The Alternative Nobel Prize

October 3, 2007 1:16 AM

The Right Livelihood Award "celebrates and supports people of vision. People who have ideas and apply them in concrete initiatives for the public good. They give hope for tomorrow, for a world in peace and balance. They demonstrate how we can overcome oppression, war, poverty, the destruction of our environment, and a widespread sense of meaninglessness and fear."
posted by homunculus (6 comments total)

The Right Livelihood Award

...brought to you by the Hanso Foundation!

Seriously, in SF shows/movies the charities with vague we-love-everybody websites like that always turn out to be a front for doomsday bio-weapon development or something.
posted by Avenger at 1:38 AM on October 3, 2007

Ah, thanks, homunculus, needed to read something inspiring. This award seems to have been around for a while, since 1980, and given to interesting people. I like that Daniel Ellsberg got one last year.
posted by nickyskye at 2:02 AM on October 3, 2007

Avenger, I think this is in the Star Trek universe.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:27 AM on October 3, 2007

Finally a post that's concerned with important things like the state of our planet. I just joined Metafilter a few days ago, and have been looking for something to comment on . . . Am I just too serious? or just obsessed with green things in general?
posted by lamarguerite at 8:28 AM on October 3, 2007

Finally a post that's concerned with important things like the state of our planet.

All my posts are concerned with important things!
posted by homunculus at 8:59 PM on October 3, 2007

"celebrates and supports people of vision"

Am I the only one who read that and thought, "Huh. You mean, as opposed to the blind?"
posted by mono blanco at 6:51 AM on October 4, 2007