In Samuel Schabel's laboratory at the Technical University of Darmstadt, an apparatus that looks like a food processor often rattles. In the bowl of the silver-colored device, however, a stirring rod does not whisk together flour, eggs and milk, but water and scraps of paper, cardboard or cardboard. "Paper is a great material and the basic substance cellulose is an important renewable resource," enthuses Schabel. Unlike most plastics, it is biodegradable and easy to recycle. "You just throw it in...
from Oliver Meiler, RomeThe curse with Giorgia Meloni is that she's nice. And often funny, and self-deprecating. Even those who don't like them think so. Empathy isn't everything, God forbid, especially in politics. But she's not nothing either. source site
Of Josef KelnbergerMP Marc Tarabella, 59, has repeatedly amazed his colleagues in the European Parliament with his knowledge of human nature. Whether at the entrance control or in the canteen: the Belgian knows many employees by their first names, he has a casual saying for everyone. His favorite thing to talk about is football, everyone knows he's an Inter Milan supporter. His strongest political weapon, said a longtime companion these days, are his jokes. But now nobody laughs at Marc...
Plastic, real fir, organic or with roots and a pot: which Christmas tree is the most sustainable? An overview. A Christmas without a tree is unthinkable for many people. Around 27 million are sold in Germany every year. But in times of the climate crisis, the question arises: Which tree is best for the environment? The artificial tree Basically, plastic is bad for nature. Because the PVC or polyethylene contained in the artificial Christmas tree is not biodegradable. Nevertheless, an...
National team Flick plans friendly matches overseas - trip to the USA in autumn? Planning an overseas trip with the DFB team: national coach Hansi Flick. photo © Thomas Boecker/DFB/dpa Hansi Flick is still working on the World Cup. But the focus is on the international match year 2023. The national team may travel to America. Hansi Flick is pushing ahead with his plans for the countdown to the 2024 home European Championship and is apparently also thinking of a...
Soon the end of the trip. Emmanuel Macron ends his state visit to the United States this Friday with a symbolic detour to (very French) New Orleans. Before that, on Thursday, he was received with great fanfare with his wife, Brigitte, at the White House by the Biden couple.The two men gave a press conference together where they displayed their agreement on Ukraine and the climate, but there was no question for Joe Biden to apologize for American economic policy....
Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Prince William were greeted with boos at a basketball game in Boston. You can see how the two reacted in the video.Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Prince William were greeted with boos at a basketball game in Boston. You can see how the two reacted in the video.source site
Dry pet food is significantly more environmentally friendly than wet food. This is the result of a study on the ecological footprint of food for dogs and cats in Brazil. The dry food of a dog weighing ten kilograms causes an average of 828 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents per year - based on the Brazilian food supply. If the same dog is fed wet food, its footprint is 6541 kilograms of CO2 equivalent - almost eight times as...
Of Miriam HauckGoogling, streaming, digging for cryptocurrencies: digitization consumes a lot of electricity. Data centers are the main energy guzzlers, of which more and more are being built, and which have to be constantly cooled down when they are not in the Arctic Circle. But not only that: eight to ten percent of the global electricity consumption is currently used for the manufacture and operation of digital devices, by 2025 it could even be 20 percent. In view of such...
And in the middle flows a… fountain! Welcome to Epinay-sur-Seine, a charming town of 57,000 souls, right in the heart of Seine-Saint-Denis... We leave the rest of the pitch to Stéphane Plazza and we go to the middle of the towers to discover Place René-Clair and its dry fountain. “We say dry but in fact, it's wet! », Slips into a laugh, Eugénie Ponthier, deputy mayor, delegate for urban ecology.In fact, this name is due to the very architecture of...
