Erik Dammann
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Erik Dammann is a Norwegian author
and environmentalist, educated within advertising. He is mostly known for founding of the Norwegian-based organization, The Future in Our Hands (Framtiden i våre hender).
(Utviklingsfondet). In 2003, The Development Fund established a youth-based affiliate, Spire
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Dammann 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 of New 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. His books have been translated to nine languages.
Author
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and environmentalist, educated within advertising. He is mostly known for founding of the Norwegian-based organization, The Future in Our Hands (Framtiden i våre hender).
Biography
Dammann's 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 this book, in 1974 he initiated Framtiden i våre hender, today a world wide organisation with thirty partner organisations over the globe. In 1978, the organization established The Development FundThe Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet)
The Development Fund is a Norwegian non-governmental organization founded in 1978 by Norwegian author, Erik Dammann. -Utviklingsfondet:...
(Utviklingsfondet). In 2003, The Development Fund established a youth-based affiliate, Spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....
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Dammann is also known for his stay on the island of Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, 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 of New Age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
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. His books have been translated to nine languages.
Other sources
- The Big Norwegian One Volume Encyclopedia Kunnskapsforlaget (Knowledge Publishing. 2006) ISBN 82-573-1495-1