. That is why I am committed to the further development and practical use of eFuels and became a member of the Sounding Board of the eFuel Alliance in May 2021.
English website of the eFuel Alliance


Climate committee

Constituent session: Photo: City of Buchholz / Helms

In May 2021, the climate committee was constituted in the climate forum at my place of residence in Buchholz in the Nordheide. I am pleased to be chairwoman of the advisory board! The city has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral and there is still a lot to do to achieve this. The committee advises the municipal  administration on fundamental questions of climate policy.
To the article on the Buchholz website (in German)


Right Livelihood Laureate 2021

Right Livelihood Award

They stand up against violence and climate change and address the most pressing questions of our time: Marthe Wandou (Cameroon), Wladimir Sliwjak (Russia), Freda Huson (People of the Wet’suwet’en, Canada) and the Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (India) are the winners of the Right Livelohood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) 2021. Please find here the award ceremony documentation or read more about the laureates in our blog.


Federal Order of Merit

After the award ceremony, Olaf Lies, Monika Griefahn and Rainer Rempe stand together. Photo: Frank Ossenbrink

After the award ceremony, Olaf Lies, Monika Griefahn and Rainer Rempe stand together. Photo: Frank Ossenbrink

Our CEO Dr. Monika Griefahn received the Federal Order of Merit. Please read more about her biography and about the award ceremony in our blog.


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