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The son of Gustav Adolf Gösta Baron von Uexküll and Ewa Lewerentz, Jakob von Uexküll was born in Uppsala, Sweden of a noble Baltic German family that left Estonia after World War I. After studying in Sweden and Germany, he won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Christ Church.
Born in Sweden, he holds both Swedish and German citizenship, and is a resident of the United Kingdom. Uexküll is married and has three children. He lives with his family in London.
The evolved from von Uexküll"s opinion that the Nobel Prizes were relatively narrow in scope and usually recognised the work of citizens in industrialised countries.
Uexküll first approached the Nobel Foundation with the suggestion that it establish two new awards, one for ecology and one relevant to the lives of the poor majority of the world"s population. He offered to contribute financially but his proposal was turned down.
In 1980, the first s were bestowed in a rented hall. Five years later, the invitation to present them in the Swedish parliament in Stockholm followed.
The German Green Party has several times nominated Jakob von Uexküll in elections to the European Parliament.
He served on the Board of Greenpeace, Germany, and the New Economics Foundation, London. Uexkull lectures on environment, justice and peace issues. He is also a philatelist with publications including "The Early Postal History of Saudi Arabia" (London, 2001).
In 2007, Uexküll founded the World Future Council.
Officer"s Cross of the Order Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009).
Officer"s Cross of the Order Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009) Erich-Fromm-Prize in Stuttgart, Germany (2008) Great Binding Prize for Environmental Protection, Liechtenstein (2006) Time Magazine European Heroes Award (2005) Third Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Estonia (2001) Future Research Prize, Salzburg (1999) Bios Prize, Saint St. Petersburg (1998) Patron, International Student Week in Ilmenau (ISWI) 2015.
Alliance "90, The Greens.
He served as a Member of the European Parliament 1987–1989, representing the German Green Party. As a Member of the European Parliament (1987-1989), he served on the Political Affairs Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. He was also a member of the Delegation for Relations with the Supreme Soviet of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Baltic Intergroup.
He is a patron of Friends of the Earth International, member of the Council of Governance of Transparency International, and of the Global Commission to Fund the United Nations.
He was also a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Commission on Human Duties and Responsibilities.
