...not least as an economic factor. That was the conclusion drawn at an event titled "Climate protection as an innovation driver for the economy" organized recently by Svenja Schulze, Germany's Federal Minister for the Environment. The realization should be reason enough to finally take the foot off the brakes in terms of climate protection and to … [Read more...]
The Michael Succow Foundation turns 20
For two days in early May, a number of people committed to the protection of climate and the environment met in the north-eastern German town of Greifswald to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Michael Succow Foundation. … [Read more...]
The Museum of the Future in Lueneburg – a testing ground for today’s society and tomorrow’s products
The Hamburg Environmental Institute (HUI), a non-profit organisation for the scientific analysis of environmental topics, has acquired a new domain: the Museum of the Future in Lueneburg. The institution, which carries an obvious contradiction in its name, is currently being constructed in a former day care centre on Papenstrasse. Both the owner of … [Read more...]
The Sekem project – sustainability in unstable times
A few years ago, Helmy Abouleish, the manager of Sekem, visited the Cradle to Cradle Congress in Germany. He was convinced that the path his father had chosen for the project was the right one, and that the development it had undergone since 1977 was ample proof for that. … [Read more...]
The fight against disposable plastic in tourism
Most people will by now have seen the frightening images of plastic waste in the oceans. Studies of seabirds have shown that the animals will starve to death in spite of a full stomach – however, it is filled with indigestible pieces of plastic. … [Read more...]
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