{"id":41800,"date":"2022-03-11T12:47:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/award-winners\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T08:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:20:03","slug":"award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/umweltpreis\/award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id='dbu_header_mb-block-9cc4a859-787d-4651-b1a5-a4630f70eac6'><div class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  '><div class='swiper-wrapper'><div id='dbu_header_mb-block-9cc4a859-787d-4651-b1a5-a4630f70eac6' class='dbu-header dbu-header_fixedheight  swiper-slide' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-uwp-2025-uwp24-saal-peter-himsel-dbu-1920x1280.jpg)'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/fisheye-foto-mit-blick-in-den-saal-der-rheingoldhalle-mainz-wo\/\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-down dbu-button__icon-download\"><\/i><\/a><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>Peter Himsel\/DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-header__content'><h1 class='dbu-header__content-headline'>Preistr\u00e4ger*innen<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2025 in Chemnitz<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-fe5990b7-2bbc-4d33-99f0-235e8682518b' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-uwp-2025-uwp25-baumguertel-bendiek-markus-grosse-ophoff-800x534.jpg);'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/lars-baumguertel-und-dr-birgitt-bendiek\/\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-down dbu-button__icon-download\"><\/i><\/a><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>Markus Gro\u00dfe Ophoff\/DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Birgitt Bendiek und Lars Baumg\u00fcrtel<\/h3>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>This year, the management duo Lars Baumg\u00fcrtel and engineer Dr. Birgitt Bendiek from the steel galvanizing company ZINQ in Gelsenkirchen will receive the German Environmental Award &#8211; &#8220;as an inspiring role model for raw material and energy efficiency and characterized by sustainability and circular economy in a resource-intensive industry&#8221;, according to DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/deutscher-umweltpreis-der-dbu-fuer-stahlverzinkungsbetrieb-zinq\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Dr. Birgitt Bendiek and Lars Baumg\u00fcrtel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fa2WE6TC-N4\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-9b39ff21-0841-484e-b0ae-aea8c8f7f3bc' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu-media-uwp-2025-uwp25-seneviratne-portraet-eth-zuerich-800x533.jpg);'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/portraet-prof-dr-sonia-i-seneviratne\/\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-down dbu-button__icon-download\"><\/i><\/a><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>ETH Z\u00fcrich<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne<\/h3>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>This year, climate researcher Prof. Dr. Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne will receive the German Environmental Award. Seneviratne is a &#8220;brilliant climate scientist who has achieved international renown with ground-breaking studies in the field of land-climate dynamics and whose expertise is in demand worldwide&#8221;, says DBU Secretary-General Alexander Bonde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/deutscher-umweltpreis-der-dbu-fuer-klimaforscherin-sonia-seneviratne\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Prof. Dr. Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qgqIx4I8hpI\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\">                 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2024 in Mainz<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-e67dc2bd-fad7-4e26-9dc3-54915750d655' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu_media-uwp24_Tanneberger_Portraet_\u00a9Markus-Grosse-Ophoff_DBU-800x533.jpg);'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-deutscher-umweltpreis-2024-2\/\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-down dbu-button__icon-download\"><\/i><\/a><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>Markus Gro\u00dfe Ophoff | DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Franziska Tanneberger<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Unerm\u00fcdlicher Einsatz f\u00fcr nasse Moore: Klimasch\u00fctzer erster G\u00fcte<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Dr. Franziska Tanneberger is a passionate advocate for true all-rounders. &#8220;Wet peatlands are important as natural carbon sinks and water reservoirs as well as for biodiversity and the regulation of the nutrient balance,&#8221; she says. &#8220;The rewetting and protection of peatlands is of existential importance for us and for life on earth. Both are particularly essential for climate protection,&#8221; says DBU Secretary General Alexander <strong>Bonde<\/strong>. &#8220;As an excellent and globally recognized peatland researcher, Franziska Tanneberger and her team have worked tirelessly to place the importance of peatland protection and rewetting for a future worth living in political decision-making processes both nationally and internationally.&#8221;   <br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/unermuedlicher-einsatz-fuer-nasse-moore-klimaschuetzer-erster-guete\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/forscherin-macht-klimakrise-konkret\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Dr. Franziska Tanneberger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_SI3WgnfHXQ\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-a70ad7c4-b47b-48b5-a76c-85d4a2e0a3b1' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu_media-uwp24_Speidel_Portraet_\u00a9Ansgar-Pudenz-800x533.jpg);'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-media-deutscher-umweltpreis-2024\/\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-down dbu-button__icon-download\"><\/i><\/a><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>Ansgar Pudenz<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Speidel<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Strom tanken im Minutentakt: Mit Tempo f\u00fcr Elektromobilit\u00e4t und Klimaschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Thomas Speidel receives the DBU award for his strategic vision and the entrepreneurial risk-taking required for this,&#8221; says DBU Secretary General Alexander <strong>Bonde<\/strong>. &#8220;As Managing Director, he founded ads-tec Energy, which is now listed on the stock exchange, adapted it to new challenges and developed important innovations to advance electromobility and climate protection in the transport sector.&#8221; <br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/strom-tanken-im-minutentakt-mit-tempo-fuer-elektromobilitaet-und-klimaschutz\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Speidel <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\">                   <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cTnwBQcIdgA\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2023 in L\u00fcbeck<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f393605c-58e2-4dc9-8027-8313aa13c420' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu_media-uwp2023_FO_Portraet2_bearb_\u00a9guy@strikingfaces-800x533.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Friederike Otto<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Forscherin macht Klimakrise konkret<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The climate scientist is investigating the causes of extreme weather events worldwide, such as this year&#8217;s heatwaves in North America, Europe and China. &#8220;By presenting the results in a timely and high-profile manner, it becomes clear what the climate crisis is costing society and what measures will make the affected regions more resilient,&#8221; says DBU Secretary-General Alexander Bonde.<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/forscherin-macht-klimakrise-konkret\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/forscherin-macht-klimakrise-konkret\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Friederike Otto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avUJp2uIfns\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avUJp2uIfns\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3c42fc61-a8cd-4cd9-874f-8e71a5ea87be' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/dbu_media-uwp2023_DFK_Portraet-Ausschnitt-2_\u00a9Baufritz-800x692.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dagmar Fritz-Kramer<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Motor f\u00fcr Branche und Bauwende<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Fritz-Kramer is doing excellent pioneering work with her company,&#8221; says DBU Secretary-General Alexander Bonde. &#8220;They and their employees are a real driving force for the industry and the construction turnaround. The DBU is honoring this outstanding contribution to energy-efficient and ecological construction with the German Environmental Award.&#8221;<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/en\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/motor-fuer-branche-und-bauwende\/\">Press release on the German Environmental Award for Dagmar Fritz-Kramer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=98mzyA3m-tI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=98mzyA3m-tI\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2022 in Magdeburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-31929a09-7c77-4912-8ce1-d3c3e2324533' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Friedrich-Mewis-und-Dirk-Lehmann-800x402.png);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Friedrich Mewis und Dirk Lehmann<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Klimaschutz durch eine signifikante Treibstoff- und Emissionsreduktion in der Schifffahrt<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde: &#8220;Mewis and Lehmann have created the Becker Mewis Duct together. This is a Daniel Gyro Gearloose moment for shipbuilding.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/fuer-die-schifffahrt-ist-das-ein-daniel-duesentrieb-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;<br\/>Press release on the German Environmental Award for Friedrich Mewis and Dirk Lehmann<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXQgH5cxM7c&amp;list=PLXQUuxou0kTe1OkRpbKqye2zVzM2bAQxj&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-dbcac2c6-acb3-466a-b0fc-f3f6904d963a' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Christof-Schenck.png);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Christof Schenck<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Naturschutzmanager f\u00fcr die Bewahrung von Gro\u00dfschutzgebieten<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The DBU Secretary-General: &#8220;Alongside the climate crisis, species loss is the greatest ecological challenge of our time. Without biodiversity, we humans are in a bad way. Schenck has managed to protect large wilderness refuges with unbridled commitment &#8211; a way to preserve the world&#8217;s natural heritage for future generations.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/wilde-schatzkammern-des-lebens\/\">&#8220;<br\/>Press release on the German Environmental Award for Dr. Christof Schenck<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_RDh9Ag7eXI&amp;list=PLXQUuxou0kTe1OkRpbKqye2zVzM2bAQxj&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3c636d56-37f1-47e3-9961-9767de40c566' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Kathrin-Muus-und-Myriam-Rapior-800x400.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Kathrin Muus und Myriam Rapior<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Vision f\u00fcr eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Ms. Rapior as a representative of the young environmental movement and Ms. Muus as a young committed person from agriculture are a great example of how to overcome trench warfare. They have built bridges between the environment and agriculture in the Future Commission for Agriculture,&#8221; said Bonde.<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/grabenkaempfe-zwischen-umwelt-und-landwirtschaft-ueberwunden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Press release on the DBU Honorary Award for Kathrin Muus and Myriam Rapior<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cag-YixcO6M&amp;list=PLXQUuxou0kTe1OkRpbKqye2zVzM2bAQxj&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2021 in Darmstadt<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3225d0fc-ad49-4619-b37d-a1f9bbb61c41' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Katrin-Boehning-Gaese-599x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Katrin B\u00f6hning-Gaese<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Bedeutung der biologischen Vielfalt f\u00fcr Erde und Mensch<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;In her many years of research, Ms. B\u00f6hning-Gaese has made an enormous scientific contribution to our understanding of the dramatic consequences of species loss for humans and the entire interaction of the planet,&#8221; said DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<br\/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/kampf-gegen-artenrueckgang-muessen-wir-beherzt-angehen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Press release on the<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/kampf-gegen-artenrueckgang-muessen-wir-beherzt-angehen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/kampf-gegen-artenrueckgang-muessen-wir-beherzt-angehen\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Environmental Award for Prof. Dr. Katrin B\u00f6hning-Gaese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-qn6d_Nfjmw&amp;list=PLXQUuxou0kTff-v5z-ghSxs8kAevrmLnE&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-627e1d51-c405-41c9-98e5-a29de6e64515' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Dr.-h.c.-Hans-Joosten-599x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joosten<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Klimaschutz durch Schutz und nachhaltige Nutzung von Mooren<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;He stands for the fact that we need peatlands as climate protectors like no other. Moreover, Joosten coined the term &#8220;paludiculture,&#8221; the nature-compatible use of peatlands and thus the restoration of this so important habitat,&#8221; says DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<br\/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/joosten-moor-muss-nass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Press release on the German<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/joosten-moor-muss-nass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">n<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/news\/joosten-moor-muss-nass\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Environmental Award for Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joosten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n33ARzlELSg&amp;list=PLXQUuxou0kTff-v5z-ghSxs8kAevrmLnE&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2020 in Hanover<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3be8cfa5-ce4a-446b-ba4a-b28ca06123b3' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ottmar-Edenhofer-800x800.png);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Klimawandel<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Through his excellent research, science-based policy advice, as well as his high level of commitment, he manages to go beyond economic thinking to offer solutions to climate change that also address social justice issues,&#8221; said DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tymTIU8_Jg0\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hl1rOAoxOuU\">Laudation by Professor Dirk Messner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-6c21388c-9686-4994-bac0-9af625233224' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Annika-Roth-geb.-Trappmann-und-Hugo-Trappmann-800x533.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Annika Roth (geb. Trappmann) und Hugo Trappmann<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz im Klimaschutz durch High Tech-Digitalisierung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;The measures taken go far beyond the usual and, as an example of best practice, point the way forward for many other manufacturing sectors,&#8221; says DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7VWZZ8033H4\">Portrait on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rtEkuu0sOu4\">Laudation by Dr. Katharina Reuter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-b3691509-9493-425d-9799-cc6206477df3' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Martin-Sorg-740x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Martin Sorg<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Ehrenpreis Biodiversit\u00e4t<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Martin Sorg was the driving force behind the methodological standards and biodiversity studies on insects developed at the Entomological Association Krefeld,&#8221; said DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_423iy8lYk0\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lJqXYfBBgoU\" target=\"_blank\">Laudation by Dr. Marlene Wei\u00df<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2019 in Mannheim<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-ea80f3e2-e2ac-4a18-9564-caa0cbdc187a' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ingrid-Koegel-Knabner-620x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Ingrid K\u00f6gel-Knabner<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Erforschung von Bildung, Zusammensetzung und Eigenschaften von organischer Substanz in B\u00f6den und deren zentraler Rolle im Kohlenstoffkreislauf.<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Professor Dr. Ingrid K\u00f6gel-Knabner of the Weihenstephan Science Center for Nutrition, Land Use and Environment at the Technical University of Munich in Freising is being honored for extraordinary commitment to the development of soil science as a transdisciplinary environmental systems science as well as for the promotion of young scientists and her innovative research. K\u00f6gel-Knabner was instrumental in researching how soils store carbon dioxide in a modified form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rnM78CVug_k\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-88a2bbfd-6c4a-472b-bf90-8d5c6dc89615' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Reinhard-Schneider-625x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Reinhard Schneider<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umfassendes unternehmerisches Engagement f\u00fcr Nachhaltigkeit beim Herstellen von Wasch- und Reinigungsmitteln \u2013 von der Verwendung heimischer Pflanzen\u00f6le als Rohstoffbasis bis zum Einsatz von Altplastik aus dem \u201eGelben Sack\u201c f\u00fcr neue Verpackungen trotz erh\u00f6hter Produktionskosten.<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Reinhard Schneider, owner of the company Werner und Mertz (Mainz), has paved the way with his entrepreneurial all-round sustainability strategy and high personal commitment for environmental innovations to be established at ever higher standards in an entire economic sector. He has consistently made ecological products capable of gaining majority acceptance in a mass market, lives sustainability in all business decisions and thus secures the trust of consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSxvYujc1VE\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2018 in Erfurt<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-fd868c3d-1611-4dd4-8dbd-f296ce2731b3' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Antje-Boetius-800x603.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Tiefsee- und Polarforschung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Prof. Boetius&#8217; research clearly shows that humans are impacting even the most inaccessible corners of our planet with greenhouse gases, overfishing, water pollution, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81Rdbvppl50\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-d8259513-fde6-4649-aee4-86492b472599' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Leipziger-Abwasser-Experten-630x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Leipziger Abwasser-Experten<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wasserschutz durch dezentrale Abwasserreinigung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The Leipzig wastewater experts have made novel system solutions for decentralized wastewater treatment capable of gaining consensus in a difficult political environment and put them into practice &#8211; for effective water protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(top from left: Dipl.-Ing. Wolf-Michael Hirschfeld, Dr. Manfred van Afferden, Prof. Dr. Mi-Yong Becker, Prof. Dr. Roland A. M\u00fcller)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qAUuNtN2dJE\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2017 in Braunschweig<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3683abb9-9a0a-4b17-81eb-1950a008a764' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Das-Gruene-Band-800x395.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Das &#8220;Gr\u00fcne Band&#8221;<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Sie entwickelten das &#8220;Gr\u00fcne Band&#8221;: Inge Sielmann (\u2020), Dr. Kai Frobel (l.) und Prof. Dr. Hubert Weiger schufen einen der l\u00e4ngsten Lebensraumverb\u00fcnde Europas auch als Symbol zur \u00dcberwindung des Kalten Krieges.<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The Green Belt in Germany also launched the vision of a European initiative for a Green Belt Europe as the continent&#8217;s longest habitat network and set a symbol for overcoming the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKDExPt3OUI\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-65874f46-4274-440f-ba06-f67ea944427c' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Johannes-re.-und-Bernhard-Oswald-800x625.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Johannes (re.) und Bernhard Oswald (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Erh\u00f6hung der Energieeffizienz und Produktivit\u00e4t durch die Entwicklung von umweltentlastenden Elektromotoren ohne Getriebe.<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Their electric motors, which do not require gears, have significantly increased the energy efficiency and productivity of equipment such as industrial shredders and presses, helping a &#8220;revolution in drive technology to take off.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2-u9U-JpFSY\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-9dbdf432-e411-45c8-8d9b-c309b0859365' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Tony-de-Brum-\u2020-695x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Tony de Brum (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Trug ma\u00dfgeblich zum Erfolg der Klimaverhandlungen 2015 in Paris bei und hat f\u00fcr das Begrenzen der Erderw\u00e4rmung auf 1,5 Grad als Meilenstein in der Klimapolitik die zentralen Voraussetzungen geschaffen.<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Contributed significantly to the success of the 2015 climate negotiations in Paris and created the key conditions for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees as a milestone in climate policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gx0T_S3kodw\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2016 in W\u00fcrzburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3c0e27db-108b-4e22-a5d6-21f7d9172973' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Bas-van-Abel-800x533.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Bas van Abel<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Entwickler\/Produzent des Fairphones<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=phheXQxlpBg\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f74887cc-d4e9-4d9e-bf5b-0ae5e9dd9646' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ing.-Angelika-Mettke-und-Walter-Feess-800x585.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angelika Mettke und Walter Fee\u00df<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Pioniere im Betonrecycling<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=smz8w4M1bYs\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2015 in Essen<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-c147fe06-9da1-4bde-aa7b-6cb390847188' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Mojib-Latif-533x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Herausragende Forschungskommunikation (Klimaforscher)<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Latif&#8217;s decades of work, he said, are driven by personal concern for the state of the planet. As one of Germany&#8217;s outstanding climate researchers, he pointed out, among other things, that without intact oceans our planet threatens to become uninhabitable for humans. In his book &#8220;The End of the Oceans&#8221; he offers an extremely instructive and readable introduction to current marine research. In it, life in the sea, the complex and not very clear physical relationships between climate and the sea as well as the consequences of marine pollution for marine life and also for humans would be conveyed in an understandable way and in vivid pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Aam3KNvqh0\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-bc5a4d85-e137-49eb-92ff-9d148b649752' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Johan-Rockstroem-675x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Johan Rockstr\u00f6m<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Planetare Grenzen, f\u00fchrender Wissenschaftler in der \u00d6kosystemforschung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Johan Rockstr\u00f6m has been Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) e.V. and Founding Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University since September 2018. Resilience is essentially understood as the ability to adapt and develop further in crisis situations despite disruptions to changing conditions. An important area in current resilience research in which Rockstr\u00f6m has excelled is trying to understand the risks posed by crossing critical boundaries at the planetary scale so as not to jeopardize human evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gle6S2XdijU\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-32404074-fcd9-4d90-bec6-d165750753d5' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-em.-Dr.-Michael-Succow-800x776.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. em. Dr. Michael Succow<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Ehrenpreis f\u00fcr Ausnahmepers\u00f6nlichkeit im Naturschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>He is regarded nationally and internationally as an exceptional personality in nature conservation, and his commitment to large wilderness areas in Germany is unique. Within a very short time, at the time of German reunification, he had succeeded in securing 12.1 percent of the land area of the former GDR with temporary and 5.5 percent with final protection status as a national park, biosphere reserve and nature park in one fell swoop with the national park program for eastern Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1yC2tmL_yGY\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2014 in Kassel<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-9c608625-236b-4baa-b313-91b129815de1' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-em.-Dr.-Peter-Hennicke-524x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. em. Dr. Peter Hennicke<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wegbereiter der Energiewende \/ des \u00f6kologischen Umbaus des Energiesystems<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The energy transition and energy efficiency were already close to his heart when the topic was still revolutionary new and in its infancy in the 1980s. With exceptional commitment and scientific expertise, he continues to work successfully today for the ecological transformation of the energy system, the conservation of energy and the economic feasibility of a full supply from renewable sources. He is one of the most high-profile and tenacious pioneers of the energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8lRRMgr8NBQ\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-b7c5bef1-c846-4bfd-9f1c-6f6e7013cf36' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ing.-Gunther-Krieg-538x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther Krieg<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Recycling von Kunststoffen \/ Ressourcenschonung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>With its innovative, globally unique measurement and analysis systems, Krieg is turning its vision of curbing the global waste of valuable resources into reality. With commitment and courage, he has taken the step from science to business and set milestones in production-integrated environmental protection. With its revolutionary processes, valuable plastics can be recycled at a higher quality level and chemicals can be dosed more precisely and saved in offset printing, for example &#8211; a great relief for the environment and a promising prospect for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tLbTLZwp5UE\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3652c615-a8fd-45ca-bec8-16772feba140' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Hubert-Weinzierl-800x688.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Hubert Weinzierl (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wegbereiter des organisierten Umweltschutzes \/ Ehrenpreis Lebensleistung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Hubert Weinzierl is one of the very few contemporary witnesses who have moved organized nature conservation out of its niche and into the center of our society.&#8221; With these words, Dr. Heinrich Bottermann, Secretary General of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), today honored the life&#8217;s work of the environmentalist and conservationist. For 60 years, the trained farmer and forester has been involved nationally and internationally in ecology and nature conservation. Bottermann: &#8220;Weinzierl is not one, he is the supporting personality of nature conservation in Germany. He has set important accents for sustainability, responsibility for creation and the protection of biodiversity. He knows how to combine his passion for nature with a modern entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OAIF-5AFd2k\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2013 in Osnabr\u00fcck<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-cc453036-0b27-4994-b108-4d1fcf8e47da' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Carmen-Hock-Heyl-543x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Carmen Hock-Heyl<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>\u00d6ko-D\u00e4mmstoffe, gesundes Bauen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Without Carmen Hock-Heyl&#8217;s visions, persistent commitment, entrepreneurial assertiveness and courage to take risks, there would be no insulation mats made of the renewable raw material hemp in house construction today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a9pf7TkXiLc\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-1adc0deb-870f-4de0-9b95-e14fdaa62b10' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Ursula-Sladek-800x569.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Ursula Sladek<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Energiewende, \u00d6kostrom, dezentralen und umweltfreundlichen Energieversorgung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Their courage and drive are an exceptional example of the success of the energy transition on the ground. From a citizens&#8217; initiative in Sch\u00f6nau, she founded Germany&#8217;s first green electricity provider and lives the vision of a decentralized and environmentally friendly energy supply. From the very beginning, it has relied on close cooperation with citizens, proving that it is possible to work together to achieve ecological change even against what are actually overpowering large energy supply companies. This makes them a social role model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pvjhMNAzlYw\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2012 in Leipzig<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-a2268a09-4f5f-4c11-a84f-233b9009c82d' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Ing.-E.-h.-Guenther-Cramer-\u2020-706x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr.-Ing. E. h. G\u00fcnther Cramer (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Dezentrale Energieversorgung mit erneuerbaren Energien<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>With his technological excellence in photovoltaics, G\u00fcnther Cramer has been pursuing the vision of making the system change towards a one hundred percent decentralized energy supply with renewable energies possible for more than 30 years. He wants to bring solar energy to regions that are not connected to the power grid. Together with his founding colleagues Peter Drews and Reiner Wettlaufer, Cramer succeeded in developing SMA from a small engineering firm into a globally operating technology and market leader with more than 5,500 employees by consistently focusing on research and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y_8yi0O_bB0&amp;list=UUeri2p3Y0W7duU5YPANWGEg&amp;index=5&amp;feature=plpp_video\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-790dbca4-9f2f-425b-b822-27ca9ae38f37' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Andreas-Bett-li.-und-Hansjoerg-Lerchenmueller-800x530.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Andreas Bett (l.) und Hansj\u00f6rg Lerchenm\u00fcller<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Beitrag zur klimaschonenden Energieversorgung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Low material costs, efficiency records, qualified jobs: With a spirit of research and the courage to take risks, Andreas Bett and Hansj\u00f6rg Lerchenm\u00fcller have taken solar energy into a new generation and shown that ecology and economy go together. With module efficiencies of around 30 percent, its concentrator photovoltaics are among the top in the photovoltaics industry worldwide and make a major contribution to climate-friendly energy supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R0zG_rQ5JPg&amp;list=UUeri2p3Y0W7duU5YPANWGEg&amp;index=4&amp;feature=plpp_video\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2011 in Stuttgart<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-7b4bb40b-631c-4874-bda2-09f9d81a142d' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Juergen-Schmidt-533x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>J\u00fcrgen Schmidt<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Trendsetter der Nachhaltigkeit<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>J\u00fcrgen Schmidt is a trendsetter in sustainability: ecologically and ethically convinced and with ambitious economic goals, he makes his business decisions. Whether it&#8217;s product range design, logistics, site or personnel management: at memo AG, which he founded, the environment, social issues and the economy are on an equal footing. Schmidt has accomplished an exemplary feat of development that stands for a significant increase in the environmental compatibility of everyday products and resource conservation that is suitable for everyday use and the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VY-V8MrKGfA\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-e4d975e3-dd58-4398-a2b9-bb5d466fbcf5' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Ing.-Joachim-Alfred-l.-und-Dr.-Ing.-Joachim-Georg-Wuenning-800x561.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr.-Ing. Joachim Alfred (l.) und Dr.-Ing. Joachim Georg W\u00fcnning<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Mit weniger Energie und weniger Emissionen zum Technologief\u00fchrer<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Father and son W\u00fcnning stand for the harmony of economy and ecology. With their successful entrepreneurial activities, coupled with technological and scientific excellence on an international scale, they have made a key contribution to the fact that more efficient use of energy and significant reductions in emissions are the order of the day in high-temperature processes, for example in the manufacture of steel, glass or in the chemical industry, and that Germany is the world market leader in this segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LuWXJejFX-o\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2010 in Bremen<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-e9bd6e57-1df3-496a-bf03-9162f517102d' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Winfried-Barkhausen-li.-Edwin-Buechter-Clean-Lasersysteme-800x533.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Winfried Barkhausen (l.) \/ Edwin B\u00fcchter Clean-Lasersysteme<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Oberfl\u00e4chen ressourcenschonend reinigen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>With a high level of professional commitment, the courage to take risks and a great deal of perseverance, they have turned the vision of an ecological cleaning process using the medium of light into reality. With their great willingness to assume responsibility, extreme motivation and personal initiative, they have developed their company into a global technology leader in an ecologically and economically exemplary manner and have noticeably improved occupational safety issues in the companies that use their technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6sYHg8X9G68\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-eadd7935-364e-49bc-9dc6-b4c7b72062d8' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Michail-Gorbatschow-\u2020-581x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Michail Gorbatschow (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Herausragendes Engagement f\u00fcr Menschlichkeit und Umweltschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Outstanding commitment to humanity and environmental protection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iN2c65xZ38A\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-7ac7c3b5-4a5b-47bd-9b1e-988e7334c470' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Rainer-Griesshammer-800x590.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Rainer Grie\u00dfhammer<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Nachhaltige Produktions- und Konsumwelt<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>With his integrating personality, Rainer Grie\u00dfhammer has successfully advanced the solution of environmental policy problems. In particular, his commitment to sustainable production and consumption has helped to anchor the guiding principle of sustainability in people&#8217;s everyday lives. Whether as a scientist, publicist or public mediator, Grie\u00dfhammer has had a decisive influence on the environmental debate in Germany and lives the principle of sustainability every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vJ6Bej-Oo3o\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2009 in Augsburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f020427f-75db-4231-84e6-334a194099e9' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Carsten-Buehrer-667x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Carsten B\u00fchrer<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Energieeffiziente Schl\u00fcsseltechnologien<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Medium-sized innovative strength leads one of the most energy-efficient key technologies to the world&#8217;s first industrial application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_qYGkFQhe_E\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-ccf197a5-62e1-4a9d-8a1a-09171e5c7c62' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Petra-Bueltmann-Steffin-613x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Petra B\u00fcltmann-Steffin<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Energieeffiziente Schl\u00fcsseltechnologien<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Medium-sized innovative strength leads one of the most energy-efficient key technologies to the world&#8217;s first industrial application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_qYGkFQhe_E\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-1c9ac2c5-e614-45a4-a707-c11d486a6518' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Bo-Barker-Jorgensen-546x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Bo Barker J\u00f8rgensen<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Mikrobielle Stoffwechselprozesse<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Groundbreaking research in the field of microbial metabolic processes in marine sediments and near-bottom water layers represent the achievements of Prof. Dr. Bo Barker J\u00f8rgensen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ffXzkP5srLU\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-265880b7-e41c-44ee-a146-3bad90cedf54' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-h.-c.-Angelika-Zahrnt-800x532.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. h. c. Angelika Zahrnt<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Ehrenamtliches Engagements f\u00fcr die Umwelt<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Economist Dr. Angelika Zahrnt received the 2009 Environmental Award for her many years of voluntary commitment to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B6WviHMWHFU\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2008 in Rostock<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-2f7ff668-fd56-4f80-8d0f-de86bc23d710' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ernst-Ulrich-von-Weizsaecker-590x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizs\u00e4cker<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Nachhaltige Entwicklung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The biologist and physicist Professor Ernst Ulrich von Weizs\u00e4cker is considered one of the important pioneers of the concept of sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6pt5G6sxISY\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3dc8016b-b70f-4336-b784-91439e53e669' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Holger-Zinke-533x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Holger Zinke<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Industrielle Biotechnologie<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Industrial \/ &#8220;white&#8221; biotechnology is the use of nature&#8217;s virtually inexhaustible toolbox for industrial applications and products. This contains microorganisms, but also isolated components such as enzymes, biocatalysts and bioactive natural substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5WAiHadlwb0\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2007 in Aachen<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f78b9662-3f8e-4451-9ba7-fffe15fe274a' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Juergen-Koehler-800x531.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. J\u00fcrgen K\u00f6hler<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltfreundliche Klima- und K\u00e4lteanlagen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Development of innovative and environmentally friendly air conditioning and refrigeration systems for vehicle construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gUYegmW5nqk\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-a62018fa-06f4-4970-84fd-4226453f1006' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Carl-H.-Schmitt-800x531.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Carl H. Schmitt<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltfreundliche Klima- und K\u00e4lteanlagen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Development of innovative and environmentally friendly air conditioning and refrigeration systems for vehicle construction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gUYegmW5nqk\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-43924f81-1f40-4517-a450-613d4da2352e' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Joachim-Schellnhuber-531x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Joachim Schellnhuber<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Klimafolgenforschung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Climate expert Prof. Dr. Schellnhuber received the Environmental Award in 2007 for his scientific research on climate change and his commitment to climate policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=25FUbzhb6RE\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-ccc6a7f5-9e45-41f8-aa38-e5c4c1587dcd' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Beate-Weber-531x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Beate Weber<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Kommunaler Klima- und Umweltschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Outstanding long-standing and successful commitment to community climate and environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r99ADCifFqQ\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2006 in Dresden<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-2dd7500d-b072-4262-ba20-4254b43ccc31' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-E.-h.-Hans-G.-Huber-\u2020-576x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. E. h. Hans G. Huber (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Abwasser wiederaufbereiten<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Hans Huber received the German Environmental Award in 2006 for the development and production of machines that sort, separate and recycle wastewater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w4KtrpkEHVo\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-d2eb3e3d-f1de-4c3c-ade6-b1e3ee2eb9ab' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Ernst-Detlef-Schulze-531x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Ernst-Detlef Schulze<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Gesundheitszustand des Waldes<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Prof. Dr. Schulze was awarded the Environmental Prize in 2006 for his basic research on forest health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ifY5Jk0I9-8\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2005 in L\u00fcbeck<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-0fe0d1a6-89d3-4ab7-8ceb-1716c9663ad6' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Berndt-Heydemann-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Berndt Heydemann (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>\u00d6kologie, \u00d6kotechnologie und Kommunikation<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Prof. Heydemann received the Environmental Award in 2005 for his adventure park &#8220;Future Center for Man, Nature, Technology and Science&#8221; in Nieklitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w4KtrpkEHVo\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-45b0bd4f-7267-4ca5-abb5-c66b9e6c954c' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Joachim-Luther.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Joachim Luther<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Solarenergie<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Outstanding services to solar energy Professor Luther is considered one of the most renowned scientists in the field of technologies and systems for the use of renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U26ersYopYk\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3ac6ae2b-843b-4324-ac82-14b803f3d636' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Hon.-Prof.-Heinz-Sielmann-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Hon.-Prof. Heinz Sielmann (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Natur- und Tierfilmer<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>A Life for Nature &#8220;Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom,&#8221; &#8220;Rulers of the Jungle,&#8221; &#8220;Galapagos &#8211; Dream Islands in the Pacific&#8221; &#8211; Heinz Sielmann&#8217;s animal films are still familiar to every child today. They are known far beyond the borders of Germany, have been dubbed into 25 languages and have won numerous film awards.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2004 in Mainz<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-12c0298d-3f1a-4207-8f90-f913bb822455' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Garabed-Antranikian-533x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Garabed Antranikian<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wei\u00dfe Biotechnologie<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Professor Antranikian has pioneered the field of white biotechnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_UGk1AgTOU\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-dd2495e4-5665-4431-ba6c-5fea8ef232b1' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Alfred-Heinrich-Jung-800x526.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Alfred Heinrich Jung<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Dichtungssysteme f\u00fcr Industrieanlagen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The entrepreneur Alfred Jung developed a sealing system that significantly reduced the emission of pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fwtDiYWFGw8\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-dbc942c3-80c8-4e4d-9cda-27dd27d1072e' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Hannelore-Schmidt-\u2020-800x649.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Hannelore Schmidt (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Ehrenpreis \u2013 Pflanzlicher Artenschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Honorary Life Achievement Award for &#8220;Species Protection as a Matter of the Heart<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2003 in Osnabr\u00fcck<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-e3f8d4bf-2ec6-4f34-8143-5b73bf6ddf9b' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Claus-Mattheck.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Claus Mattheck<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wachstumsverhalten der B\u00e4ume \/ Bionik<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Prof. Claus Mattheck received the Environmental Award in 2003 for his research on the growth behavior of trees, which was successfully transferred to mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kYUSlS9fogY\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-72220b46-a49c-4f3b-8871-4864c527d88b' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Hermann-Josef-Schulte-700x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Hermann-Josef Schulte<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Neuartige Ru\u00dfpartikelfilter<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The entrepreneur Hermann Josef Schulte develops and builds environmentally friendly exhaust systems &#8211; primarily for diesel vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uwzH7G5lRus\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2002 in Magdeburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-5854115e-9893-4c32-a0a0-99ba9627521f' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Peter-Lueth-556x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Peter L\u00fcth<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Biologischer Pflanzenschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Dr. Peter L\u00fcth discovered special fungal spores as a highly effective plant protection agent and received the Environmental Award for this in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W-JOvcFOR_4\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-8b8a8b8b-a065-4ccc-bdb1-d7237b5454a0' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Klaus-Toepfer-800x681.jpg);'><div class='dbu-button__icon-wrapper'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright'><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-icon'>&copy;<\/div><i class='fa-sharp fa-solid fa-circle-xmark dbu-button__icon-copyright-close'><\/i><div class='dbu-button__icon-copyright-text'>DBU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Klaus T\u00f6pfer (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Internationales Engagement f\u00fcr den Umweltschutz<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Environmental Award for: International commitment to environmental protection<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2001 in Freiburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-b07931ea-dc22-4fb9-a520-097df4910273' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Hermann-Auernhammer-589x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Hermann Auernhammer<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Precision Farming<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Professor Auernhammer receives the German Environmental Award 2001 for his outstanding scientific and practical work on the development and application of modern information, sensor and positioning systems for effective and environmentally sound agricultural production, which have become known as &#8220;precision farming&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_DnE4tBXE90\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-69ed2851-7f4f-4273-8463-26f7b0857e36' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Franz-Ehrnsperger.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltmanagement f\u00fcr Brauereien<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger is awarded the German Environmental Prize 2001 for his particularly successful development and introduction of a holistic ecological corporate concept, which serves as a role model for the brewing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MHDxrgn50Ho\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-5cd47d0c-e53a-478d-a70a-6955df404563' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Wolfgang-Feist.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Feist<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Passivhauskonzept<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The German Federal Foundation for the Environment awards the German Environmental Prize 2001 to Dr. Wolfgang Feist, head of the private-sector Passive House Institute he founded, for his significant role in the development of the Passive House concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDDBMryl7ek\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 2000 in Potsdam<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-9750a49f-a7b5-47ad-a039-4bc785d4e9eb' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Franz-Daschner.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Franz Daschner<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Stoffstrommanagement im Krankenhaus<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The award of the German Environmental Prize 2000 to the pediatrician Prof. Dr.- med. Franz Daschner is based on his exemplary achievement in successfully demonstrating modern environmental and material flow management in hospitals while maintaining hygiene standards and at the same time saving costs, and in successfully introducing it in many hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJbkKqSantc\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-df3434dd-8a05-4832-80a9-257fe960fa9d' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-E.-h.-Bernhard-Aloys-Wobben-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. E. h. Bernhard Aloys Wobben (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Windkraftanlagenbau<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The award of the German Environmental Prize to Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Aloys Wobben recognizes his pioneering technological developments and his entrepreneurial achievements in the field of wind turbine construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OKd4FzWoE3I\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1999 in Weimar<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-6e4294db-90ce-4e98-8efc-ccac6aedfa4e' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Wilhelm-Barthlott.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Barthlott<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Entdeckung des Lotuseffekts<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Prof. Dr. Barthlott received the Environmental Award in 1999 for his research on the lotus effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y_bRmB2RiU0\" target=\"_blank\">Portrait on Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-1fa1d77e-6d91-4e7c-859d-bbbd455189d8' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-E.-h.-Klaus-Steilmann-\u2020-614x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. E. h. Klaus Steilmann (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltstandards in der Textilindustrie<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The award winner Klaus Steilmann, an entrepreneur with a strong interest in social and ecological issues, addressed the topic of ecology in textiles and clothing at an early stage, keeping an eye on the entire production process &#8220;from the cradle to the grave&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1998 in Frankfurt<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f72e6a43-e124-487a-8f78-5c77de036876' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left  dbu-textImg_inline_small dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Lennart-Bengtsson-Prof.-Dr.Hartmut-Grassl-Prof.-Dr.-Klaus-Ferdinand-Hasselmann.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Lennart Bengtsson, Prof. Dr.Hartmut Gra\u00dfl, Prof. Dr. Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Klimamodelle entwickeln<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The Climate Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has contributed with its research to the improvement of global and regional climate models taking into account the oceanic circulation and the global carbon cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-0f175150-78ba-4504-8c28-9e7d3c7a7a85' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Georg-Salvamoser-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Georg Salvamoser (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Photovoltaik<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Georg Salvamoser was honored as a personality with exemplary function for his entrepreneurial and technical achievements in the photovoltaic industry, which have an impact far beyond the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1997 in Bonn<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-f90d787a-75f4-4a90-90c0-3f62204157fd' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Integral-Energietechnik-GmbH.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Integral Energietechnik GmbH<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Wasser als K\u00e4ltemittel<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The company receives the award for developing a refrigerant for worldwide use in industrial chillers that is not toxic, does not damage the ozone layer or contribute to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, and requires less energy than before<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-b837fea9-dcbe-49ed-ac2d-07e3c563847c' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Michael-Otto.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Michael Otto<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltmanagement im Versandhandel<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The introduction of a pioneering environmental management system at Otto Versand GmbH &amp; Co. in Hamburg has pioneering character.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-375d7bd6-5670-4ac9-8af2-fa51ea56c336' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Bernhard-Ulrich-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ulrich (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>\u00d6kosystem Wald<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>His scientific work on material and energy flows in forests forms the basis for research in the field of ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1996 in Hamburg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-941bb06a-dd21-402a-99bb-5656698caa02' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Maciej-Nowicki-569x800.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Maciej Nowicki<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Internationales Umweltengagement<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>During his time as minister, he initiated environmental policies in Poland that are still in place today and established the Polish National Environmental Protection Fund, the most comprehensive and developed environmental levy system in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-39b88656-8d58-48c8-928b-7e09876f64c5' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Wilkhahn-Wilkening-Hahne-GmbH-Co.gif);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Wilkhahn Wilkening + Hahne GmbH + Co<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Nachhaltige M\u00f6belproduktion<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>As early as the beginning of the 1950s, the Wilkhahn company set the entrepreneurial goal of producing durable goods with increased utility value in order to conserve natural resources and reduce material consumption. Starting in 1992, environmental controlling was systematically introduced into the company.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1995 in Munich<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-0022acf2-97bd-4a39-90b3-4a3c93cfd823' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Klaus-Guenther-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Klaus G\u00fcnther (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltorientierte Unternehmensf\u00fchrung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>In the field of environmentally oriented corporate management, he has been an exemplary advocate for the spread of environmentally oriented thinking and action in business, both in his own companies and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-fba558d6-333d-47e6-aaa9-720ffcf8b8aa' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Dr.-Georg-Winter.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Dr. Georg Winter (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltorientierte Unternehmensf\u00fchrung<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Through his many years of activity in the field of environmentally oriented corporate management, he has paved the way for a reconciliation between economy and ecology in an exemplary manner, both in his own company and far beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordpress-dbu-dbu-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">German Environmental Award 1994 in Dresden<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-ee43a132-6cab-4bd2-b30d-3a1d9f95dd47' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Prof.-Dr.-Frank-Arnold-Prof.-Dr.-Paul-Crutzen-\u2020.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Prof. Dr. Frank Arnold, Prof. Dr. Paul Crutzen (\u2020)<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Ozonloch erkl\u00e4ren und messen<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>Frank Arnold and Paul Crutzen have helped to explain and measure the formation of the ozone hole.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-3336a8d9-35a5-463f-a849-f20d59d89662' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Umweltinitiativen-der-Wirtschaft-in-Ostwestfalen.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Umweltinitiativen der Wirtschaft in Ostwestfalen<\/h3><h4 class='dbu-textImg__content-subline'>Umweltbewusste Unternehmer b\u00fcndeln ihre Kr\u00e4fte<\/h4>                <div class=\"dbu-textImg__innerblock\">\n                    \n\n<p>The 157 companies united in five environmental initiatives have successfully set particularly high environmental standards through their own example and their commitment to the regional economy and have shown that there is also an economic perspective in environmentally sound corporate management.<\/p>\n\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id='dbu_textImg_mb-block-5799f8c4-d60d-432c-a451-f44b496eb1e8' class='dbu-textImg  dbu-textImg_left   dbu-textImg '><div class='dbu-textImg__image dbu-textImg__image_contain' style='background-image: url(https:\/\/www.dbu.de\/app\/uploads\/Verein-Oekospeicher-Gemeinde-Wulkow.jpg);'><\/div><div class='dbu-textImg__content'><h3 class='dbu-textImg__content-headline'>Verein \u00d6kospeicher &#038; 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