Photos

2012: Group photograph at the European Environment Foundation's congress in Freiburg.

2012: Monika Griefahn and the former Greenpeace Director Kumi Naidoo.

2013: Monika Griefahn and Winfried Kretschmann, minister-president of Baden-Württemberg, celebrating the Franco-German friendship.

Maximilian Gege of B.A.U.M. is Monika Griefahn's long-time companion.

2013: Many people supported Monika Griefahn and the AIDA Cruises employees at the coastal cleanup day in Rostock-Warnemünde.

2013: Monika Griefahn accompanies Nnimmo Bassay on a trip in the Ogoni region, devastated by oil.

2014: Monika Griefahn gives a lecture on Cradle to Cradle at Göttingen University.

2014: Monika Griefahn met Vandana Shiva at the International Women's Conference in Bangalore.

2014: Monika Griefahn (r.) at the exhibition "Modest Heros". Photo: Holger Biermann

2014: Kick-off event to present AIDA Friend of the Ocean's new mobile ashtray for the beach.

2014: Young Cradle to Cradle activists had a look at the so-called "Woodcube" in southern Hamburg.

2014: Monika Griefahn and Michael Ungerer, CEO of AIDA Cruises, received the B.A.U.M. award for the environment.

2014: Celebrating the launch of the Hybrid Power Barge "Hummel" in the port of Hamburg.

2014: Activists at the Cradle to Cradle Congress in Lüneburg.

2015: Monika Griefahn accompanies German Minister of the Environment, Barbara Hendricks, on the "Train to Paris".

2016: Claudia Kemfert (2nd l.), an expert on environmental economics, at TUHH-University.

2016: Members of the Cradle to Cradle advisory council on tour.

2016: Monika Griefahn and Raul Montenegro (2nd r.) in the outskirts of Cordoba, Argentina.

2016: Monika Griefahn and colleagues, who worked on a plan to cover the financial impact of phasing out nuclear power.

2016: The port of Hamburg inaugurates its plant for shoreside power for cruise ships.

2016: Monika Griefahn and her family meet the German actress Marie-Luise Marjan.

2011: Monika Griefahn and her former office manager Joerg Janning in Hanover.

2012: Visiting the Cradle to Cradle region Venlo, Netherlands.

1980ies: Monika Griefahn and others are coordinating a Greenpeace campaign.

1994: As Minister of the Environement in the unique mudflats of the North Sea.

About 1983: Monika Griefahn as young Greenpeace activist against the chemical pollution of the North Sea.

2012: Monika Griefahn and the Afghan doctor and laureate of the "Alternative Nobel Price" Sima Samar.

2012: Monika Griefahn and Hayrettin Karaca, winner of the "Alternative Nobel Price"

2012: Participants of the Aveda Walk for Water.

2006: Monika Griefahn gives a speech in Bangalore, India.

2012: Monika Griefahn gives a speech at the German economic institute "Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung".

2006: Monika Griefahn and Klaus Doldinger, musician and composer.

2010: Monika Griefahn is pleased to meet Erhard Eppler, social democrat and former Minister for development aid.

2004: Monika Griefahn and the mulit talented musician Götz Alsmann.

About 2003: Monika Griefahn meets director Jürgen Flimm and author Günter Grass, Nobel laureate.

Monika Griefahn is accompanied by pop singer Guildo Horn and his band Knorkator on the roof of the German Parliament (Reichstag).

2006: Monika Griefahn met the German actor Jürgen Vogel at the Berlin film festival.

2003: As Member of Parliament Monika Griefahn visits an all girls' school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

2005: Never too late to plant a tree: Monika Griefahn in Calcutta, India.

2004: With Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, head ot the foundation "Preussischer Kulturbesitz". © Frank Ossenbrink, D-10117 Berlin ; Tel. +49 30 28097900 , Office Bonn: +49228222212, Sparkasse Bonn 38050000 , Kto 101294627 www.politikfoto.de, Steuer Nr. 502/5221/1111 Finanzamt Bonn

2010: Protesters against nuclear power formed a chain between two nuclear power plants in Northern Germany.

1999: Family and supporters of Monika Griefahn, travelling on the famous "bikemobile".

2007: Monika Griefahn meets the entertaining "Mr. Sirvival" Rüdiger Nehberg.

1995: Monika Griefahn and Matthias Platzeck, two Social Democrats.

2006: Group photograph after a Rhythm to Dance Workshop with Royston Maldoon.

2008: Monika Griefahn in company of two laureates of the "Alternative Nobel Prize".

2005: Monika Griefahn meets Smudo (m.), musician of the German band "Die fantastischen Vier".

2009: Monika Griefahn in the middle of artist Klaus Staeck and Jürgen Kosslik (r.), head of the Berlin film festival.

2011: Monika Griefahn and Jakob von Uexküll, fouder of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation.

2006: What an honor to meet Wangari Maathai, Right Livelihood Award winner and winner of the Nobel peace price.

2012: The World Harmony Run had a flying visit in Buchholz near Hamburg.

2008: Monika Griefahn and the photographer Günter Zint are long-time friends.

2016: Monika Griefahn and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at an event of the alliance "Deutschland hilft".

2017: Monika Griefahn presents a discussion of two investigative journalists (Tomohiko Suzuki, Japan, and Günter Wallraff, Germany) at "Lesen ohne Atomstrom" (Reading without electricity generated by nuclear power). Photo: Andreas Conradt

2016: At the foundation "2 Grad" entrepreneurs work for standards to stop climate change.

2017: Opening of the fourth Cradle to Cradle Congress in the Northern German town of Lüneburg. Photo: Max Arens

2017: Monika Griefahn and others with the researcher on climate change Mojib Latif (2nd r.), who was lecturer on a cruise ship.

2016: Monika Griefahn gives a speech at a congress on cruises in Hamburg. Photo: Udo Geisler

2017: Monika Griefahn and others are honoured by the Social Democratic Party for 25 years of membership.

Save the Date: Cradle to Cradle Congress 2025

On March 13 and 14, 2025, the Cradle to Cradle celebrated its annual congress at the TU Berlin with about 1000 guests. Please read more about the congress in my blog article here. And save the date for the 2026 edition: The congress will take place on September 17-18, 2026.

eFuels

Synthetic fuels are one of the decisive factors for the energy transition away from fossile fuels. That is why I am committed to the further development and practical use of eFuels and became a member of the Sounding Board of the eFuel Alliance in May 2021.
English website of the eFuel Alliance

Climate committee

Constituent session: Photo: City of Buchholz / Helms

Until 2025 I was chairwoman of the advisory board of the climate committee at my former place of residence in Buchholz in the Nordheide. The city has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral and there is still a lot to do to achieve this. The committee advises the municipal administration on fundamental questions of climate policy.
To the article on the Buchholz website (in German)

Right Livelihood Award

They stand up against violence and climate change and address the most pressing questions of our time: The 2024 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award are: Joan Carling of Philippines, Issa Amro/Youth Against Settlements from Palestine, Anabela Lemos/Justiça Ambiental! from Mozambique und Forensic Architecture from the UK. Read more about the “Alternative Nobel Prize” here.

Federal Order of Merit

After the award ceremony, Olaf Lies, Monika Griefahn and Rainer Rempe stand together. Photo: Frank Ossenbrink

Our CEO Dr. Monika Griefahn received the Federal Order of Merit. Please read more about her biography and about the award ceremony in our blog.