Martin Vosseler (October 4, 1948 – October 23, 2019) was a
Swiss
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renewable energy advocate, co-founder of the organization
Physicians for Social Responsibility, who has been a
renewable energy
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advocate since 1981. After giving up his medical practice in 1995, he began working full-time to raise awareness of the benefits of
renewable energy use, by traveling around the world. From 16 October 2006 to 8 May 2007 Vosseler and his crew made history by completing the first trans-Atlantic crossing in a motorized boat, using
solar power only. Vosseler received a special prize from
Eurosolar.
Vosseler died on 23 October 2019 after he was struck by a truck while bicycling in
Basel. He was 71 years old.
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Martin Vosseler – 4.10.1948 – 23.10.2019
People associated with renewable energy
Swiss environmentalists
1948 births
2019 deaths
Road incident deaths in Switzerland
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