What is a Kirara Award?
Seikatsu Club was awarded the “Right Livelihood Award – honorary recipient” in 1989 because our activities in every aspect of living, such as the operation and management by members who are mostly ordinary housewives, the collective purchase of necessities, ecological practices such as recycling, mutual aid and social service business, political activities from a citizen’s viewpoint, and forming workers’ collectives, was highly evaluated. The award triggered Seikatsu Club Kanagawa to establish the Kirara Award (Kanagawa Young Right Alternative Livelihood Award) in 1991, the aim of which is to find, honour and support young people (individuals and groups) in the community who are trying to create the future with a new “relationship with others”. Over the past 17 years, 24 groups and individuals have been honoured and have promoted relationships with, and supported, young people. Application guidelines of the Kirara Award • 2 winners per year (500,000 yen each) • Qualifications: Young pe
