The winners of the 2007
between the anniversaries of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the "Franz Moll Foundation for the coming generations" in Munich, the winner of the Nuclear-Free Future Award known 2007th The international prize, worth 10,000 U.S. dollars, is divided into the three categories of resistance, education and solutions, there are also an honorary award for lifetime achievement.
Resistance:
Charmaine White Face, and the "Defenders of the Black . Hills, USA
The activist of the Indian Nation of the Oglala fight against the resurgence of uranium mining in the Black Hills and on her home reserve of Pine Ridge, and the extraction of uranium is not just the radioactive contamination of soil and groundwater, but also the . destruction of the holy places of the tribe
Enlightenment:
Dr. Horst-Siegwart Günter, Germany
The doctor who worked with Albert Schweitzer in Africa, was one of the first, after the first Gulf War, the public's the deadly consequences of using depleted uranium (DU - depleted uranium) shells hardened by the U.S. Army since then pointed. He is a persistent voice against uranium weapons in the silence of the media.
solutions
Mayors for Peace (Mayors for Peace), Japan
Takeshi Araki, Mayor of Hirsohsima had in 1982 a simple idea of a global dimension: What if all the mayors of the world its location to a nuclear-free zone would explain? Thus began the worldwide movement "Mayors for Peace", which today is preceded by Tadatoshi Akibahe. In the meantime (the beginning of August 200 /) includes the Peace Alliance in 1698 cities in 122 countries. Unlike almost any other network, the Mayor provide a constructive alternative to nuclear armament.
life's work (prize):
Freda Meissner-Blau / Professor Armin Weiss
The two elders of the anti-nuclear movement - in Austria against Zwentendorf, he in Germany against Wackersdorf, both over 80 - remember The duty of resistance on behalf of future generations.
The Nuclear-Free Future Award was lifted in 1998 from the baptism, and this year is the 10th Given time. On this occasion, the ceremony will be held on 18 October 2007 under the auspices of the government of Salzburg in Salzburg's residence instead. In Salzburg in 1992, the World Uranium Hearing held, from which the anti-nuclear prize has gone out. The international jury include the biologist Christine von Weizsacker, Monika Griefahn, a member of the German Bundestag, the Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, the author Kirkpatrick Sale, the rays researcher Rosalie Bertell and peace researcher Johan Galtung, the advisory board are the folk musician Arlo Guthrie, the writers Isabel Allende and Galsan Tschinag and the computer-philosopher Joseph Weizenbaum.
Contact: Nuclear-Free Future Award, Munich
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