Housing is expensive, especially in cities there is a lack of affordable housing. Build, build, build - politicians are relying on private investors here. They are supposed to solve the housing crisis. However, research by the ARD magazine Panorama shows that new private apartments are often unaffordable.
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"With all kinds of regulations, cities want to ensure sufficient and cheap parking spaces. But economically this is nonsense. It is higher earners who are subsidised. Parking thus becomes a question of justice."
Billions from pensions will be invested more sustainably and no longer used for fossil energies Today, Thursday, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU officially announced their agreement on new EU rules for occupational pensions. Thanks to the persistence of Green shadow rapporteur Bas Eickhout, we were able to make important demands in the [...]
Question: The energy transition has entered a new phase with the EEG reform of summer 2014. How do you assess the current situation? Nina Scheer: The question of when it entered a new phase cannot always be identified so precisely. In any case, it was marked out in the coalition agreement, and it was given legal form [...].
The Federal City of Bonn has successfully applied to participate in the model project "Globally Sustainable Municipality in NRW". The project is carried out by the state working group AGENDA 21 NRW e.V. in cooperation with the Service Agency Communities in One World / Engagement Global. Bonn is one of 16 municipalities in NRW that [...]
The Federal Environment Ministry's funding programme now offers more opportunities for your climate protection projects. With new funding priorities and improved funding for financially weak municipalities, the offer has been significantly expanded. A separate funding priority has been introduced for the renovation of day-care centres, schools, youth leisure facilities, sports facilities and swimming pools. The chances of receiving funding are good, because so far [...]
In addition to the well-known ecological footprint, which describes the use of biocapacity by the population (in Germany about 2.5 times the available area), an attempt is currently being made with funds from the Ministry of Education and Research to develop an ecological handprint for positive sustainability effects. This is intended to orient consumers in the direction of a [...]
Europe's largest passive house in timber construction is located in Lübeck. It serves as a new workplace for 430 employees of the local public utility company. According to the client, the timber construction method was no more expensive than a conventional mineral wet construction method - also because an intelligent fire protection concept meant that it was not necessary to clad the timber components.
Since September 2014, Wagner Solar, a solar pioneer from Cölbe, has been a subsidiary of Sanderink Holding under the leadership of Dutch entrepreneur Gerard Sanderink. The business operations are continued under the name Wagner Solar GmbH. The managing director is Brigitte van Egten, a lawyer with experience in the industry.
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The film "In Transition 2.0" (OmU; 65 min) shows examples from the Transition world (including Japan, New Zealand, India, England, the USA and many more) about the diversity and positive power of the Transition movement and the projects on the ground.
