Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll
Jakob Freiherr von Uexküll | |
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 Jakob von Uexkull | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 1987–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1944 Uppsala, Sweden |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens (Germany) |
| Occupation | Writer, lecturer, former member of the European Parliament |
Carl Wolmar Jakob FreiherrGerman Green Party. In 1980, Uexküll founded the Right Livelihood Award,[2] and in 2006, he co-founded the World Future Council.[3] Born in Sweden, he holds both Swedish and German citizenship, and is a resident of the United Kingdom.
Biography
The son of Gustav Adolf Gösta Baron von Uexküll and Ewa Lewerentz, Jakob von Uexküll was born in
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
.
His grandfather
Jakob von Uexküll was a biologist and the founder of the study of biosemiotics. His maternal grandfather was renowned Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz.[4]
Uexküll is married and has three children. He lives with his family in London.
Right Livelihood Award
The Right Livelihood Award evolved from von Uexküll's opinion that the
industrialised countries
. Uexküll first approached the Nobel Foundation with the suggestion that it establish two new awards, one for ecology and one relevant to the lives of the poor majority of the world's population. He offered to contribute financially but his proposal was turned down.
Uexküll then created the Right Livelihood Award and provided an initial
postage stamps for US$1 million; the awards have subsequently attracted additional funding from private individuals enabling the donation of annual prizes worth 150,000 euro.[5] In 1980, the first Right Livelihood Awards were bestowed in a rented hall.[6] Five years later, the invitation to present them in the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) in Stockholm followed. Since 2005 his nephew Ole von Uexküll
has taken over the management of the Right Livelihood Award.
Activism
In Germany,
USSR
and the Baltic Intergroup.
Uexküll is co-founder of
philatelist with publications including The Early Postal History of Saudi Arabia (London, 2001).[7] In 2007, Uexküll founded the World Future Council
.
Honours and prizes
- Officer's Cross of the Order Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009)[8]
- Erich Fromm Prize in Stuttgart, Germany (2008)[9]
- Great Binding Prize for Environmental Protection, Liechtenstein (2006)
- Time magazine European Heroes Award (2005)[10]
- Third Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Estonia (2001)[11]
- Future Research Prize, Salzburg (1999)
- Bios Prize, St. Petersburg (1998)[12]
- Patron, International Student Week in Ilmenau (ISWI) 2015[13]
- Illis quorum (2014)[14]
References
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
- ^ "Indians win 'alternative Nobel'". BBC. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "World Future Council". Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- OCLC 51471312.
- ^ Right Livelihood Award Archived 20 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine History
- ^ ibid. Archived 20 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Book Presentation The Early Postal History of Saudi Arabia
- ^ World Future Council Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Press Release
- ^ Erich Fromm Preis Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Laureates
- ^ Geary, James (13 November 2005). "A Night for Heroes". Time.
- ^ Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Bearers
- ^ Bios Prize Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ISWI 2015 – ISWI 2015". Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Ehrung für Jakob von Uexküll von schwedischer Regierung". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jakob von Uexkull.
- Right Livelihood Award: The Founder – Jakob von Uexküll
- Plon, Ulla (2 October 2005). "Got his eyes on the prize". Time.
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