A trio of environmental activists, who were instrumental in converting an 870-mile (1,400-km) long strip of land that once marked the border between West and East Germany into a wildlife refuge, won the German Environmental Prize on Sunday. • r/worldnews

A trio of environmental activists, who were instrumental in converting an 870-mile (1,400-km) long strip of land that once marked the border between West and East Germany into a wildlife refuge, won the German Environmental Prize on Sunday. (dw. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2hnQ2Im