On 7th April the Ocean Cleanup non-profit organisation accomplished a milestone of 200.000 kg of plastic removed from the ocean.It all started as a vision from Bojan Slat to get plastic out of the Ocean in 2011, when he was 16. Since then, he achieved with his team to introduce…
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Climate activists
Easter season is approaching and you and your family/friends are getting ready for vacation. You get your holiday approved by your employer, you are selecting a place to go – ie North Italy – and you start to plan. As a matter of fact, you decide to take the car.…
Climate…What I have to do with it (and maybe you…)
Over the last 10 years I fundamentally changed my view about climate, climate change and what I have to do with it.Before this time I was a solid bystander. I was able to contribute in discussions but in essence it was something that had not much to do with me…
Going shopping & the environment
Just a very quick one for all of us – if you go shopping into your grocery have a look where the products are coming from and just by your own judgement decide whether it makes sense to buy actually blueberries from Spain or asparagus from Peru. There is no…
Berlin – climate neutral 2030…part II
Well..yesterday Berlin voted and the referendum was not successful. Why? Because just 30% (!!!) went voting! There had been just about 900K voters out of which 51% were voting for the referendum.Guess the other 1.6M voters enjoyed a nice Sunday…most likely some debating what could be done about climate change…
Berlin – climate neutral 2030…
Today the Berlin citizens are asked to vote a referendum to become climate neutral in 2030 instead of 2045.The actual Berlin Senat is declining this initiative in total. Time, money and people would be missing to get this done in 7 years. In addition it is not only the duty…
Media & Climate…
Anybody wondering why the general sentiment in the media towards climate changing initiatives is still conservative or even sceptical/critical?I am getting this every single day and the media ist replaceable…New York Times, CNN, German newspaper FAZ & SZ, German broadcaster ZDF, ARD and literally ANY privately owned media company. And…
What is missing?
Day-in day-out you hear about the struggle to make decisions that will have immediate and positive impact for the environment. Retire coal, produce & consume food regionally, limit air travel, environmental education for kids from the first years,…It must be hard to structure all these decisions in the right order…