The Sophie Prize

Sophie Prize Winner 2013:

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

The American journalist, author and environmentalist, Bill McKibben (1960) receives the Sophie Prize 2013 for his mobilizing force to fight global warming.

The Sophie Prize jury finds that Bill McKibben in only a few years has demonstrated a remarkable mobilizing forve, building a global, social movement, fighting to preserve a sustainable planet. Read more

Bill McKibben receives the Sophie Prize 2013

Bill McKibben receives the Sophie Prize 2013

Monday 27 May 2013

The American journalist, author and environmentalist, Bill McKibben (1960) receives the Sophie Prize 2013 for his mobilizing force to fight global warming.

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James Hansen believes that a victory in the fight against tar sands is possible

James Hansen believes that a victory in the fight against tar sands is possible

Monday 13 May 2013

The Sophie Prize Winner 2010, the American climate scientist James Hansen, believes it is possible to win the fight against tar sand. At his private blog Hansen recently expressed how he is encouraged by the mobilization in Norway against Statoil’s tar sand production in Canada.

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The Sophie Prize Award 2013 will take place on October 28

The Sophie Prize Award 2013 will take place on October 28

Monday 13 May 2013

The Sophie Prize Award-winner 2013 will soon be announced. Normally the award ceremony takes place in the middle of June. This year there will be a big award ceremony on the 28th of October.

Speech by Sophie Prize Winner Eva Joly

Speech by Sophie Prize Winner Eva Joly

Thursday 14 June 2012
By Gro Eva Farseth Joly

It is a great honour for me to be awarded the Sophie Prize. I accept it with a huge debt of gratitude and with an enormous sense of my own inadequacy.

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Speech by the chair of the board of the Sophie Prize

Speech by the chair of the board of the Sophie Prize

Wednesday 13 June 2012
By Liv Røhnebæk Bjergene

”Today’s economic system is at odds with the limits set by nature. Too many decisions are based on short-term profit for a few select groups rather than a moral and fair distribution of the world's resources”.

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Eva Joly receives the Sophie Prize on June 13th

Friday 11 May 2012

An official Ceremony to honor Eva Joly, the Sophie Prize winner of 2012, will be held in Oslo on June 13th. The Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Bård Vegar Solhjell, will hand over the prize.

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"Never underestimate
the individuals ability to change the world"

Mahatma Gandhi

The Sophie Prize

The Sophie Prize is one of the world’s most generous environment and sustainable development Prizes. The Sophie Prize is established to inspire people working towards a sustainable future.

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The Sophie Prize
Bryggetorget 1 (Aker Brygge)
0250 Oslo
Norway

Phone: +47 99 79 71 13

info(at)sofieprisen.no

Editor:
Liv Røhnebæk Bjergene

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28. May

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