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Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek is a physicochemist who has been responsible for administering the federal environmental research program in Germany and for developing the German Chemical Act. He advanced the concept of Factor 10 dematerialization of the economy for reaching economic and ecological sustainability. Schmidt-Bleek also advises the European Commission on sustainable development and has published some twenty books on eco-economic issues. He is founding president of the Factor 10 Institute (http://www.factor10-institute.org) and can be reached at Factor 10 Institute, La Rabassière Carrère des Bravengues, F 83660 Carnoules, France.