Laureates’ Educational Initiatives
Learn directly from the change-makers!
Many Right Livelihood Laureates engage in educational activities and have initiated schools, universities or learning centres to empower others with the knowledge and skills they need to take action and drive positive change in their own communities.
These initiatives also include research centres, magazines and books as well as movies, documentaries and television shows for kids. You’ll find youth leadership programmes, material for teachers and educators, summer schools and other formats for all age groups.
Learn more about these initiatives and institutions below!
Leopold Kohr Akademie
Continuing the legacy of 1983 Laureate Leopold Kohr, the academy acts as a think tank for resistant ideas and human-scale development. It offers contemporary research workshops, summer schools and an archive.
Blue Community
Co-founded by 2005 Laureate Maude Barlow, this initiative educates about water as a human right and public good and invites educational, faith, municipal and private enterprises to join their community of pledgers.
The Small Planet Institute
Co-founded by 1987 Laureate Frances Moore-Lappé, Small Planet Institute offers factsheets, discussion guides, and an EcoMind Workshop based on its concept of “Living Democracies”.
Equal Justice Initiative
2020 Laureate Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative educates on the history of US racial injustice through books, videos, reports and films, such as the HBO documentary True Justice.
Manfred Max-Neef Foundation
The Foundation continues the legacy of 1983 Laureate Manfred Max-Neef by updating and disseminating economic theory placing satisfaction of fundamental human needs and respect for all forms of life at the core.
Survival International
1989 Laureate Survival International has created a series of short videos for educators to introduce challenges facing Indigenous Peoples, such as mining and restrictions on freedom.
TEMA
Founded by 2012 Laureate Hayrettin Karaca, TEMA offers age-appropriate ecological learning resources to teachers and young people on topics such as soil erosion, climate and habitat protection.
Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST)
This 1991 Laureate organisation empowers rural communities to own their history and become agents of change through education courses that range from class history to nursing and community health.
Gono Bishwabidyalay
Founded by 1992 Laureate Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, “The People’s University” is a leading Bangladeshi university established to create new consciousness in the field of education, to foster social development and human welfare.
The Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development
Founded by 2003 Laureate Ibrahim Abouleish, this Egyptian university strives for the sustainable development of individual consciousness, economic solidarity, social justice and environmental balance.
HOMEF – IKIKE
2010 Laureate Nnimmo Bassey’s organisation hosts different learning spaces on environmental justice under the banner “Ikike”. The forums cater for a range of audiences from primary schools to policymakers.
Robert Jungk Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen
The “Robert Jungk International Futures Library” builds on the spirit of its 1986 Laureate namesake by providing space for diverse stakeholders to discuss topics and visions of the future.
Earth University
Bija Vidyapeeth, the “Earth University” established by 1993 Laureate Vandana Shiva, is a residential learning centre in Doon Valley, India, dedicated to education for sustainable living and earth citizenship.