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Malaysia - the Right Livelihood College |  |
The year began with Jakob and Ole von Uexkull travelling to Malaysia to attend the inauguration of the Right Livelihood College. This new global educational initiative aims at disseminating and enhancing the knowledge of our Laureates. Lectures and seminars given by Right Livelihood Award Recipients, as well as scholarships to students to analyse and document their work are part of the RLC's agenda.
Right now, the College's Director Anwar Fazal, a Right Livelihood Award Recipient himself, is busy preparing the ground for the incorporation of several more partner universities into the program.
 Download the RLC's flyer
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From Germany to India | |
What motivates and enables individuals to try to change society?
This question led our former intern Sarah Wohlfeld to India, where she met civil society activists, among them several Right Livelihood Award Laureates.
Along the way Sarah sometimes found out more about India than she wanted to know. Tourist, researcher, a woman travelling alone - her report is not quite what you get from a Lonely Planet.
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Read Sarah's report from India
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News from around the globe | |
We have several stories from our Laureates since December:
- the war in Gaza,
- a 1,5 million Dollar prize,
- and, with IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the birth of Hermann Scheer's long-term brainchild.
You can find all these stories at www.rightlivelihood.org/news.html
Featured article:
A 50-year farm bill. Wes Jackson in the New York Times
"Soil (...) is as nonrenewable as (and far more valuable than) oil. Unlike oil, it has no technological substitute and no powerful friends in the halls of government."
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Read Wes Jackson's article
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New Board member appointed | |
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation welcomes Dr. Peter Nobel on its Board of Trustees.
Peter Nobel is a Swedish lawyer and former Ombudsman with vast experience in human rights. In his capacity as Trustee he will also be a member of the Jury for the Award.
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The Foundation's Trustees
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Deadline approaching | |
Please note that the deadline for any proposals for the 2009 Right Livelihood Awards is March 1.
So if you want to propose a candidate - do it now!
