2011 Goldman Prize for Europe: Ursula Sladek, Germany

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In response to Germany's expanded reliance on nuclear energy, Ursula Sladek created her country's first cooperatively-owned renewable power company. Learn more at http://www.goldmanprize.org/2011/europe.

This video is narrated by actor and environmentalist Robert Redford.

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest award for grassroots environmentalists.
Learn more at http://www.goldmanprize.org

There's a good reminder in this story that the solution to the nuclear power/coal v. renewables debate is not a matter of picking the best technology as if one were shopping for a new car. That's essentially a consumerist attitude.

The solution found here though is both personal and political; abandon the consumerism, then organize the community to take control of it's own production and distribution.