Cambodia, South Korea, India: this time, too, Ole von Uexküll travels far and wide to determine which people and projects might be suitable for receiving the “Right Livelihood Award”, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. This report accompanies the executive director of the Stockholm foundation in his often difficult search for the “right” candidates for a prize designed to honour and support those who find and implement practicable solutions to the most urgent problems of our age.