The packaging madness: How do we stop the plastic flood?
08/19/2021 ∙ Quarks
to the video in German (ardmediathek.de)
Its production and incineration produces climate-damaging CO2, it pollutes rivers and beaches, and huge plastic whirlpools float in the sea. In the end, microplastics are created, which also end up in the human body. Quarks shows what needs to happen to stop the flood of plastic and promote recycling.
Climate researcher Sonia Seneviratne contributed to the latest assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As she highlights here, the new report clearly demonstrates that we can’t afford to lose any more time when it comes to climate change.
>To the full article in English and German (futureblog of ethz.ch)
What is the state of the art regarding climate change?
You check it out here (watson.ch, in German)
It' about time management, just try it out!
Pomodoro Technique (wikipedia.org)
Pomodoro tracker tool needed? (pomodoro-tracker.com)More...
Do we need a "managed austerity" (gesteuerte Sparsamkeit)?
Picture above: "The term cloud suggests that data will fly through the sky, but it takes a lot of rare raw materials": In the server room of a data centre.
Read the full article in German:
Birgit-Mahnkopf-gesteuerte-Sparsamkeit_2021-07-15.pdf (1.13 mb)
About the author Birgit Mahnkopf, political scientist (wikipedia.org)
Source: woz.ch
DE - Die Wahrheit über die Wattangaben von Elektrofahrrädern
To the website for understanding electric bike terms (electric-e-bicycles.com)
* Amp Hours * Volts * Watts = Volts x Amps * Watt Hours (Wh) *
Full article in German "Redesigning the city - climate neutral" (moneta.ch)
In short: Lausanne has presented an ambitious climate plan: By 2030, petrol and diesel-powered cars are to be banned from the city and private motorised transport halved. Can the Vaudois capital achieve this? The will is there, but the challenges are huge.