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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
He was born in a [[German-Brazilian]] family in [[Porto Alegre]], the capital city of southernmost state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], as the only son of architect [[Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger]]. He graduated in [[Agronomy]] at the [[Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul]] in 1950. For more than 15 years he worked in Germany, Venezuela and Morocco for a German chemical company, [[BASF]], selling the same products he would later campaign against.
He was born in a [[German-Brazilian]] family in [[Porto Alegre]], the capital city of southernmost state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], as the only son of architect [[Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger]]. He graduated in [[Agronomy]] at the [[Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul]] in 1950. For more than 15 years he worked in Germany, Venezuela and Morocco for a German chemical company, [[BASF]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


In 1971, Lutzenberger founded the ''Associação Gaúcha de Proteção ao Ambiente Natural'' (Agapan), an environmentalist organization. He became famous for defending the environment together with [[Magda Renner]], Hilda Wrasse Zimmermann, Giselda Castro and others during the time of [[Brazilian military government|military government in Brazil]]. He was appointed to the Environment Ministry in the [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] federal government, in the early 1990s.
In 1971, Lutzenberger founded the ''Associação Gaúcha de Proteção ao Ambiente Natural'' (Agapan), an environmentalist organization. He became famous for defending the environment together with [[Magda Renner]], Hilda Wrasse Zimmermann, Giselda Castro and others during the time of [[Brazilian military government|military government in Brazil]]. He was appointed to the Environment Ministry in the [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] federal government, in the early 1990s.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


"He was Brazil's first internationally known environmental activist, and the fact he was chosen environment minister in Brazil's first democratically elected government in 30 years was just one indication of the tremendous mark he made in that area," said Stephan Schwartzman, senior scientist at [[Environmental Defense]].{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}
"He was Brazil's first internationally known environmental activist, and the fact he was chosen environment minister in Brazil's first democratically elected government in 30 years was just one indication of the tremendous mark he made in that area," said Stephan Schwartzman, senior scientist at [[Environmental Defense]].{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}


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In 1987 Lutzenberger founded a group called Gaia, which focused on global issues, and a year later he won the [[Right Livelihood Award]] in recognition of his work.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Lutzenberger's time as the Secretary of the Environment came to an abrupt end. In December 1991, "[[Lawrence Summers|L. Summers]], who at the time was chief economist and a vice-president of the World Bank, made an internal note (leaked to the environmental community) that asserted that the economically correct policy for the disposal of environmental poisons was to dump them in developing countries. Lutzenberger wrote to Summers expressing very strong disapproval of these ideas (calling them 'totally insane'), and was removed from his post immediately thereafter."<ref>Page 100, Economics Unmasked, Philipp Smith & Manfred Max-Neef</ref>

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In 1987 Lutzenberger founded a group called Gaia, which focused on global issues, and a year later he won the [[Right Livelihood Award]] in recognition of his work.


Like millions of others in southern Brazil, the Kroeff-Lutzenberger family was bilingual, speaking both [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], the national and official language of the land, but also [[German language|German]], a strong regional language in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Lutzenberg also achieved a high level of fluency in English, Spanish and French.
Like millions of others in southern Brazil, the Kroeff-Lutzenberger family was bilingual, speaking both [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], the national and official language of the land, but also [[German language|German]], a strong regional language in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Lutzenberg also achieved a high level of fluency in English, Spanish and French.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120060422/http://www.vida-e.com.br/vida_ingles_default.asp Vida Produtos e Serviços] – company started by Lutzenberger
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120060422/http://www.vida-e.com.br/vida_ingles_default.asp Vida Produtos e Serviços] – company started by Lutzenberger
*http://www.roessler.org.br (in Portuguese)
*http://www.roessler.org.br (in Portuguese)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051018132413/http://www.globalaging.org/elderrights/world/Joselutzenberger.htm Obituary: ''New York Times'']
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051018132413/http://www.globalaging.org/elderrights/world/Joselutzenberger.htm Obituary: ''New York Times'']}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060419194702/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/lutzenberger.htm Right Livelihood Award website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060419194702/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/lutzenberger.htm Right Livelihood Award website]


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[[Category:Brazilian environmentalists]]
[[Category:Brazilian environmentalists]]
[[Category:Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni]]
[[Category:Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century agronomists]]

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Kroeff and the second or paternal family name is Lutzenberger.
José Lutzenberger
Lutzenberger in 1988
Born
José Antônio Kroeff Lutzenberger

(1926-12-17)17 December 1926
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died14 May 2002(2002-05-14) (aged 75)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupations
FatherJoseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger
AwardsRight Livelihood Award

José Antônio Kroeff Lutzenberger (17 December 1926 – 14 May 2002) was a Brazilian agronomist and environmentalist. In 1988, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for his "contribution to protecting the natural environment in Brazil and worldwide".

Biography

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He was born in a German-Brazilian family in Porto Alegre, the capital city of southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, as the only son of architect Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger. He graduated in Agronomy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1950. For more than 15 years he worked in Germany, Venezuela and Morocco for a German chemical company, BASF.[citation needed]

In 1971, Lutzenberger founded the Associação Gaúcha de Proteção ao Ambiente Natural (Agapan), an environmentalist organization. He became famous for defending the environment together with Magda Renner, Hilda Wrasse Zimmermann, Giselda Castro and others during the time of military government in Brazil. He was appointed to the Environment Ministry in the Fernando Collor de Mello federal government, in the early 1990s.[citation needed]

"He was Brazil's first internationally known environmental activist, and the fact he was chosen environment minister in Brazil's first democratically elected government in 30 years was just one indication of the tremendous mark he made in that area," said Stephan Schwartzman, senior scientist at Environmental Defense.[citation needed]

In 1987 Lutzenberger founded a group called Gaia, which focused on global issues, and a year later he won the Right Livelihood Award in recognition of his work.[citation needed]

Like millions of others in southern Brazil, the Kroeff-Lutzenberger family was bilingual, speaking both Portuguese, the national and official language of the land, but also German, a strong regional language in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Lutzenberg also achieved a high level of fluency in English, Spanish and French.

The Guarita State Park in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, was renamed the José Lutzenberger State Park in his honor in January 2003.[1]

Death

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Lutzenberger died in 2002 at the age of 75. He was buried as he wished – naked, without a coffin, close to a tree in a farm he restored, the Rincão Gaia in Pantano Grande, Rio Grande do Sul.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Giusti, Benito (7 January 2003), Rigotto aprova nome de Lutzenberger para o Parque Estadual da Guarita (in Portuguese), Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Sul – Agência de Notícias, archived from the original on 3 March 2016, retrieved 5 December 2016
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