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Neuerscheinung: Damit wir tun, was wir für richtig halten
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New publication: So that we do what we think is right

oekoroutine-buchcoverThe gap between knowledge and action is often wide. At the beginning of his book "Ökoroutine", Michael Kopatz explains why we often don't do what we think is right: out of routine. Because the here and now determines our actions. Because it is difficult to avoid advertising. Or because living sustainably seems more expensive and more inconvenient in everyday life. Why should I, of all people, cycle more often, fly less, spend more money on organic products?

Appeals and campaigns alone will not bring the necessary change any closer

Kopatz recommends political intervention and raising standards - in animal husbandry, for example, or in agriculture. Appliances must be repairable and energy-efficient refurbishments must be socially just. Kopatz also makes an imaginative plea for new political framework conditions with regard to mobility or regional economic models.

Further information on the "eco-routine" can be found at www.oekoroutine.de.

Michael Kopatz: Ökoroutine - Damit wir tun, was wir für richtig halten, 2016. 416 pages, €24.95

Order at buecher.de



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DE-News, Climate protection, Lifestyle / Consumption, Sustainable management, New books and studies, Sufficiency, Transition Town

40 Jahre Öko-Institut
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40 years of the Öko-Institut

Fig.: Öko-Institut

On 5 November 1977 27 people, including lawyers from the anti-nuclear movement, members of various environmental movements and critical natural scientists, but also economists and representatives of the Protestant Church, founded the Öko-Institut in Freiburg. The aim was to provide the public with independent scientific advice and well-founded expert opinions.

Today, more than 165 employees at the Freiburg, Darmstadt and Berlin sites work across disciplines in the fields of energy and climate protection; immission and radiation protection; agriculture and biodiversity; sustainability in consumption, mobility, resource management and companies; nuclear technology and plant safety, chemicals management and technology assessment as well as law, policy and governance.

2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the Öko-Institut. The independent scientific institute, which works extensively on sustainability issues and plays an active role in shaping environmental policy, is celebrating its anniversary under the motto "We wish for something!"

Link:
http://40.oeko.de



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Stakeholders, DE-News, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, News Blog Berlin, News Blog Hesse

Video (2011) Null-Emissions-Quartier in Bad Aibling
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Video (2011) Zero-emissions quarter in Bad Aibling

nano: Report from 18.2.2011 on SWR "Barracks become eco-town".
5:03 min.

Settlement generates more energy than it consumes. The zero-energy town of Mietraching is being built on the site of a former US military base in Bad Aibling. The settlement is to be powered only by renewable energy.

Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/holz-achtgeschosser-h8-in-bad-aibling



Keywords:
100% EEs, CO2-neutral, Movies, Movies 4 to 10 Min, Wood construction, Barracks conversion, News Blog Bavaria, Quarters

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