Stockholm: a top Swedish honor known as an “alternative” Nobel The prize” was presented on Wednesday to environmental activists from Canada, Russia and India as well as a Cameroonian fighting to stop violence against children threatened by jihadists.
The Right Livelihood Award, which recognizes environmental and international development achievements left behind by traditional Nobels, said “this year’s change-makers show that sustainable change is built on the banding of communities together”.
Canadian indigenous rights campaigner Freda Hussein The Wetsuwetan people were honored “for their fearless dedication to reclaiming the culture of their people and defending their lands against disastrous pipeline projects”.
The awards organization said its actions set the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia “back by years”.
worker marthe vandau, the first Cameroonian to win the award, was awarded “for creating a model of community-based child protection to counter terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake Chad region of Cameroon”.
Vladimir Slyvyak, co-chair of the Russian environmental group EcoDefense, was recognized “for protecting the environment and helping to ignite grassroots opposition to the coal and nuclear industries in Russia”.
And finally India’s Forest and Environment Legal Initiative was awarded “for their innovative legal work empowering communities to protect their resources in pursuit of environmental democracy in India”.
The Right Livelihood Award was created in 1980 by the Swedish-German philatelist Jacob Von Uexculo The Nobel Foundation, behind the Nobel Prize, refused to create the prize in recognition of efforts in the fields of environment and international development.
The prize includes a cash prize of one million Swedish kronor ($114,000) for each prize winner, intended to support the work of the recipient.
Past award winners include US whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Congolese gynecologist and Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, and Greta Thunberg, who had already become an icon of the youth climate change movement by winning in 2019 at the age of 16.
The Right Livelihood Award, which recognizes environmental and international development achievements left behind by traditional Nobels, said “this year’s change-makers show that sustainable change is built on the banding of communities together”.
Canadian indigenous rights campaigner Freda Hussein The Wetsuwetan people were honored “for their fearless dedication to reclaiming the culture of their people and defending their lands against disastrous pipeline projects”.
The awards organization said its actions set the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia “back by years”.
worker marthe vandau, the first Cameroonian to win the award, was awarded “for creating a model of community-based child protection to counter terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake Chad region of Cameroon”.
Vladimir Slyvyak, co-chair of the Russian environmental group EcoDefense, was recognized “for protecting the environment and helping to ignite grassroots opposition to the coal and nuclear industries in Russia”.
And finally India’s Forest and Environment Legal Initiative was awarded “for their innovative legal work empowering communities to protect their resources in pursuit of environmental democracy in India”.
The Right Livelihood Award was created in 1980 by the Swedish-German philatelist Jacob Von Uexculo The Nobel Foundation, behind the Nobel Prize, refused to create the prize in recognition of efforts in the fields of environment and international development.
The prize includes a cash prize of one million Swedish kronor ($114,000) for each prize winner, intended to support the work of the recipient.
Past award winners include US whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Congolese gynecologist and Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, and Greta Thunberg, who had already become an icon of the youth climate change movement by winning in 2019 at the age of 16.
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