VISIONS FOR OUR FUTURE
Jakob von Uexkull and the World Future Council
Published on 18. November 2024
182 pages
978-3-86393-660-0 (ISBN)
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Visions for our Future: Jakob von Uexkull and the World Future Council present solutions to the pressing issues humanity faces. Recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", and representatives of the World Future Council offer visions and solutions on topics that include the future of nature, food, energy, regenerative cities, the economy, the rights and well-being of children and future generations, and how to combat climate change and enhance peace and disarmament.
Jakob von Uexkull founded the Right Livelihood Award and the World Future Council and has been working for decades to ensure we pass on a healthy and peaceful planet with just societies to current and future generations.
Von Uexkull liked to quote the following Asian proverb: "A falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest." This book is an appeal to focus on the growing forest and to ensure that it continues to grow.
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Jakob von Uexkull is the Founder of the World Future Council (2007) and the Right Livelihood Award (1980), often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", as well as Co-Founder (1984) of The Other Economic Summit. As a past Member of the European Parliament (1987-1989) he served on the Political Affairs Committee and later on the UNESCO Commission on Human Duties and Responsibilities (1998-2000). Jakob has also served on the Board of Greenpeace, Germany, as well as the Council of Governance of Transparency International. He is a patron of Friends of the Earth International and lectures widely on environment, justice and peace issues.
Jakob von Uexkull received the Future Research Prize of the State of Salzburg, Austria (1999), the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana of the Republic of Estonia (2001), the Binding-Prize (Liechtenstein) for the protection of nature and the environment (2006) and the Order of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009). In 2005, he was honoured by Time Magazine as a European Hero and in 2008 he received the Erich-Fromm-Prize in Stuttgart, Germany. He is also a recognised philatelic expert with publications including "The Early Postal History of Saudi Arabia" (London, 2001).
