ONE WORLD AWARD - by RAPUNZEL

The first international ONE WORLD AWARD (OWA) was awarded to Lal Emmanuel from Sri Lanka (Nagenahiru Foundation). The OWA statue along with a 25,000 Euro check was presented to Mr. Emmanuel for several sustainable projects.

The honorary ONE WORLD AWARD for lifetime achievements went to Professor Dr. Engelhard Boehncke from Germany. Patroness of the OWA ceremony in Modena (Italy) was Mrs. Renate Künast, former German Minister of Agriculture.

The first international ONE WORLD AWARD and the ONE WORLD Lifetime Achievement AWARD were presented in a festive and joyful ceremony with about 850 guests at the occasion of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) World Congress in Modena/Italy.

Rationale and reasons of the OWA jury for its decision to choose
Mr. Emmanuel and his work for the ONE WORLD Award

Lal Emmanuel and the Nagenahiru Foundation are an impressive example of how synergy can be created by working with a holistic concept on all three pillars of sustainability. Beside the focus on mangrove conservation and lake environment the jury was very impressed by the achievements made to provide sustainable livelihoods through a combination of nature conservation and income generation. Nagenahiru and Lal Emmanuel give a lot of answers and solutions to burning issues of our times like nature conservation, poverty alleviation and climate change.

Mangrove restoration, (lake) water protection, organic farming, introducing alternative solar technology, supporting people to give them economically safe livelihoods and working on a wide range of issues to raise awareness of nature, safeguards continued improvement and the people living around and from the two lakes. All this work has great potential for development and growth and Lal Emmanuel with his diverse and successful project can encourage people to get (more) engaged for an enjoyable, worthwhile future and for peaceful community-building as outlined in the OWA objectives.

The award was initiated by Joseph Wilhelm, founder and Managing Director of RAPUNZEL NATURKOST. The OWA honours positive, sustainable examples of globalization as defined by the three columns of sustainability: economic, ecological and social aspects.

Professor Dr. Engelhard Boehncke

Nagenahiru Foundation

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Awards 2008