The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today
The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish Philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull and is presented annually in early December.
An international jury, invited by the five regular Right Livelihood Award board members, decides the awards in such fields as -
- Environmental Protection
- Human Rights
- Sustainable Development
- Health
- Education and
- Peace
The prize money is shared among the winners, usually numbering four, and is Euro200,000
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