sustainability Vacation resorts rely on environmental awareness Norderney is a popular travel destination - large parts of the North Sea island are protected. © Kleeschulte Photography / Shutterstock.com When traveling, environmental awareness is becoming more and more important. Holidays in your home country can often be made sustainable. Is "Soft Tourism" the Future of Travel? The term refers to the consideration for nature, the intensive experience of the environment and the adaptation to the culture of the travel destination. More...
Unable to prevent the day of "Black Friday" from taking place, the activists of the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) did everything to disrupt this day as much as possible, a symbol for them of the “obsession with overconsumption”. The organization has thus organized blockades of distribution centers of the giant Amazon in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe as a sign of protest. The 13 British sites targeted early in the morning represent, according to Extinction Rebellion, more...
It is one of the most sensitive points of the GPSO, Grand Projet du Sud-Ouest, which provides for a high-speed line between Bordeaux and Toulouse by 2030, and between Bordeaux and Dax in a second phase. The environmental footprint of the project is the subject of muscular passes, between pro and anti-LGV. As the Ceser sums it up (Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council) Nouvelle-Aquitaine, “this project is at the heart of contradictory issues that must be balanced”. The organization...
Turn of the year German environmental aid wants fireworks ban on New Year's Eve - doctor calls firecrackers and rockets "nonsense" New Year's Eve fireworks in Cologne (archive image) © Christophe Gateau / DPA Hardly anyone denies that fireworks and firecrackers are not necessarily sensible. But there is a dispute over the question of whether this form of fun has to be accepted despite the noise and injuries. The fronts are still hardened, compromises hardly in sight: Some want to...
Status: 11/17/2021 5:45 p.m. The EU Commission wants to use stricter rules to ensure that forests are protected from deforestation and that the export of waste to third countries is more strictly regulated. The member countries still have to agree. By Jakob Mayr, ARD-Studio Brussels Anyone who eats a steak in Berlin, drinks a coffee in Rome or buys a leather jacket in Paris can damage forests in the rest of the world. Because in order to manufacture such products...
Once Upon a Time in America. The largest lake in the state of California was created by accident. Or rather: through a mishap and dilettantism. In 1905, after heavy rains, the water masses of the Colorado River poured into a depression in the Colorado desert through incorrectly laid canals and a broken dam. Only after two years could the leak finally be repaired and the unwanted diversion of the water stopped. In the meantime, an artificial lake had been created...
City leaders and tenant representatives are concerned about a ruling by the Federal Administrative Court. They see an important instrument of tenant protection in danger: the municipal right of first refusal. The court ruled in the last instance that the right of first refusal exercised by a Berlin district office in an area with a milieu protection statute was not lawful. According to the judgment, a right of first refusal is excluded if a plot of land is developed in...
It is the 14th time that the "Environmental Photographer of the Year" (EPOTY) has been awarded. Once again this year, photographers from all over the world competed for the award with their environmental photographs. In total, the jury evaluated over 7,000 photos from more than 120 countries that were submitted for the competition. Focus on the environment and people The award aims to provide an international platform that draws attention to the environmental problems that threaten our planet. The contributions...
environmental Protection The cruise industry aims to become climate neutral by 2050 The cruise industry is sticking to its goal and wants to become climate neutral by 2050. Photo: Mohssen Assanimoghaddam / dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH Compared to container shipping, cruises only represent a fraction of ocean shipping. Nonetheless, the industry with its huge floating hotels is always particularly criticized. According to its own account, the cruise industry is stepping up its efforts in the fight against climate change. Despite...
D.he Green top has admitted mistakes in the coalition negotiations with the SPD and FDP on climate protection. "In some places, the exploratory paper unfortunately still lacks the necessary clarity," said a letter from the entire party and parliamentary group leadership to eight environmental associations that was available to the Reuters news agency. "Here we will use the negotiations that are now beginning at the technical level in order to achieve what is necessary in our common interest." A lot...
