Nuclear-Free Future Award

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award (NFFA) has annually honoured the architects of a nuclear-free planet. The NFFA makes awards to individuals, organizations and communities for their outstanding commitment towards creating a world free of the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear power.[1]

The NFFA is a project of the Franz Moll Foundation and in 2007 gave out awards in four categories: Opposition ($10,000 prize), Education ($10,000 prize), Solutions ($10,000 prize), and Lifetime Achievement (contemporary work of art). The 2007 Awards ceremony, hosted by the state government of Salzburg, Austria, took place at the Archbishop's Palace on 18 October.[1]

Contents

[edit] Laureates

  • 2006
    • Opposition: Sun Xiaodi, China (for his courage in reporting dangers associated with Chinese uranium production)[2]
    • Education: Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canada (for his ongoing commitment to educate the Canadian public about the dangers of uranium mining)[2]
    • Solutions: Wolfgang Scheffler and Heike Hoedt, Germany (for demonstrating solar cookers as an energy alternative for communities in southern countries)[2]
    • Lifetime Achievement: Ed Grothus, USA (for devoting his life as a former weapons designer to be a loud voice of peace within the pro-nuclear community of Los Alamos, NM)[2]
  • 2004
    • Opposition: JOAR, indigenous Indian farmers (which has sought to defend the health of the tribal peoples who live near the state-operated Jaduguda uranium mine in Bihar)[3]
    • Education: Asaf Durakovic, American nuclear medic (who founded the Uranium Medical Research Center, an independent non-profit institute which studies the effects of uranium contamination)[3]
    • Solutions: Jonathan Schell, American publicist (who trusts the democratic power of informed consensus to set the world upon the path of universal nuclear disarmament)[3]
    • Lifetime Achievement: Hildegard Breiner, Austria (the "grand dame" of the Austrian grassroots environmental movement, who protested against the Zwentendorf nuclear facility)[3]
    • Special Recognition: the IndianCity Montessori School in Lucknow, India (the world's largest private school, which has a mission to create a nuclear-free future)[3]
  • 2000
    • Opposition: Eugene Bourgeois, Normand de la Chevrotiere and Robert McKenzie
    • Education: Yuri I. Kuidin (posthum)
    • Solutions: The Barefoot College of Tilonia
    • Lifetime Achievement: Klaus Traube, Germany
  • 1999
    • Opposition: Grace Thorpe and Dorothy Purley
    • Education: Lydia Popova
    • Solutions: Ursula and Michael Sladek, German physicians
    • Lifetime Achievement: Stewart Udall

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Announcing the 2007 Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients
  2. ^ a b c d Recipients of the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Awards
  3. ^ a b c d e The 2004 Nuclear-Free Future Award Recipients

[edit] External links

Languages