The Sophie Prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. It was established in 1997 by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder and his wife Siri Dannevig, and it is named after Gaarder's novel Sophie's World. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jostein Gaarder (born August 8, 1952) is a Norwegian author of novels, short stories, and childrens books. ... Book cover Sophies World (Sofies verden in Norway) is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1995. ...

Prize winners

• 2006: Romina Picolotti
• 2005: Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• 2004: Wangari Maathai
• 2003: John Pilger
• 2002: Patriarch Bartholomew I
• 2001: ATTAC France
• 2000: Sheri Liao
• 1999: Herman Daly and Thomas Kocherry
• 1998: Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sheila Watt-Cloutier (born 2 December 1953) is a Canadian Inuit activist and, in 2002, was appointed International Chair of Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), the organization that represents internationally the interests of Inuit in Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wangari Maathai Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Nyeri) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Pilger John Pilger (born October 9, 1939) is an Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker from Sydney, primarily based in London, UK. // Life and career Pilgers career in journalism began in 1958, and he has developed his reputation through both his reporting and the various books and documentary films... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (born Demetrios Archontonis on February 29, 1940) has been the Patriarch of Constantinople, and thus first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since November 2, 1991. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC - Association pour la Taxation des Transactions pour lAide aux Citoyens) is an activist organization for the establishment of a tax on exchange transactions. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Herman Daly is a professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External links

• Official site