1985 - 2000

Executive director of Naturschutzbund Deutschland ( NABU ) in the state of Niedersachsen

1995 - 2001

They include an initiative which aims to re-colonize 30 church towers in Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony with kestrels.

The project is partnered by the German nature protection association Deutscher Naturschutzbund and the German Protestant church.

Over 140,000 visitors were able to watch a family of kestrels in the tower of Berlin's St. Johannes church for ten weeks in 2009.

A model cooperation

Volkswagen and Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) are extending and intensifying their cooperation – initially up to 2015.

Both parties intend to strengthen their commitment to the more economical use of energy and resources and the protection of moorlands as a carbon dioxide store, and biotopes.