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To welcome Gunter Pauli, a world-renowned social entrepreneur who has been described as "a new breed of innovator," to the City of Columbus.
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WHEREAS, Gunter Pauli was born in Antwerp in 1956. He graduated in Economics from Loyola's University in Belgium and obtained his masters in business administration from INSEAD in France; and
WHEREAS, from 1991-1993 Mr. Pauli served as President of Ecover and built the first ecological factory to be featured on CNN prime time news; and
WHEREAS, Gunter Pauli founded and directs the "Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives" (ZERI) of the United Nations University in Tokyo, redesigning manufacturing processes into non-polluting clusters of industries. He laid the basis for the design of the first zero emissions industrial park in Chattanooga, Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, Fluent in six languages and having lived on all continents, Gunter Pauli is a world citizen, presently living in Kamakura, Japan, with his wife and two children. He has written eight books which have been published in twelve languages; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby welcome Gunter Pauli to the City of Columbus - your dedication to global learning and your vision of complete efficiency is remarkable.