Summary
Michael Sladek (born 1946 in Murrhardt) is a German doctor and bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit.
Life edit
He became famous by realising a grid-independent system for producing electricity,[1][2] by distributed little power plants. For this he was awarded 1996 by the German magazine Capital with the Capital/ WWF - Umweltpreis. In 1999 he and his wife Ursula Sladek were awarded with the Nuclear-Free Future Award. In January 2004, the Sladek couple was awarded the highest order in Germany, the Federal Cross of Merit, for their great engagement for the environment.[3]
After the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986, he became known for his idea of a system independent of nuclear power plants for generating electric power through distributed mini power plants. With his system that combines an efficiency-strategy with a power saving strategy it became possible to satisfy the power consumption of the community Schönau in the Black-Forest.[4][5] Following his engagement supported by his wife and many friends the first German green power-provider came into existence, the EWS Schönau. The community of Schönau was the first community on Earth in a Western civilised country that became independent of the national power grid and could decide how the power will be produced.
Honors edit
- 2004: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, together with his wife[6]
- 2007: German Founder Award[7]
- 2012: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg, together with his wife[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Eckardt, Andy (May 20, 2011). "World Blog - German couple make greenbacks in anti-nuke battle". MSN. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Peaceful Rebels". The Atlantic Times. November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "energieverbraucher.de | Rebellen bekommen Bundesverdienstkreuz". www.energieverbraucher.de. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Community Energy Cooperative: Schönau, Germany". Centre For Public Impact (CPI). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Mistiaen, Veronique (2011-05-20). "Ursula Sladek: Power behind a green revolution". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "energieverbraucher.de | Rebellen bekommen Bundesverdienstkreuz". www.energieverbraucher.de (in German). 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Colell, Arwen (2021). Alternating Current - Social Innovation in Community Energy. Berlin: Springer. p. 245.
- ^ Janzing, Bernward (2014-06-29). "Rebellenwechsel in Schönau". klimaretter.info (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21.