Participans in the vita Activa network

Maria and Markus Schlegel are the organizers of vita activa. They are supported by:

Advisory and organizers

  • Cornelia Baccega-Findeisen
    Chef de la Mission Europe et International Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement et de l'Aménagement Durables
  • Johannes Kopp
    Demeter-farmer

  • Bernward Geier
    Director of COLABORA

  • Lara Schmidt-Rüdt, Michael Gissibl
    Lawyers

  • D.I. Ernst Schwald
    C.E.O. of the Bodensee Akademie

  • Patrick Trötschler
    Dipl. agro- engeneering , Bodensee Stiftung

  • Dr. Francçoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Raimund C. Wilhelmi
    Business manager of the  Klinik Buchinger am Bodensee GmbH

  • Ilsabé Zucker
    Biodynamic gardener, waldorf teacher

  • Thomas Vogler
    Responsible for environment, forestry and gardening, as well as the GMO-free region of Überlingen, Germany.

  • Urs Hans
    Farmer, environmentalist, Switzerland

  • Dr. Marijan Jost
    Prof. of genetics and plant breeding, president of “BIOS”, Croatia

  • Paco Muñoz
    Founder of „Biosegura“, a cooperative of consumers and producers of organic products in Murcia, Spain
  • Vicente Bordera
    Demeter farmer in Alicante, Spain

  • Annelise Schmeh
    Farmer, environmentalist from Germany

Available speakers for vita activa on the subjects of agro-biotechnology and organic agriculture:

  • Meta Vrhunc
    Environmentalist from Slovenia

  • Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin
    Bundesministerin a.D.
    Vorsitzende des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte und Humanitäre Hilfe

  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Max-Neef
    Economist from Chile, Recipient of the Right Livelehood Award („Alternative Nobel prize”)

  • Nicanor Perlas
    Scientist, environmentalist, from the Phillipines, recipient of the Right Livelehood Award („Alternative Nobel prize”)

  • Gerald Miles
    Founder of the organisation „GM Free Cymru“ in Wales

  • Volkmar Weber
    Mayor of Überlingen, Germany

  • Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish
    Founder of the SEKEM project in Egypt, recipient of the Right Livelehood Award („Alternative Nobel prize”)