German Environmental Award 2009 for “International Trailblazers” From Industry, Science and Nature Conservation

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- DBU Honours Entrepreneurs Bültmann-Steffin/Bührer, Scientist Jørgensen and BUND Honorary Chair Zahrnt

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OSNABRÜCK, Germany, September 16 /PRNewswire/ –

The German Environmental Award conferred by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) - with the highest endowment of any European environmental award at 500,000 euros - goes in 2009 to entrepreneurs Petra Bültmann-Steffin (39, Neuenrade) and Dr. Carsten Bührer (39, Rheinbach), scientist Prof. Dr. Bo Barker Jørgensen (62, Bremen) and honorary chair of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND), Dr. Angelika Zahrnt (65, Neckargemünd). Bültmann-Steffin/Bührer are recognised for a technological breakthrough their companies were able to develop for the first time for industrial use that saves considerable energy and production costs. Jørgensen is awarded for research that furthers our understanding of microbial processes in the sea. His work has enabled us to decipher the role played by the ocean in global climatic events. Zahrnt is commended for her decades of devotion to the protection and conservation of the environment. The award, which will be shared in three equal parts by the entrepreneur duo, Jørgensen and Zahrnt, will be presented to the recipients by German Federal President Horst Köhler at a ceremony in Augsburg on 25 October.

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Contacts Franz-Georg Elpers - Press Officer - Stephanie Kassing Isabel Krüger Anneliese Grabara DBU: An der Bornau 2 49090 Osnabrück Tel: +49(0)541-9633521 Fax: +49(0)541-9633198 presse@dbu.de www.dbu.de

Source: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

Contacts Franz-Georg Elpers - Press Officer - Stephanie Kassing, Isabel Krüger, Anneliese Grabara. DBU: An der Bornau 2, 49090 Osnabrück, Tel: +49(0)541-9633521, Fax: +49(0)541-9633198, presse at dbu.de.