At the beginning of the 70ies, José Lutzenberger left an important job with an important transnational chemical corporation because he did not want to work with chemical pesticides and became one of the pioneers in the Brazilian environmental movement.

He studied agronomy in Brazil and in the US and spent all his life broadening his scientific, technical and philosophical horizon.

His professional and environmental work were inseparable, so he didn't limit himself to fighting environmental agression, but also worked on the solutions, which made him internationally known.

His company VIDA, and Fundação Gaia, a charity founded by him in 1987, promote sustainable development, based on a new gaian ethics..