2:52 min, 9.11.2014
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/hundertwasserhaus-in-wien
The state of Baden-Württemberg is setting an example in climate protection: by 2040 at the latest, the state administration is to operate in a climate-neutral manner. The new Climate Protection Foundation supports it in this by using the interest on its share capital to promote research and development as well as educational projects in the field of climate protection. In addition, the state, municipalities, companies and all citizens can offset their CO2 emissions through compensation payments and thus become climate neutral. The cooperation partner will be the non-profit climate protection organisation myclimate Germany.
Stuttgart, December 29, 2020 - On January 1, 2021, the new Climate Protection Foundation under the umbrella of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation will officially begin its work. The Baden-Württemberg Climate Protection Foundation is endowed with a capital of 49.5 million euros and supports the state administration in its goal of climate neutrality by 2040, offsetting the CO2 emissions of official air travel of state ministries, subordinate authorities and universities. Companies, districts and municipalities as well as all citizens can also make compensation payments to the foundation. For the simple calculation and direct compensation of CO2 emissions, the state is currently having an app developed under the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior. The assets of the Climate Protection Foundation are invested sustainably by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Finance as part of the asset management of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. Further information, including the foundation's statutes, can be found at Klimaschutzstiftung BadenWürttemberg - BW Foundation.
"I am very pleased that we can now get started with the Baden-Württemberg Climate Protection Foundation. We must not neglect the international climate goals even in times of the Corona pandemic - and with the Climate Protection Foundation we are making an important contribution to Baden-Württemberg," says Christoph Dahl, Managing Director of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. "The state is thus taking on a pioneering role, as no other federal state can boast a comparable foundation."
Strategic partnership with myclimate Germany The Carbon Offset Foundation will establish carbon offset projects with its own team, into which the offsets can flow. In addition, the foundation will develop its own educational and research projects. The strategic partner will be myclimate Germany, one of the leading providers of CO2 offsetting and carbon offset consulting based in Reutlingen. myclimate Germany supports the Carbon Offset Foundation Baden-Württemberg primarily through strategic consulting, the calculation of CO2 emissions, and the implementation of CO2 offsetting. myclimate provides CO2 certificates from carbon offset projects that are certified according to the strictest quality standards and supports the Carbon Offset Foundation in the development and implementation of its own carbon offset projects, both regionally and internationally.
More information under
myclimate Germany - Your partner for climate protection
Keywords:
DE-News, Funding, Climate protection, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Environmental policy
at the Sustainable Procurement Symposium in Dortmund on 26 August 2021
The Sustainable Procurement Day is a platform for exchange for procurers and decision-makers from municipalities, private and public institutions as well as churches and companies. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze is the patron. The Agency for Renewable Resources e. V. (FNR), project management agency of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will be represented with a workshop on the topic of "Public building and renovation with wood - the right way to tender for timber construction projects" in addition to the stand "The renewable office".
Climate-friendly construction, renovation and insulation with sustainable materials is becoming more and more common practice in public building projects as well. Sustainable municipal management includes the building sector - keyword climate-neutral municipality/administration. Wood as a building material has become the focus of attention in recent years, and there are many reasons for this: Wood stores CO2Depending on the degree of prefabrication, it can considerably shorten construction times and, due to its low dead weight, is ideal for adding storeys, e.g. in the case of redensification in urban development.
However, in order to successfully launch public timber construction projects, a targeted award procedure is crucial. This is because even during the planning and tendering stages, it is important to take into account the significant differences compared to solid construction, e.g. in terms of timing, the submission of building applications and the timely involvement of timber construction expertise.
Participation in the symposium and the FNR construction contracting workshop is free of charge. Registration is required.
When: 26 August 2021, 11:30 - 12:45 hrs
Where: Dortmund, Sustainable Procurement Day, Westfalenhallen (North Entrance), Strobelallee 45, 44139 Dortmund
Who? Buyers, procurers, staff from building offices, contracting & building contracting officers
Registration: https://nachhaltige-beschaffung.org/tickets
Further information:
The workshop complements the current FNR seminar series "On course for the future: public building with wood", which is carried out within the framework of the Charter for Wood 2.0 and in cooperation with the municipal umbrella organisations and the Wood Information Service. The offer is free of charge. Further information on the seminar series can be found at: https://veranstaltungen.fnr.de/holzbau.
Keywords:
Procurement, DE-News, Wood construction, Climate protection, NaWaRohs, News Blog NRW
3:16 min may 2019
Aerial photos taken by a drone show the status of implementation in May 2019. The Platensiedlung in Ginnheim (Frankfurt am Main) will have 2 storeys added without additional land sealing and the existing buildings will be renovated to make them more energy efficient.
The project is the largest redensification of a housing estate in Frankfurt for many years and currently probably the largest project of its kind in Germany (as of 28.05.2019).
Link: http://sdg21.eu/db/platensiedlung-frankfurt
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Building materials / Construction, Stock, Soil & land consumption, DE-News, Movies, Movies < 4 Min, Wood construction, Communities, Media, News Blog Hesse, Settlements, Housing policy, Ecology
The ecovillage Sieben Linden has its own Youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXjeUJLywVSoh8de2bbvOw/featured
There are several films about the ecovillage.
In addition to the motivation and background of the ecovillage movement, the film also gives a good impression of the Sieben Linden ecovillage.
The text on vimeoHow can a world beyond growth, competition and profit look like? The multimedia project "Degrowth in Bewegung(en)" shows which initiatives and movements develop and live social, ecological and democratic alternatives.
In the ecovillage Sieben Linden we met Christiane Kliemann, who tells us in an interview what makes an ecovillage, how ecovillages are politically engaged and where the relation to degrowth is.
Here you can go directly to the article "The Ecovillage Movement: Degrowth as a lived reality?" by Christiane Kliemann: degrowth.com/en/dib/degrowth-in-movements/oekodoerfer/"
Film excerpt from "A New Us - Ecovillages and Ecological Communities in Europe" by Stefan Wolf.
(2011)
DVD edition of "Life under palms"
www.menschen-träume-taten.de
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/oekodorf-sieben-linden
Keywords:
Greening / climate adaptation, Movies, Movies 11 to 45 Min, Near-natural open space design, News Blog Saxony-Anhalt, Permaculture, Transition Town, urban gardening, Housing projects
