About the Author
Eugen Ehrenberg was born in 1953 in Hamburg, Germany. He grew up in the green west end of the city near the River Elbe. As a child, he loved nature. He attended the Rudolf-Steiner School (a private school), where he was particularly enthusiastic about the arts and crafts subjects, working with wood and textiles or weaving on the loom.
It is therefore not surprising that his education led him to become a gardener. After doing civil service, he earned a degree as an expert gardener. At a very early stage, he was also engaged in ecological horticulture and agriculture. (At that time, these were not very well known.)
Today, he lives with friends on an organic farm in the district of Uelzen in Lower Saxony.
In November 1991, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and he had to learn how to manage the imminent limitations in his movements.
Twenty years after that, Eugen had a grievous accident and had to stay for a long time in the hospital. In the subsequent rehabilitation, he managed to regain at least part of his mobility with the help of a dedicated rehabilitation team. During this time, he had to become friendly with his new active wheelchair and later with his hand bike. The hand bike gave him back a lot of his freedom and a more autonomous life.
Because he lives out in the country, he is dependent on the local public transportation system. That is his gateway into the wider world, so he uses the local railway station, and everything between Hamburg and Hanover, Lower Saxony, is his territory. By rail, he also goes to his important physical training sessions every week. Only with the hand bike can he get to the train station without any problems. He also can move around independently once at his destination and has been able to shape his life in a self-determined way.
Now, Eugen Ehrenberg has published his first book, in which he writes about an especially important phase of his life
About the Author
Eugen Ehrenberg was born in 1953 in Hamburg, Germany. He grew up in the green west end of the city near the River Elbe. As a child, he loved nature. He attended the Rudolf-Steiner School (a private school), where he was particularly enthusiastic about the arts and crafts subjects, working with wood and textiles or weaving on the loom.
It is therefore not surprising that his education led him to become a gardener. After doing civil service, he earned a degree as an expert gardener. At a very early stage, he was also engaged in ecological horticulture and agriculture. (At that time, these were not very well known.)
Today, he lives with friends on an organic farm in the district of Uelzen in Lower Saxony.
In November 1991, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and he had to learn how to manage the imminent limitations in his movements.
Twenty years after that, Eugen had a grievous accident and had to stay for a long time in the hospital. In the subsequent rehabilitation, he managed to regain at least part of his mobility with the help of a dedicated rehabilitation team. During this time, he had to become friendly with his new active wheelchair and later with his hand bike. The hand bike gave him back a lot of his freedom and a more autonomous life.
Because he lives out in the country, he is dependent on the local public transportation system. That is his gateway into the wider world, so he uses the local railway station, and everything between Hamburg and Hanover, Lower Saxony, is his territory. By rail, he also goes to his important physical training sessions every week. Only with the hand bike can he get to the train station without any problems. He also can move around independently once at his destination and has been able to shape his life in a self-determined way.
Now, Eugen Ehrenberg has published his first book, in which he writes about an especially important phase of his life