Discussing the Copenhagen conference, we started asking each other “what or who got you seriously started in Cleantech, and when?” Although many might have been interested for a long time, or — especially in Germany — might have voted Green, there is this moment when you know that you have to engage 100% to make a difference. For me, it was in 2003, when my wife and I had the opportunity to see Al Gore presenting his “Inconvenient Truth” slideshow in Puerto Rico, at Deepak Chopra’s annual peace conference.

With Al Gore in Puerto Rico 2003

Unbelievable, that it is already 6 years later, and unbelievable, how much time was lost in between. It was with Al Gore’s winning the nobel prize and (maybe even more importantly?) the Oscar in 2007 that the U.S. started to wake up.

Thank you, Al!

When did you get started?

What or who triggered you?