Waste, chemicals, climate change – all belong together

As we are close to finishing our plastic free July (how have you been doing?), I want to share with you a fascinating project. Photographer Gregg Segal has told people in his surroundings to collect their waste for a week and then he photographed them lying in their waste. Have a look at his art …

Climate Plans between Green Growth and Degrowth

This is the English version of an originally German post which I was able to publish on https://www.postwachstum.de/ as part of my job. I got the approval to share it here with you as well. For everyone who prefers to read the German original, look here: https://www.postwachstum.de/klimaplaene-zwischen-green-growth-und-postwachstum-20200716 Plans upon plans Politicians from different countries and …

Post-growth in the entertainment industry?!

This is the English version of an originally German post which I was able to publish on https://www.postwachstum.de/ as part of my job. I got the approval to share it here with you as well. For everyone who prefers to read the German original, look here: https://www.postwachstum.de/postwachstum-in-der-unterhaltungsbranche-20200706 Influence of the screens on the viewers How …

Corona vs. Zero Waste

Unfortunately, Corona is threatening the Zero Waste movement which had been on the rise before (https://www.treehugger.com/coronavirus-threatening-zero-waste-movement-4847418). Not only single-use masks, which unfortunately many people use and even "dispose" in nature, lead to additional amounts of waste (https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/beruf/hygieneregeln-virenangst-schlaegt-klimaschutz/25912174.html). For sake of "hygiene" many shops started to sell more disposable items again and some even banned reusable …