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Who Is the Greenest? Germany’s Model Ecological Communities

There is no alternative to a politics of sustainability. German municipalities are vying for the status of a model ecological community.More ...
Computer and Internet: Environmental saviors or climate sinners? Copyright: Juanjo Tugores / fotolia.com

Sustainable IT: Climate Killer Avatar

The start of the information age about a quarter of a century ago was bound up with the hope that modern information and communication technology (ICT) would at last make possible the decoupling of economic growth and resource consumption. Yet the result today is still ambivalent.More ...
Symbolfoto Corporate Social Responsibility; Copyright: picture-alliance

Sustainable business management and CSR: commonly misconceived as a PR measure

Climate protection, the environment and CSR are at the top of the agenda for German corporate PR experts. More ...
Coffee beans as we know them are the two halves of the `seed´ of the coffee cherry. The cherries of the coffee plant change colour from green to yellow to red as they ripen and are ready for harvesting nine to twelve months after flowering. Copyright: TransFair Deutschland e.V.

Fair Trade Products Are in Fashion

Fairly traded products are exchanging their unsophisticated ‘muesli bar’ image for one of lifestyle products.More ...
We use resources as though we had four earths at our disposal; Copyright: Wuppertal Institut / VisLab

The Ecological Rucksack

Climate Change in Figures and Perspectives

In fact, however, we should all be asking how much a T-shirt costs. The "ecological rucksack" model shows just how many kilograms of energy and natural resources go into producing one kilogram of basic material. More ...

Dossier: Sources of Power for the Future

Where lies the future of energy policy?