Archive for October 3rd, 2007

Bangladeshi Grameen Shakti wins “Alternative Nobel Prize” to peace work and biodiversity

A jury named winners from Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya and Sri Lanka Tuesday as recipients of the 2007 Right Livelihood Awards, often called the Alternative Nobel Prize. Grameen Shakti, a company in Bangladesh, was cited for showing “that solar energy applications can be scaled up massively and rapidly to provide an affordable and climate-friendly energy option […]