Environmental Prize For "Guiding Spirit at the Institute For Applied Ecology" and Pioneers in Laser Technology

DBU's German Environmental Award Goes to Rainer Griesshammer and the Founders of the Company Clean-Lasersysteme, Herzogenrath - Special Prize for Mikhail Gorbachev

OSNABRUECK, Germany, September 13, 2010 - There are two winners of the German Environmental Award of the
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) in 2010: the award, worth 245,000 euros
respectively, will go to the founders of the company Clean-Lasersysteme
(Herzogenrath), Dr. Winfried Barkhausen (51) and Edwin Büchter (41), and the
co-managing director of the Institute for Applied Ecology (Freiburg), Dr
Rainer Griesshammer (57). Barkhausen/Büchter are winning the prize for their
mobile laser technology. It cleans technical surfaces with light in an
environmentally-friendly manner, while also offering economic advantages and
optimising industrial safety. Griesshammer is being presented with the award
because he has given impetus to eco-political solutions and made the issue of
sustainability an integral part of everyday life. The former president of the
Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev (79), will be awarded a special prize of
10,000 euros for his international efforts to protect the environment. The
prizes will be presented by German President Christian Wulff on 31 October in
Bremen.

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    Contact:
    Franz-Georg Elpers
    - Press Officer -
    Johannes Graupner
    Stephanie Kassing
    Anneliese Grabara
    Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
    - Secretary to Press Officer -

    An der Bornau 2
    49090 Osnabrück
    Phone: +49(0)541/9633521
    Fax: +49(0)541/9633198
    E-Mail: grabara-a@dbu.de
    Internet: www.dbu.de

Contact: Franz-Georg Elpers - Press Officer -, Johannes Graupner, Stephanie Kassing, Anneliese Grabara, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - Secretary to Press Officer -, An der Bornau 2, 49090 Osnabrück, Phone: +49(0)541/9633521, Fax: +49(0)541/9633198, E-Mail: grabara-a at dbu.de