In my life I have, above all, only experienced struggle … Now I have the space to really do what I want. And, on the other hand, precisely because of this long isolation, I experienced how crucial it is not only to be occupied with oneself and one’s own affairs, but rather to look for something in which one can grow, that goes beyond oneself. What we understand today about globalisation is a collection of power and egoism. Through a conversation I had the idea that one has to say, in contrast to that: There is a globalisation of responsibility. And this expansion of globalisation through the whole earth-organism, not just merely through the geographical earth globe, that would be my goal! …
And if I suggested a possibility of being happy and being healthy, it would be not to take oneself so seriously and, instead, take others more seriously. After all, I’m already 76 now - and maybe that’s a sign that this attitude isn’t so bad for one’s self, right?!

Doris Henrichsen, retired social worker, born 1926, Germany
Doris Henrichsen is a member of the civic action group Stuttgarter Wasserforum. This alliance of concerned citizens works against the privatisation of public property … Under the motto ‘We’re neither left nor right, but ahead!’ the politically independent initiative group gathered 12,000 signatures for the buying back of the water supply. Through presentations, podium discussions, pamphlets, protest vigils and human chains, the Stuttgarter Wasserforum decisively contributed to stopping further planned CBL deals involving 21 school centres, 6 administrative buildings, the harbour docks, the traffic system, as well as the entire subway rail network.