In Commemoration of Hermann Scheer
On April 29, 2014 Hermann Scheer would have celebrated his 70th birthday.
Hermann Scheer, recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, died at age 66 fully engaged in a life of ideas and initiatives. He had been a member of the German Bundestag for three decades and significantly influenced the political discourse in the country in many fields, with courage, far-sightedness and determination. Hermann Scheer was dedicated to the broad shift in the energy basis of modern civilization: from fossil and nuclear resources to renewable energies. He had realized early that it was essential for an intact environment and for opportunities for peace as well. He was a thought leader, motivator, reformer and revolutionary. The death of Hermann Scheer has brought into focus the extraordinary achievement of his life's work.
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Just weeks before his death, Hermann Scheer was interviewed by journalist Amy Goodmann, one of the two hosts of Democracy Now! the national, daily, independent US TV/radio news program. At the thirtieth anniversary of the Right Livelihood Awards, they met in Bonn in September 2010 for what turned out to be one of his final interviews.
Democracy Now!: Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and "Hero for the Green Century" in One of His Final Interviews:
On April 29, 2014 Hermann Scheer would have celebrated his 70th birthday.
Hermann Scheer, recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, died at age 66 fully engaged in a life of ideas and initiatives. He had been a member of the German Bundestag for three decades and significantly influenced the political discourse in the country in many fields, with courage, far-sightedness and determination. Hermann Scheer was dedicated to the broad shift in the energy basis of modern civilization: from fossil and nuclear resources to renewable energies. He had realized early that it was essential for an intact environment and for opportunities for peace as well. He was a thought leader, motivator, reformer and revolutionary. The death of Hermann Scheer has brought into focus the extraordinary achievement of his life's work.
Video documentary:
Just weeks before his death, Hermann Scheer was interviewed by journalist Amy Goodmann, one of the two hosts of Democracy Now! the national, daily, independent US TV/radio news program. At the thirtieth anniversary of the Right Livelihood Awards, they met in Bonn in September 2010 for what turned out to be one of his final interviews.
Democracy Now!: Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and "Hero for the Green Century" in One of His Final Interviews:
