Robin Receives the 2006 Alexander Langer Award

Robin Lim has  been given the prestigious 2006 Alexander Langer Award in Italy. The Alexander Langer Award is given to one person or institution each year who demonstrates to the rest of the world the ability to construct bridges between opposing realities, to deal with conflicts in a spirit of non-violence, and to look lovingly at the non-human sentient world.

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Alexander Langer (1946–1995) was a journalist, translator, teacher and politician, who made a real impact in his own society, and whose memory has inspired the establishment of a foundation for the support and recognition of people who work single-handedly for social benefit.

The Alexander Langer Foundation is supported by 180 European and Italian parliamentarians, members of regional and city councils, journalists, professors, researchers, educators, human rights and environmental activists, and citizens from different European countries. Foundations, associations, committees and Italian and European publications have adhered and contributed. Cultural associations, streets, parks, halls have been named in memory
of Alex Langer."

The above quote is from the Foundation's European website (click on "English" at the bottom of their home page).