Information materials

13112022

REIMAGINING CITIES

City and accomodation, Information materials

Can we imagine a future where every city and its citizens claim a deep connection with its surroundings, history, heritage, culture, knowledge systems and the commons? A future where every individual shares a convivial and compassionate relationship with each other and the rest of nature? A future where its people are taken care of and journey towards a more inclusive and just world? This article seeks to explore some of the activities and processes that can be worked out in a city space from an individual action level to the community level and a governance level to achieve the same, through some of the existing initiatives in the country.

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08112022

Chased through the exhaust: Right technology, wrong purpose

Energy, Information materials

A mega power plant in Patagonia produces green hydrogen and then synthetic gasoline from it. But that sets the wrong course.

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23102022

TWO BOTTLES ARE A LOAF OF BREAD

Culture and identity, Information materials

For seven years now, querstadtein has been offering tours through Berlin led by formerly homeless people in a way that very few people know.

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21102022

Exit

Energy, Information materials

What actually happens to car dealerships when internal combustion engines are a thing of the past? They could become transformation agencies for a traffic turnaround, says the mobility house Golbeck in north-east Berlin. And do it yourself.

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18102022

“We can’t yet imagine the positive future”

Environment and development, Information materials

In an interview, the psychotherapist Katharina van Bronswijk talks about the lack of solutions in climate debates, misconceptions and the influence of global warming on our brain.

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16102022

LIVING BIOREGIONALLY, NOW

Environment and development, Information materials

Ashish Kothari, Juan Manuel Crespo and Shrishtee Bajpai discussed the idea in an article for Open Democracy * earlier this year, stating that “Bioregionalism is based on the understanding that the geographic, climatic, hydrological and ecological attributes of nature support all life, and their flows need to be respected.”

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06102022

Digital Futures – Scenarios for fair and inclusive digital futures

Culture and identity, Information materials

Climate justice, diversity, inclusion of identities and generations – what does it take for our values to be reflected in the digital space of the future? This question was the focus of a fishbowl discussion at the end of the first day of the Digital Futures Gathering Berlin.

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03102022

Ecocide, a new crime for a global crime

Environment and development, Information materials

In recent years, the inclusion of a fifth crime in the scope of the International Criminal Court has gained strength: ecocide. Different groups of jurists and environmentalists advocate the inclusion of this crime not only in the Rome Statute, but in all kinds of national and regional legislation so that the courts have greater weight in protecting the environment.Ver completo

26092022

THE PEOPLE WANT LESS! – LESS ENERGY

Energy, Environment and development, Information materials

In 2008, the people of Zurich voted for the 2000-watt society energy initiative. Since then, the city administration has developed into an ecological role model and is preparing Zurich for change with instinct and reason.

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25092022

Federal Environmental Agency counts supermarkets

Economy and market, Information materials

The large German food retailers are already committed to sustainability in their operations, but the Federal Environment Agency sees potential that is not being fully exploited. There is a lot of catching up to do, for example when it comes to product range design.

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