Posted on 09/25/2019 1:04:49 PM PDT by outpostinmass2
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is among four people named Wednesday as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel."
Thunberg is being recognized "for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts," the prize foundation said.
Advertisement It added that the 16-year-old, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, "personifies the notion that everyone has the power to create change. Her example has inspired and empowered people from all walks of life to demand political action."
Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honors efforts that the prize founder, Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, felt were being ignored by the Nobel prizes.
The four winners will each receive $103,000.
The foundation also gave its 2019 award to Davi Kopenawa and the Hutukara Yanomami Association, representing Brazil's indigenous tribe, for protecting the Amazon forest and its people; Moroccan activist Aminatou Haidar "for her steadfast nonviolent action" for Western Sahara and Chinese lawyer Guo Jianmei for her work for women's rights in China.
Ole von Uexkull, the foundation's executive director and nephew of the founder, said "we honor four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth."
An award ceremony is planned in Stockholm on Dec. 4, six days before the Nobel prizes are handed out.
Thunberg said in a statement by the Right Livelihood foundation that "whenever I receive an award, it is not me who is the winner. I am part of a global movement of school children, youth and adults of all ages who have decided to act in defense of our living planet."
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How many fake Carbon Credits did it require to construct this hi-tech carbon fiber sailboat?
AND, a two man crew is “jetting” to NYC to take the sailboat back to Europe!
AND, how is Greta going to return to Europe? On a jet plane, of course!
WHAT A SCAM!
This isn’t the real Nobel, but it’s quite possible that she’ll get the real one.
I thought trolls were Norwegian!
She will probably get an Oscar for her act at the UN.
It’s the NIT trophy for losers who can’t get into the Nobel Tournament?
The worst thing about the Nobel Prize is you don’t even get any Cracker Jacks.
What a joke!
Not a joke, I’d put money on this. Obama won it by creating world peace in 3 months.
The Nobel Peace Prize has lost all credibility and worth.
Nobel Peace Prize
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Nobel Peace Prize
A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text “ALFR•” then “NOBEL”, and on the right, the text (smaller) “NAT•” then “MDCCCXXXIII” above, followed by (smaller) “OB•” then “MDCCCXCVI” below.
Awarded for Outstanding contributions in peace
Location Oslo, Norway
Presented by Norwegian Nobel Committee on behalf of the estate of Alfred Nobel
Reward(s) 9 million SEK (2017)[1]
First awarded 10 December 1901; 117 years ago[2]
Currently held by Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad (2018)
Most awards International Committee of the Red Cross (3)
Website Nobelprize.org
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Since March 1901,[3] it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.[4]
Per Alfred Nobel’s will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. Since 1990, the prize is awarded on 10 December in Oslo City Hall each year. The prize was formerly awarded in the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law (1947–1989), the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), and the Parliament (1901–1904).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize
It’s less than a laughingstock.
She will win it hands down, because the Nobel Peace Prize is nothing more than a joke anymore.
I guess I’ll he getting the Nobel prize in economics, then.
Greta will get her carbon offset for a private jet to her next gig, by making sure you reduce YOUR carbon footprint. Peasant.
Greta should be more concerned about the muzzle infiltration in her country. Many areas not safe to even walk through.
Don’t forget, the Father of Modern Terrorism, yassar arafat, also got it.
Gads you’re right. I must have mentally blocked him out - he’s the worst ... worse than the others combined.
Pftt. They gave one to Obama and Carter. Pretty much a meaningless ass-kissing Leftist award unless it is in hard science.
And even then.
LOL, those carbon credits. It always gets me, that you are allowed to spew out as much gas of any kind as you want, as long as you buy carbon credits.
If we need to cut carbon emissions, shouldn’t you be compelled to do so, rather than pay for an exemption from those regulations? Isn’t that an example of the wealthy and powerful having special privilege, which should offend the sensibilities of Bernie Sanders and Greta what’s her face?
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