Heffa Schücking

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Heffa Schücking
NationalityGerman
Known forGrassroots environmentalism
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (1994)

Heffa Schücking is a German environmentalist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1994,[1] for her works to protect the rainforests.

Today, she mainly works for the NGO urgewald on campaigns to prevent banks and the financial industry from making harmful investments such as cluster ammunition, coal mining or the nuclear industry.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Goldman Environmental Prize: Heffa Schuecking Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 27, 2007)