death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name alma_mater
berlin 6 dezember 2011 breslau 20 september 1936 günter altner
 günter altner university of mainz , university of giessen of wuppertal , university of göttingen , university
günter altner

günter altner -lrb- 1936 -- 2011 -rrb- was a german interdisciplanarily active scientist , biologist , protestant theologian , ecologist , environmentalist , writer and lecturer .
altner had briefly been a professor of human biology at the university of education schwäbisch gmünd , subsequently focussed on theology , his second area of education , and was a professor of protestant theology at the university of koblenz and landau for 22 years .
altner is known for his teaching and lectures , his numerous books , his role of co-founder and curator of the Öko-institut and his activity as political advisor to the german government .
with his expertise in ecology and in the theological reflection on environmental ethics he held a unique position in the german-language theological and political discourse .
