20 years ago the small town of Wunsiedel was at the edge: businesses had to close, jobs were lost, locals left for good. When a bunch of idealists decided to stop this race to the bottom. They developed a plan not only to put the region's energy supply on a completely new foundation, but also to create new prospects.

• Siemens AG
• Merkle Germany GmbH
• Marco Krasser
• Karl-Willi “Charly” Beck
• Sandra Hilpert
• Lena Greulich
• Nicolas Lahovnik
• Wolf-Christian Küspert