asked in 2005
answered by his daughter, Mrs Lara Lutzenberger

 

1. Mrs. Lutzenberger, what do you regard as your father’s most important legacy?

To me, my father’s most important contribution was to raise environmental awareness in society through his holistic approach and his pioneering work in promoting organic agriculture but also recycling industrial waste.


2. How do you continue his work?

I do continue his work by keeping up with the awareness raising through Fundacao Gaia and at his company Vida Produtos e Servicos, which is working with an increasing number of pulp mill industries and finding creative solutions for the recycling of their different waste types.


3. Tell us about your links and joint work with other award recipients.

Together with Wangari Maathai (Kenya), Vandana Shiva (India), Martin von Hildebrand (Colombia) and a big group of partners from different parts of the world, we have created the ECN – Earth Community Network.
At ECN we are linking up Learning Centers in which people can experience the meaning and practice of a sustainable future, based upon systems of governance that respect the laws of the Earth and that reconnect humanity to their deepest nature.


4. What effect has the RLA had on your work?

Basically in recognizing its importance internationally and giving it a greater publicity.