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Why are SUVs so damn popular?
For quite a while, SUVs break one sales record after another. A type of vehicle that does not seem to fit in our time at all. Compact, fuel-efficient cars are out of fashion. But why are SUVs so damn popular? Why in heaven’s name people all over the world are buying ever larger cars with ever stronger (and thirstier) engines, when many roads are already congested and parking is scarce? And how does that fit in with the insight that we need to massively reduce our CO2 emissions to save our climate? It would be easy to run SUV bashing for a complete blog article. But confrontation and demarcation does…
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Greenpeace Climate Charge – it concerns us all!
Finally: The federal government of Germany is being sued for its negligence in pursuing its self-imposed climate goals. Anyone living in Germany can apply for participation in the Greenpeace climate charge . In the application, however, you have to explain why you are “directly or even existentially impaired by the consequences of global heating” . Hm, it sounds like climate change is a temporary, limited problem that affects some people and not others. Is that correct? But from the beginning: In 2014, the German federal government set the binding goal of reducing carbon emissions in Germany by 40% compared to 1990 levels until 2020. This was the so-called “Climate Protection…
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Let’s Go On a Journey
I am an incredibly positive, optimistic person by nature. Nevertheless, I am more and more frustrated. I show a lack of understanding about what is going so wrong on our planet, especially with regard to the climate and the environment. I am shocked at the unbelievable stupidity of the human species, which rushes into its own ruin with a run-up and full speed. Nature, no thanks!? Climate change – a foretaste? It wasn’t until this summer that we were able to get a very small foretaste of how it could soon be. And what happened? For the most part it was celebrated!? Instead of realizing that drought results in a…
Sustainable living in times of climate crisis.
