We congratulate all the Laureates of 2011!

The new Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award were announced today, September 29^th. The award is also known as the "Alternative Nobel prize" and is well recognized not only in the "scene" but also in the press.

This year, 123 candidates from 59 countries were proposed for the Awards. 66 candidates were men, 32 women, and 25 were organizations.

39 candidates come from Asia, 37 from Europe, 22 from North America, 13 from Africa, 7 from South/Central America, 3 from Oceania and 2 work internationally.

Here are the four Laureates the jury has chosen this year:

Huang Ming (China) receives the 2011 Honorary Award “for his outstanding success in the development and mass-deployment of cutting-edge technologies for harnessing solar energy, thereby showing how dynamic emerging economies can contribute to resolving the global crisis of anthropogenic climate change“.

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The Jury awards Jacqueline Moudeina (Chad) "for her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win justice for the victims of the former dictatorship in Chad and to increase awareness and observance of human rights in Africa”.

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The Jury awards GRAIN (International) “for their worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing   countries by foreign financial interests”.

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The Jury recognises Ina May Gaskin (USA) “for her whole-life’s work teaching and advocating safe, woman-centred childbirth methods that best promote the physical and mental health of mother and child“.

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The award will be handed over in the Swedish Parliament on December 5th, 2011.