February 15, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Right_livelihood":
Society: 29 Sep 11
A Chadian lawyer, an international agricultural rights group, a US safe childbirth
advocate and a Chinese engineer will share the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobel," organisers said Thursday.
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Society: 13 Oct 09
A Congolese environmentalist, an Australian doctor and a peace worker from New Zealand have been announced as the joint winners of the Swedish Right Livelihood Prize.
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Society: 1 Oct 08
Four social activists from India, the United States, Somalia and Germany have been named as this year's winners of the annual Right Livelihood Prize by the Sweden-based foundation.
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National: 7 Dec 07
The Right Livelihood prize, the so-called 'alternative Nobel prizes', was set to be awarded on Friday evening at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament.
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Society: 2 Oct 07
The Right Livelihood prize, an annual "alternative" to the Nobel prizes, was awarded Tuesday to peace and environmental activists from Sri Lanka, Kenya, Canada and Bangladesh.
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Society: 28 Sep 06
The 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for human rights and social justice has been awarded to Vietnam whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, along with an Indian women's rights campaigner and a Colombian festival organizer.
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National: 29 Sep 05
Sweden's Right Livelihood prize, dubbed the "alternative" Nobel Peace Prize, is awarded to activists from Canada, Malaysia and Botswana for promoting fair trade and the rights of migrant workers and indigenous peoples.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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