David Suzuki

Raphael Alexander: In Activistland, as in pee-wee hockey, everyone gets a prize

Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

It's common in little kids' non-competitive sports for everyone who participates to get a prize, to ensure no one goes home with damaged self-esteem. Apparently the same principle applies in right-thinking scientific activities, where you can win a Consolation Prize for just turning up and doing your best. Actually, the prize David Suzuki received is named the “Right Livelihood Award”,...

The Alternative Nobel Prize

Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

The Right Livelihood Foundation , which was founded in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull to "recognize work that he felt was ignored by the Nobel Prizes," will give an honorary award to David Suzuki. The prize will be handed out at the Swedish Parliament on December 4, 2009. The prize citation for Suzuki says: "For his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his...

David Suzuki Wins 'Alternative Nobel' from Right Livelihood Foundation

Treehugger (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Photo: Flickr , CC For "Raising Awareness on Climate Change" Canadian eco-hero David Suzuki might not be getting a Nobel prize like Barack Obama, but his life's work has not gone unnoticed. The Right Livelihood Foundation , which was founded in 1980 by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull to "recognize work that he felt was ignored by the Nobel Prizes," will give an...

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Four people win 'Alternative Nobel Prizes' of 2009

People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Four people won the 30th Right Livelihood Awards, also dubbed as ‘Alternative Nobel Prizes’ for 2009, announced Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation at a press conference in Stockholm on Tuesday. ‘The Honorary Award goes to David Suzuki from Canada for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution...

PROFILE: David Suzuki - Canadian communicator on climate change

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Stockholm - David Suzuki of Canada has for many years actively debated the socially responsibility of science, and its relationship with society. On Tuesday, he was named winner of the honorary 2009 Right Livelihood Award, often known as the alterna...