Michael Sladek

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Michael Sladek (born 1946 in Murrhardt) is a German doctor and bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit.

Life[]

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 . 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.

Sladek is also adjunct lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral research fellow.[6]

Honors[]

See also[]

  • Green power

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Peaceful Rebels". . November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  3. ^ "energieverbraucher.de | Rebellen bekommen Bundesverdienstkreuz". www.energieverbraucher.de. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. ^ "Community Energy Cooperative: Schönau, Germany". Centre For Public Impact (CPI). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. ^ Mistiaen, Veronique (2011-05-20). "Ursula Sladek: Power behind a green revolution". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  6. ^ "Michael Sladek". Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  7. ^ "energieverbraucher.de | Rebellen bekommen Bundesverdienstkreuz". www.energieverbraucher.de (in German). 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  8. ^ Colell, Arwen (2021). Alternating Current - Social Innovation in Community Energy. Berlin: Springer. p. 245.
  9. ^ Janzing, Bernward (2014-06-29). "Rebellenwechsel in Schönau". klimaretter.info (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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