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| birth_place = [[Graz]], Austria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|02|18|1980|07|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Türkensturz, Gleißenfeld, [[Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg]], Austria<ref name="Machl">{{cite web |
| language = German, English
| education = {{ublist|[[University of Graz]]|[[University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna]]}}
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'''Clemens Georg Arvay'''<ref>{{Cite web|author=Andreas Schindler|url=https://fm4v3.orf.at/stories/1693992/index.html|title=''Ja, natürlich
== Biography ==
Arvay was born in 1980 in [[Graz]]. After initially undergoing an [[apprenticeship]] as a [[Bookbinding|bookbinder]]<ref>[https://www.biorama.eu/portrait-clemens-g-arvay/ Portrait Clemens G Arvay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226104636/https://www.biorama.eu/portrait-clemens-g-arvay/ |date=26 February 2023 }}, biorama.eu</ref> while completing [[secondary school]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Arvay|first=Clemens|title=Mit den Bäumen wachsen wir in den Himmel: Autistische Kinder mit der Heilkraft des Waldes fördern (Forest therapy and the autism spectrum – advancing the development of children through biodiversity)|publisher=Randomhouse Germany (Goldmann)|year=2019|isbn=978-3442159895|pages=11–15}}</ref> Arvay qualified in [[landscape ecology]] at the [[University of Graz]], receiving his [[bachelor's degree]] in 2005. In 2007, he also completed his [[master's degree]] in Applied Plant Sciences at the [[University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna|University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences]] in Vienna.<ref name="About">{{Cite web|url=https://www.clemensarvay.com/about|title=About|publisher=Clemens G. Arvay|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=25 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325111118/https://www.clemensarvay.com/about|url-status=live}}</ref> Arvay subsequently held various positions, including quality manager for the organic brand "Zurück zum Ursprung" (''Back to the Origin'') of the [[Aldi|Hofer]] supermarket chain.<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Bio kann nicht billig sein |newspaper=[[Die Presse]] |date=5 February 2012 |page=35}}</ref> Later, Arvay temporarily obtained a position working for the Austrian environmental protection organization, Global 2000, a member of [[Friends of the Earth Europe]].<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Global 2000-Mitarbeiter präsentiert: Fruchtgemüse |publisher=Austrian Presse Agentur |date=6 October 2011}}</ref> From 2012 on Arvay worked exclusively as a freelance author.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Arvay|first=Clemens|title=The Biophilia-Effect: The Healing Bond Between Humans and Nature|publisher=Sounds True Publishing|year=2018|isbn=978-1683640424|location=Boulder, Colorado|pages=86–89}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Clemens Arvay - Books|url=https://www.clemensarvay.com/books|website=clemensarvay.com|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927062959/https://www.clemensarvay.com/books|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of his books became bestsellers in Germany and Austria.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schuh|first=Karin|date=5 February 2020|title=Der Hype um die Aufdeckerbücher|journal=Die Presse|pages=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Berlin|first=Berliner Morgenpost-|date=23 June 2015|title=Top 10 Sachbuch aus der Amazon Bestseller-Liste|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/kultur/article142898802/Top-10-Sachbuch-aus-der-Amazon-Bestseller-Liste.html|access-date=18 May 2021|website=www.morgenpost.de|language=de-DE|archive-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014035859/https://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/kultur/article142898802/Top-10-Sachbuch-aus-der-Amazon-Bestseller-Liste.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dörhöfer|first=Pamela|date=8 April 2021|title=Clemens Arvay: Bestseller über Corona-Impfstoffe|url=https://www.fr.de/wissen/clemens-avray-corona-impfstoffe-impfen-virologe-90335633.html|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2021|website=Frankfurter Runschau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407171400/https://www.fr.de/wissen/clemens-avray-corona-impfstoffe-impfen-virologe-90335633.html |archive-date=7 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=search result "wir können es besser"|url=https://www.buchreport.de/search/%22wir%20können%20es%20besser%22/|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2021|website=buchreport (german bestseller report)|language=de-DE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518132227/https://www.buchreport.de/search/%22wir%20k%C3%B6nnen%20es%20besser%22/ |archive-date=18 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=search result for ""Corona-Impfstoffe""|url=https://www.buchreport.de/search/%22Corona-Impfstoffe%22/|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2021|website=buchreport (German bestseller report)|language=de-DE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518130726/https://www.buchreport.de/search/%22Corona-Impfstoffe%22/ |archive-date=18 May 2021 }}</ref><ref name="boersenblatt.net">{{Cite web |title=Klüpfel & Kobr und Gisa Pauly räumen ab |url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/bestseller/kluepfel-kobr-und-gisa-pauly-raeumen-ab-238945 |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=Börsenblatt |language=de |archive-date=7 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507183625/https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/bestseller/kluepfel-kobr-und-gisa-pauly-raeumen-ab-238945 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Publications ==
In 2011, Arvay published his first nonfiction book on forgotten species of vegetables. The author reached a wide readership with his second book ''Der große Bio-Schmäh'' (''The Big Organic Fraud'').<ref name=":0" /> Released in 2012, the book offered a look "behind the scenes of the supposedly picture-perfect world of organic foods,"<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Blick hinter die Kulissen der heilen Bio-Welt |newspaper=Kleine Zeitung |date=26 February 2012 |page=19}}</ref> which was touted as being "a dispassionate and therefore also credible account."<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Grüngewaschen: Ein neues Buch blickt hinter die Kulissen der Bio-Idylle |newspaper=Profil |date=30 January 2012 |page=73}}</ref> In 2013, in an additional book, Arvay advocated reining in "power-hungry food conglomerates" in favor of regional, small-scale farming.<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Nur die regionale, kleinstrukturierte Landwirtschaft ist krisensicher |newspaper=Vorarlberger Nachrichten |date=11 March 2013}}</ref> This book also was published in Japanese.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org
In 2014, Arvay teamed up with the actor [[Roland Düringer]] on a book titled ''Leb wohl [[Schlaraffenland]]'' (''Farewell, Land of Plenty'') in which both authors discussed the "major philosophical questions in life."<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://www.vienna.at/roland-dueringers-verzicht-experiment-leb-wohl-schlaraffenland/3833331 |title=Leb wohl, Schlaraffenland: Roland Düringers Verzicht-Experiment |author=Daniela Herger |website=Vienna Online |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622062552/http://www.vienna.at/roland-dueringers-verzicht-experiment-leb-wohl-schlaraffenland/3833331 |url-status=live }}</ref> As an experiment, Düringer decided to do without modern advances and to live according to the way things were 40 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://www.heute.at/szene/kultur/story/21194031 |title=Düringer mit neuem Buch über Verzicht-Experiment |website=Heute |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327203555/https://www.heute.at/s/duringer-mit-neuem-buch-uber-verzicht-experiment-21194031 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the course of additional activities as an author, Arvay once again took on the ramifications of [[industrial farming]], in his book published in 2014, having to do above all with the artificial standardization of food by policymakers and industry, along with the practices of large seed producers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |language=de |url=https://derstandard.at/1395364883446/Hilfe-unser-Essen-wird-normiert |title=Agrarbiologe warnt vor normiertem Essen |newspaper=Der Standard |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619190056/https://derstandard.at/1395364883446/Hilfe-unser-Essen-wird-normiert |url-status=live }}</ref>
In ''Der Biophilia-Effekt'' (''The Biophilia Effect'', 2015) and ''Das Biophilia-Training'' (''The Biophilia Training'', 2016), the author analyzed the healing effect of the forest.<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Waldspaziergang schlägt Wellness |newspaper=Kronen Zeitung |date=12 April 2015 |page=44}}</ref> In the two books, Arvay touted the forest as the "best fitness gym in the world";<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |author=Julia Pflig |title=Das beste Fitnessstudio der Welt |newspaper=[[Kurier]] |date=24 April 2016 |page=34}}</ref> The English edition of The Biophilia Effect was published in 2018.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org
In 2019, the ''International Handbook of Forest Therapy'' was published by [[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]]; it consists of two chapters that are written by Arvay.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Qing Li|title=International Handbook of Forest Therapy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2019|isbn=978-1-5275-3955-6|pages=32, 42}}</ref> In 2020 he published ''Wir können es besser'' (''We Can Do Better''), claiming a correlation between environmental damages, loss of [[biodiversity]], and the emergence and spread of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wir können es besser|url=https://www.luebbe.de/quadriga/buecher/gesundheit/wir-koennen-es-besser/id_8458398|access-date=13 September 2020|website=Bastei Luebbe Publishing Germany|language=de|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027033623/https://www.luebbe.de/quadriga/buecher/gesundheit/wir-koennen-es-besser/id_8458398|url-status=live}}</ref> Arvay's book ''Die Naturgeschichte des Immunsystems'' (''The Natural History of the Immune System'') was published in 2022 by Quadriga, [[Bastei Lübbe]]. It deals with the [[
== COVID-19 controversy ==
Arvay appeared as a public critic of the [[COVID-19 vaccine
The German [[Virology|virologist]] Stephan Becker, who was involved in the vaccine study in the early stages, did not share Arvay's concerns about a lack of care. For him, the test data in animals and humans showed a desired [[immune response]]. In contrast to Arvay, Becker considered the side effects shown so far to be acceptable, but advised carefully considering whether the risk for a patient outweighs the protection against the coronavirus infection.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=COVID-19: Schwierige Abwägungen bei der Entwicklung von Impfstoffen {{!}} DW {{!}} 19 October 2020|url=https://www.dw.com/de/covid-19-schwierige-abw%C3%A4gungen-bei-der-entwicklung-von-impfstoffen/a-55123033|access-date=6 December 2020|website=DW.COM|language=de-DE}}</ref> In an article in the Austrian newspaper ''[[Falter]]'', Barbara Tóth sees Arvay as a "classic Corona free rider" who also used criticism of the containment measures against COVID-19 as a business model.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aluhut, Globuli und Judenstern|url=https://www.falter.at/zeitung/20200915/aluhut-globuli-und-judenstern|access-date=6 December 2020|website=www.falter.at}}</ref>▼
▲The German [[Virology|virologist]] Stephan Becker, who was involved in the vaccine study in the early stages, did not share Arvay's concerns about a lack of care. For him, the test data in animals and humans showed a desired [[immune response]]. In contrast to Arvay, Becker considered the side effects shown so far to be acceptable, but advised carefully considering whether the risk for a patient outweighs the protection against the coronavirus infection.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=COVID-19: Schwierige Abwägungen bei der Entwicklung von Impfstoffen {{!}} DW {{!}} 19 October 2020|url=https://www.dw.com/de/covid-19-schwierige-abw%C3%A4gungen-bei-der-entwicklung-von-impfstoffen/a-55123033|access-date=6 December 2020|website=DW.COM|language=de-DE|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129051628/https://www.dw.com/de/covid-19-schwierige-abw%C3%A4gungen-bei-der-entwicklung-von-impfstoffen/a-55123033|url-status=live}}</ref> In an article in the Austrian newspaper ''[[Falter]]'', Barbara Tóth sees Arvay as a "classic Corona free rider" who also used criticism of the containment measures against COVID-19 as a business model.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aluhut, Globuli und Judenstern|url=https://www.falter.at/zeitung/20200915/aluhut-globuli-und-judenstern|access-date=6 December 2020|website=www.falter.at|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011093458/https://www.falter.at/zeitung/20200915/aluhut-globuli-und-judenstern|url-status=live}}</ref>
According to the [[Robert Koch Institute]] (RKI), all COVID-19 vaccines approved in the [[European Union]] are safe, effective, and overall have a good risk-benefit profile according to the current state of science (1 April 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=STIKO-Empfehlung zur COVID-19-Impfung|url=https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2021/Ausgaben/16_21.pdf?__blob=publicationFile|url-status=live|access-date=10 April 2021|website=Robert Koch Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408182040/https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2021/Ausgaben/16_21.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-date=8 April 2021 }}</ref>
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Clemens Arvay}}
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clemens_Arvay ResearchGate] Arvay's official page at [[ResearchGate]]
* [https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57200086641 scopus entry of Arvay] ([[h-index]]) at [[Scopus]]
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