- Erik Dammann
Erik Dammann (born 9 May 1931 in
Oslo ) is a Norwegianauthor and environmentalist, educated within advertising. He is mostly known for founding of the organisation The Future in Our Hands.Dammanns book "The Future in Our Hands" raised social and environmental questions and put them in a much larger perspective than until then had been the norm. Inspired by the interest for the book he initiated in 1974 The Peoples Action The Future in Our Hands. It is today a world wide organisation with thirty partner organisations over the globe. He is also known for his stay on the island of
Samoa , described in the book “With four children in a palm hut” (1968), and also for starting the movement Project Alternative Future and Forum for System Debate. His book “Behind time and space” (1987) was described as the first introduction ofNew Age philosophy in Norway. In advertising in the early 70’s he contributed strongly in the introduction of the orange “S” as a square in the logo for Co-op Norway.In 1982 he received “The Right Livelihood Award”, commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize” "...for challenging Western values and lifestyles in order to promote a more responsible attitude to the environment and the third world."
Since 1988 Dammann has been a recipient of a Lifetime
Government Grant .Bibliografi
*1966 "Truls and Tone the Magician, an adventure in reality
*1968 "With four children in a palm hut
*1972 "The Future in Our Hands
*1972 "Adoption?
*1976 "New lifestyle, and then what?
*1977 "The parties at separation point (together with Jacob Bomann-Larsen)
*1979 "Revolution in the affluent society
*1980 "You decide!
*1981 "Free thoughts
*1982 "Talofa Samoa!
*1987 "Behind time and space
*1989 "Money or your life!
*1998 "Kidnapped (together with Ragnhild Dammann)
*2005 "Contrasts, an account of a varied life (self biography)His books have been translated to nine languages.External links
* [http://www.framtiden.no/om-oss/in-english/] The Future in Our Hands homepage
* [http://www.rightlivelihood.org/home.html] The Right Livlihood Award (commonly known as the ”Alternative Nobel Prize”)
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