2004

Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer (India) Honorary Award “...for their strong commitment and cooperation over many years to promote the values of co-existence, tolerance and understanding in India and between the countries of South Asia”.

Memorial (Russia) “...for showing, under very difficult conditions, and with great personal courage, that history must be recorded and understood, and human rights respected everywhere, if sustainable solutions to the legacy of the past are to be achieved”.

Bianca Jagger (Nicaragua) “...for her long-standing commitment and dedicated campaigning over a wide range of issues of human rights, social justice and environmental protection, including the abolition of the death penalty, the prevention of child abuse, the rights of indigenous peoples to the environment that supports them and the prevention and healing of armed conflicts.”

Raúl Montenegro (Argentina) “...for his outstanding and wide-ranging work with local communities and indigenous peoples to protect the environment and conserve natural resources in Latin America and elsewhere.”

2003

David Lange (New Zealand) Honorary Award "...for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons"

Walden Bello and Nicanor Perlas (Philippines) "...for their outstanding efforts in educating civil society about the effects of corporate globalisation, and how alternatives to it can be implemented"

The Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (South Korea) "...for the rigour with which it has developed and disseminated its wide-ranging reform programme, based on social justice and accountability and the skill with which it is now applying the same values to promoting reconciliation with North Korea".

SEKEM (Egypt) "...for a business model for the 21st century in which commercial success is integrated with and promotes the social and cultural development of society through the 'economics of love' ".

2002

Martin Green (Australia) Honorary Award "...for his dedication and outstanding success in responding to the key technological challenge and moral imperative of our age: the harnessing of solar energy"

Centre Jeunes Kamenge (CJK) (Burundi) "...for their exemplary and indomitable courage and compassion, which have proved that, even after nine years of murderous civil war, young people from different ethnic groups can learn to live and build a future together in peace and harmony".

The Kvinna Till Kvinna Foundation (Sweden) "for its remarkable successes in healing the wounds of ethnic hatred and war, by helping women, often the prime victims, to be the major agents of reconciliation and "peace-building".

Martín Almada (Paraguay) "...for his outstanding courage and persistent efforts to expose and bring to account the torturers and to set his country on a new course of democracy, respect for human rights and sustainable development".

2001

José Antonio Abreu (Venezuela) ‘...for bringing the joys and benefits of music to countless children and communities, especially among the poor, and for his achievement of a unique musical and cultural renaissance'

Gush Shalom / Uri and Rachel Avnery (Israel)‘...for their unwavering conviction - in the most difficult circumstances - that peace and an end to terrorism can only be achieved through justice and reconciliation'

Leonardo Boff (Brazil) '...for his inspiring insights into the links between human spirituality, social justice and environmental stewardship, and his long commitment to helping the poor realise these values in their lives and communities'

Trident Ploughshares (UK) ‘......honoured as a model of principled, transparent and non-violent direct action dedicated to ridding the world of nuclear weapons'

2000

Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, (Ethiopia), for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources.

Munir, (Indonesia), for his courage and dedication in fighting for human rights and the civilian control of the military in Indonesia.

Birsel Lemke, (Turkey), for her long-standing struggle to protect her country from the devastation of cyanide-based gold-mining.

Wes Jackson, (USA), for his single-minded commitment to developing an agriculture based on perennial crops that is both highly productive and truly ecologically sustainable.

1999

Hermann Scheer (Germany), for his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide (Honorary Award).

Juan Garcés (Spain), for his long-standing efforts to end the impunity of dictators.

COAMA (Consolidation of the Amazon Region) (Colombia), for showing how indigenous people can improve their livelihood, sustain their culture and conserve their rainforests.

Grupo de Agricultura Organica (GAO) (Cuba), for showing that organic agriculture is a key to both environmental sustainability and food security.

1998

International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), for its campaigning for the right of mothers to breastfeed their babies.

Samuel Epstein (USA), for his scholarship wedded to activism to prevent much avoidable cancer caused by environmental pollution.

Juan Pablo Orrego (Chile), for challenging the hydro-electric monopoly and the dam builders to obtain sustainable development.

Katarina Kruhonja / Vesna Terselic (Croatia), for their dedication to a long-term process of peace-building and reconciliation in the Balkans.

1997

Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso), for laying out the history of Black Africa and identifying the processes by which Africans can create a better future

Jinzaburo Takagi † (Japan) and Mycle Schneider (France), for their struggle to rid humanity of the threat posed by plutonium

Michael Succow (Germany), for his work to safeguard important ecosystems for future generations

Cindy Duehring † (USA), for her extraordinary courage and determination in the struggle against toxic chemicals

1996

Herman Daly (USA), for his profound challenge to conventional economics from an ecological and ethical perspective (Honorary Award)

The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, for their work to improve conditions in Russia's armed forces and courageous efforts to end the war in Chechnya

Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat (People's Science Movement of Kerala) (India), for their crucial role in building Kerala's unique model of people-centred development

George Vithoulkas (Greece), for his outstanding contribution to the revival of classical homeopathy

1995

András Biró / Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance (Hungary), for their innovative work in support of the Roma (gypsy) minorities in Eastern Europe

The Serb Civic Council (SCC) (Bosnia-Herzegovina), for their struggle to preserve a multi-ethnic democratic Bosnia

Carmel Budiardjo / TAPOL (Indonesia / UK), for her dedicated campaigning for human rights in Indonesia and East Timor

Sulak Sivaraksa (Thailand), for his vision and commitment to a future rooted in democracy, justice and cultural integrity

1994

Astrid Lindgren † (Sweden), for her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality (Honorary Award)

SERVOL (Service Volunteered for All) (Trinidad & Tobago), for fostering spiritual values, co-operation and family responsibility in building society

Dr. H. Sudarshan / VGKK (Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra) (India), for showing how tribal culture can help secure the rights and needs of indigenous people

Ken Saro-Wiwa † / MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People) (Ogoniland, Nigeria), for exemplary courage in striving non-violently for the rights of the Ogoni people

1993

Arna Mer-Khamis † / Care and Learning (Israel), for passionate commitment to the defence and education of the children of Palestine

The Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP) / Sithembiso Nyoni (Zimbabwe), for motivating its million members to follow their own path of human development

Vandana Shiva (India), for placing women and ecology at the heart of modern development discourse

Mary and Carrie Dann of the Western Shoshone Nation (North America), for exemplary courage and perseverance in asserting the rights of indigenous peoples to their land

1992

Finnish Village Action Movement (Kylätoiminta) (Finland), for showing a dynamic path to rural regeneration, decentralisation and popular empowerment (Honorary Award)

Gonoshasthaya Kendra / Zafrullah Chowdhury (Bangladesh), for promotion of health and human development and vital contributions to the National Drugs policy

Helen Mack (Guatemala), for her campaign against the impunity of political murderers

John Gofman (USA) and Alla Yaroshinskaya (Ukraine), for their work to expose the true effects of the Chernobyl disaster and dangers of low-level radiation

1991

Edward Goldsmith (UK), for his pioneering work to raise ecological awareness (Honorary Award)

Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Movement) (India), led by Medha Patkar and Baba Amte, for their struggle against the world's biggest river dam project

Bengt † & Marie-Thérèse Danielsson † (Polynesia) and Senator Jeton Anjain † and the people of Rongelap (Marshall Islands), for their efforts to stop French and US nuclear colonialism in the Pacific and gain justice for the victims

MST - Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra and CPT - Commissao Pastoral da Terra (Brazil), for their courageous commitment to obtaining land for the landless and helping them farm it sustainably

1990

Alice Tepper Marlin, Council on Economic Priorities (CEP) (USA), for mobilising consumer power for just and sustainable economic priorities (Honorary Award)

Bernard Lédéa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), for strengthening peasant self-help movements all over West Africa

Felicia Langer (Israel), human rights lawyer, who for more than 20 years has defended Palestinians in the Israeli military courts

ATCC - Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare (Colombia), for their non-violent pursuit of peace and justice even when threatened by senseless violence

1989

The Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative (Japan), for creating an alternative economy based on cooperation, human contact and ecological sustainability (Honorary Award)

Melaku Worede (Ethiopia), for building one of the finest seed conservation centres in the world

Aklilu Lemma † / Legesse Wolde-Yohannes (Ethiopia), for their research on the molluscicidal and other properties of the endod plant

Survival International (UK), for helping tribal peoples secure their rights, livelihood and self-determination

1988

International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims / Dr. Inge Kemp Genefke (Denmark), for helping the survivors of torture to regain their health and personality (Honorary Award)

José Lutzenberger † (Brazil), for his contribution to the conservation and regeneration of the environment

John F. Charlewood Turner (UK), for championing the rights of people to build, manage and sustain their own shelter and communities

Sahabat Alam Malaysia / Mohamed Idris, Harrison Ngau, the Penan people (Malaysia), for their struggle to save the rainforests of Sarawak

1987

Johan Galtung (Norway), founding father of peace research (Honorary Award)

Chipko Movement (India), for showing how the forests of Himalaya and the world can be saved

Hans-Peter Dürr / Global Challenges Network (West Germany), for his work on the peaceful uses of high technology

Institute for Food and Development Policy / Frances Moore-Lappé (USA), for addressing the economic and political causes of world hunger

Mordechai Vanunu (Israel), for his self-sacrifice in exposing Israel's nuclear weapons programme

1986

Robert Jungk † (Austria), futurist and tireless worker for peace and ecology (Honorary Award)

Rosalie Bertell (Canada) / Alice Stewart † (UK), pioneer researchers on the dangers of low-level radiation

Ladakh Ecological Development Group (India), founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge, for devising appropriate technologies and seeking to preserve the traditional culture of Ladakh

Evaristo Nugkuag / AIDESEP (Peru), for upholding the rights of the Amazon Indians

1985

Theo van Boven (Netherlands), for being an uncompromising champion of human rights (Honorary Award)

Cary Fowler (USA) / Pat Mooney (Canada) / Rural Advancement Fund International, for working to save the world's genetic plant heritage

Lokayan / Rajni Kothari (India), for creating 'Dialogue with the People' through the networking of local initiatives

Duna Kör (Hungary), founded by Janos Vargha, an environmental movement to preserve the Danube

1984

Imane Khalifeh † (Lebanon), for founding and leading of a non-sectarian peace movement in Beirut (Honorary Award)

SEWA - Self-Employed Women's Association / Ela Bhatt (India), for helping home-based producers to independence and an improved quality of life

Winefreda Geonzon † / FREE LAVA - Free Legal Assistance Volunteers' Association (Philippines), for giving assistance to prisoners and aiding their rehabilitation

Wangari Maathai / Green Belt Movement (Kenya), for helping communities restore their forest cover

1983

Leopold Kohr † (Austria), for his early inspiration of the movement for a human scale (Honorary Award)

The people of Belau (Belau, Pacific), for their struggle to uphold the country's constitutional ban on nuclear arms and waste

Amory and Hunter Lovins / Rocky Mountain Institute (USA), for pioneering soft energy paths for global security

Manfred Max-Neef / CEPAUR (Chile), for revitalising small and medium-sized communities through "Barefoot Economics"

1982

Eric Dammann / Future in Our Hands (Norway), for seeking to reduce consumption to minimise environmental impact and assist the poor (Honorary Award)

Anwar Fazal / Consumer Interpol (Malaysia), for fighting for the rights of consumers and helping them to do the same

Petra Kelly † (West Germany), for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights

Participatory Institute for Development Alternatives (PIDA) (Sri Lanka), for promoting grassroots self-reliant development

Sir George Trevelyan † / Wrekin Trust (UK), for 'educating the adult spirit'

1981

Mike Cooley (UK), for designing and promoting the theory and practice of human-centred, socially useful production

Bill Mollison (Australia), for his design of Permaculture - integrated low-energy input, high-yield, organic growing systems

Patrick van Rensburg / Education with Production (Botswana, South Africa), for developing replicable educational models for the Third World majority.

1980

Hassan Fathy † (Egypt), for developing an "Architecture for the Poor"

Plenty International / Stephen Gaskin (USA, Guatemala, Lesotho), for providing effective relief to the needy in both South and North