Herbert Girardet

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the publisher, see Herbert Girardet (publisher) .

Herbert Girardet (* 1943 in Essen ) is a German publicist and environmental activist based in Wales . The focus of his work is particularly the sustainable development of urban areas .

Life

After finishing school at Birklehof boarding school , Girardet went to study in Tübingen and Berlin and finally in 1964 to London. This was followed by a degree in anthropology from the London School of Economics . As a result, Girardet made documentaries on environmental issues for television and began writing books. One of his most important works is the book Fern von Garten Eden , which was written in collaboration with environmental activist John Seymour and published in 1986.

In 2005 Girardet began in London, together with the founder of the Right Livelihood Award Jakob von Uexküll, the preparations for the World Future Council (WFC), a non-profit foundation. The purpose of the WFC is to network the work of parliamentarians, scientists and non-governmental organizations and to develop solutions for a more sustainable world. Girardet has been program director there since it was officially founded in Hamburg in May 2007.

Herbert Girardet is also chairman of the EF Schumacher Society , honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects , visiting professor at the Universities of Northumbria and West of England , member of the board of the Leopold Kohr Academy and patron of the Soil Association .

He is married and has two sons. His father was the publisher Herbert Girardet .

Publications

• Far from the Garden of Eden - The story of the soil. Cultivation Destruction Rescue (with John Seymour). Krüger Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-8105-1810-7
• Instructions for a Healthy World (with John Seymour). Heyne, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00546-5
• Blueprint for a Green Planet (with John Seymour). Dorling Kindersley, 1989, ISBN 978-0-86318-364-5
• The Gaia Atlas Of Cities . Gaia, 1992, ISBN 978-0-385-41915-4
• Earthrise . Paladin, 1992, ISBN 0-586-09252-8
• The age of the cities . Deukalion, 1996, ISBN 3-930720-19-1
• Cities, People, Planet . John Wiley & Sons, 2004, ISBN 978-0-470-85284-2
• Shaping the future (with Jakob von Uexküll). Kamphausen, 2005, ISBN 3-89901-046-9
• Future is possible. Ways out of the climate chaos . European Publishing House, 2007, ISBN 3-434-50606-3
• Release energies (with Miguel Mendonca). Rotpunkt Verlag, 2010, ISBN 3-85869-430-4
• Jungle Pharmacy (Engl. Jungle Pharmacy ). Documentary, 1988

Web links

• Herbert Girardet in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory . Europa Publications Limited, 2001, p. 488.
2. ↑ David Cadman, Geoffrey Payne (ed.): The Living city: towards a sustainable future , p. 170.
3. ↑ worldfuturecouncil.org ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Schumacher Society | Promoting Human Scale Sustainable Development. (No longer available online.) In: www.schumacher.org.uk. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved October 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ tve.org  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.