Foundation for Ecology and Democracy

Foundation for Ecology and Democracy
founding	September 12, 1992
founder	Hans-Joachim Ritter
Seat	Rülzheim
main emphasis	ecology
method	Seminars, start-ups
Action space	Germany
Website	www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/

The Foundation for Ecology and Democracy is a non-profit organization, recognized at the federal level by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) for civic education, which is primarily committed to the environment and political ecology. One thematic focus is the further development of the social market economy into an ecological-social market economy . That is why the Foundation for Ecology and Democracy eV declared its founding day (September 12, 1992) the day of the ecological-social market economy . Its chairman has been the former ÖDP federal chairman Hans-Joachim Ritter since it was founded .

activities

On January 1, 2003, the foundation established the EnergyAgency Speyer-Neustadt / Südpfalz (EA) in order to “implement energy efficiency and renewable energy projects with good partners, but also to raise awareness through trade fairs, events and energy consultations” they hold meetings and events. The Foundation for Ecology and Democracy supports, among other things, the annual March for Life in Berlin.

organization

Board of Trustees

Members of the Board of Trustees are:

Franz Alt Hans Herbert von Arnim Mathias Berkel , Ludwigshafen, entrepreneur (BERKEL - companies) Josef Berker , Wachenheim, owner of the RP-Bahn, managing director of the Transregio Kaiserslautern Norbert Blüm Klaus Buchner Hansjörg Eger Manfred Norbert Fisch , Leonberg-Warmbronn, professor at the TU Braunschweig and head of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Energy, Building and Solar Technology Stuttgart, expert for local solar heating systems, holder of the foundation's “Golden Tree”, awarded on March 9, 2013

Horst Haitzinger Günter Hannich Sigrid Hopf , Munich, behavioral psychologist, research center for human ethology in the Max Planck Society, representative of the boarding school. Council of Psychologists at the United Nations, Vienna Hans Kronberger Günter Liesegang Hans Mangold Rainer Matejka , Kassel, doctor, head of a private day clinic, honorary president of the German Naturheilbund , bearer of the foundation's "Golden Tree" (awarded on January 22, 2007)

Günter Nooke Franz Josef Radermacher Josef Riegler Hans-Joachim Ritter Kai Schlegelmilch , Berlin, previously advisor for climate protection and ecological tax reform in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, then in the European department there and since mid-2007 for renewable energies in the ministry. He is also deputy chairman of the Ecological-Social Market Economy Forum and advises various countries such as China and Vietnam on the introduction of ecological tax and financial reforms on behalf of GTZ.

Anton Schneider Hans See Josef Seifert Michael Succow Wolfgang Templin Antoine Waechter , France, politician (chairman of the French eco-party Mouvement écologiste indépendant (MEI)) Beate Weber Edgar Weiler , Frankfurt a. M./Bad Schwalbach, lawyer, founder and president of the Consumer Association Media eV (VVM), honorary professor at the University of Marburg, vice president of the Foundation for Ecology and Democracy Eckart Würzner

Deceased members of the Board of Trustees:

• Hermann Benjes †
• Hans Christoph Binswanger †
• Kurt Egger †
• Heiner Geissler †
• Enoch zu Guttenberg †
• Ernst Gutting †
• Heinrich von Lersner †, Berlin, former President of the Federal Environment Agency, bearer of the Foundation's "Golden Tree" (awarded on July 14, 2000)
• José Antônio Lutzenberger †

Awards donated

European Peace Prize

The European Peace Prize has been awarded annually since 2004 to a political figure who has made a special contribution to world peace .

Previous winners are:

• 2004: Pope John Paul II.
• 2007: Jean-Claude Juncker , Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission
• 2018: Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev , Soviet General Secretary of the Central Committee and President 1985–1991

"Golden Tree" environmental award

This award, consisting of a certificate and a pin in the shape of a golden tree, has been presented annually since 1998 to a personality who has made a name for himself in the fields of ecology and democracy . The prize is intended to honor a good ecological role model .

Previous winners are:

• 1999: Hans Christoph Binswanger , university professor for ecological economics
• 1999: Horst Haitzinger , cartoonist
• 2000: Heinrich von Lersner , former President of the Federal Environment Agency
• 2001: Michael Succow , biologist, landscape ecologist
• 2002: Kurt Egger , biologist, Africa expert
• 2003: Beate Weber , Lord Mayor of the City of Heidelberg
• 2004: Ernst Gutting , cath. Theologian, auxiliary bishop, author
• 2005: Franz Alt , journalist
• 2006: Klaus Buchner , politician, chairman of the ödp
• 2007: Rainer Matejka , Honorary President of the German Natural Healing Association
• 2008: Josef Riegler , former Vice Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
• 2010: Heiner Geißler , former state and federal minister and CDU general secretary
• 2011: Hans Herbert von Arnim , university professor, constitutional lawyer, party critic
• 2012: Franz Josef Radermacher, university professor
• 2013: Manfred Norbert Fisch, university professor, head of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Energy, Building and Solar Technology, Stuttgart
• 2015: Hans See , from 1976 to 1999 was professor of political science, social policy and economic criminology and author

“Ökologia” award

The award is given to companies that produce or produce ecological products. Previous winners:

• 2002: Klemens Osika, owner of Osika GmbH
• 2003: LUWOGE, since 2014 BASF Wohnen + Bauen, Ludwigshafen
• 2004: GBG - Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, Mannheim
• 2005: GAG Ludwigshafen
• 2006: WBG Housing Association Neustadt ad Weinstrasse mbH
• 2007: geox GmbH and Bestec GmbH for the Landau geothermal power plant
• 2008: Klaus Becher
• 2009: juwi , Wörrstadt
• 2010: Mainau GmbH
• 2011: Steinbeis Transfer Center for Energy, Building and Solar Technology, Stuttgart, and EGS Plan
• 2012: Stadtwerke Speyer GmbH
• 2013: Alfred Theodor Ritter , CEO of Paradigma and Ritter Sport-Schokolade
• 2014: Gutshof Ziegelhütte , Klima-Hotel

Ökologia - ambassador for ecology

The foundation awards the function of "Ökologia" every year. Every year since 2001, “a woman with charisma and competence as a representative of ecology” has been appointed as the ambassador for ecology . The person hands over the prize of the same name annually in the following year.

Previous winners:

• 2001: Klaudia Martini , Environment Minister of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 2002: Ilka Wedekind , head of department in the State Office for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• 2003: Beate Weber , Lord Mayor of the City of Heidelberg, member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Ecology a. Democracy eV
• 2004: Margit Conrad , Environment Minister of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 2005: Eva Lohse , Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• 2006: Angelika Zahrnt , BUND federal chairwoman
• 2007: Tanja Gönner , Environment Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 2008: Bettina Bernadotte , managing director of Mainau GmbH
• 2009: Bärbel Dieckmann , Lord Mayor of the Federal City of Bonn
• 2010: Jacqueline Kraege , State Secretary in the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Environment
• 2011: Claudia Kemfert , Professor at the Hertie School, Berlin and Head of the Energy, Transport, Environment Department at DIW Berlin
• 2012: Eveline Lemke , Minister for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and State Planning for Rhineland-Palatinate
• 2013: Philippa Rath , Benedictine nun of the St. Hildegard Abbey in Rüdesheim-Eibingen
• 2014: Theresia Riedmaier , District Administrator of the Southern Wine Route district
• 2015: Claudia Kaminski , Federal Chairwoman of the Campaign to Live Right for All (ALfA)
• 2016: Beate Jessel , President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
• 2017: Ulrike Höfken , Minister for the Environment, Energy, Nutrition and Forests of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 2018: Sabine Kauffmann, co-founder and managing director of bio verlag gmbh, Aschaffenburg ( Schrot & Korn Naturkostmagazin , BioHandel)
• 2019: Ursula Sladek , co-founder and head of EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau

Web links

Homepage of the foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bpb.de/partner/foerderung/160613/stiftung-fuer-oekologie-und-demokratie-ev
2. ↑ http://www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/w/
3. ↑ http://www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/w/veranstaltungen-2/
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 24, 2015 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. 
5. ↑ http://www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/w/kuratorium-2/
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} http://www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/w/preisverleihungen/
7. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.stiftung-oekologie-u-demokratie.de/w/oekologia/
8. ↑ https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilung/pid/stabwechsel-bei-der-stiftung-fuer-oekologie-und-demokratie-ev/
9. ↑ https://termindienst.pressetext.com/eventdetails/127025