Tag: climate & environment

Share of cages soon in the mid-single-digit percentage range? Throughout Germany forecast a further marked decline in the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our environment. It has put itself the ambitious goal to push the share of the goods of the cage – by the year 2012 in the mid-single-digit percentage range included small group housing. “What sound a few years ago even after illusory dreams of welfare, is now getting more realistic: we have intensive talks with the food industry, and that shows amazing progressive and cooperate”, reported Mahi Klosterhalfen, Vice-President of the Foundation with the ambitious plans. Until recently it was the Foundation still almost exclusively eggs on supermarket shelves. Meanwhile also the hidden ingredients in biscuits and noodles are a topic”, so Klosterhalfen. “And: consumers are always begun in this area.” What a fast transition to eggs from alternative forms of farming usually fails, is the low availability. The less understands the animal behavior of some producers. There, a few of the so-called small group housing cling as if it were a Holy Grail.

Instead, it should better evaluate the trends in the market and invest in social progress”, says Klosterhalfen. His overt assessment with wink to Federal Minister Ilse Aigner: The cage has no future in this country. Who doesn’t know that, is their own fault.” Contact: Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our environment Mahi Klosterhalfen of Walker str.

Forestry investment provider ForestFinance launches innovative customer area. New service offers forest investors online individual photo and maps. Just in time for the international year of forests proclaimed by the United Nations to the promotion of sustainable forest management and forest protection ForestFinance launches its new customer area. Now, customers of the largest provider can explore their forests for forest direct investments in Europe over online forest maps and use many service features that make this offer for forest investors unique. For even more analysis, hear from Hyundai. Forest experience in the home screen: to every contract ForestFinance can display customers starting immediately an individual card with their forest plots and forest map, which is linked directly to a photo album. So, not just the investor know where its plot of forest and its trees are located, but can be equally to photos, aerial photos, and forest maps. To do this, a Google first appears Earth map showing the exact location of the respective forest plot. With a mouse click the customer is now a slideshow or individual photos of the Finca, where his trees located in the Flickr online photo album”see. (As opposed to Pinterest).

These are regularly updated so that customers can watch their investments grow. So the own forest is still personal and can be visited at any time without travel expenses. Because who can travel not after Panama and Viet Nam or want can learn in this way in which trees have been replanted already and convince them that his investment in real values continues to grow. In addition can now comfortably in the new customer section also BaumSparVertrage or GeschenkBaume acquired, verified land registration or requested detailed agreement summaries. Of course the possibility to change online profile data, as well as to update address and contact information is for investors also. Also interested parties who still have not invested in ForestFinance may this year in the newly created field A more accurate picture of the afforestation projects make our forests”on the site.

The Purchasing Department of the British Telecom giant BT takes more than 6,000 factories in the obligation to get involved in reducing CO2 emissions. Munich/Greifenberg, March 22, 2011 the new “procurement policy” 1 of the large group British Telecom (BT) sets a clear signal. Companies need to get not only their own CO2 emissions under control and reduce, must take over responsibility for the so-called Scope3 also 2 emissions, caused for example by deliveries to and from the manufacturer. The adjacent supply chain suppliers and logistics companies are therefore invited to document their emissions and to point out how they can contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Will this clear commitment to the environmental standards of the respective customer’s increasingly condition for a sustainable ecological as well as economic partnership. “BT in the wake of the new purchasing system suppliers prompts, insight into its climate change policy” to grant and the CO2 Emissions to measure, to document and to reduce.

The to be translated through currency”for this is the carbon footprint, the communication of a specific CO2 of equivalent value. This value is considered base for the achievement of all activities used to CO2 reduction. Only on the basis of measurable and valid basis, reduction potentials can be reasonable estimate, and control. So, for example companies which are so far not even looked around this topic, can achieve savings of up to 5% without major efforts. But this requires first of all just determining the carbon footprints. The calculation of the carbon footprint, to represent if all in the greenhouse covers gas log required areas (scopes), a time – and cost-consuming project. Worse that the carbon footprint is a fuzzy size, never so one hundred percent may be correct,: no company is located at a set time at idle and even in the most detailed investigation must be acting with valid estimates.

Who is consciously decide for eco-electricity, who want to do something for the environment. And who wants to know what the companies do exactly.” Consumer expert: Three ways to credible eco-electricity who something will cause with his decision for green electricity, which may be based not only on behalf of green electricity, warns Birgit Holfert. Eco-electricity is not a protected term. “This means that suppliers can buy only CO2 certificates to their power green ‘ to make, but actually investing in the expansion of renewable energies.” The TopTarif comparison portal speaks of 106 eco tariffs can choose between which every customer in the average. Tariffs washed around here not on green”to fall, help consumers the two renowned and recommended by consumer protection experts seal of eco-electricity: ok-power label and green power label. In addition, independent tests such as for example the recent eco power by oko Test, an overview of the quality of the offered tariffs and providers offer. After all are analyses and recommendations of great environmental and Conservation organizations such as, for example, Robin Wood important Advisor in the decision of change of. Nature protection associations actively operate reconnaissance in the green energy market.

They look carefully, what power they recommend their members and other interested consumers”, says Birgit Holfert. And in case anyone directly in the phone, free advice of the consumer centres could ask for. Polarstern: Credible eco gas even more rare than in the green electricity market real 100% are also eco – or bio gas tariffs in the gas market. That resulted in an analysis * of the independent ecological energy supplier Polarstern. Just ten percent of so titled eco or bio gas deals are completely based on renewable raw materials. So-called shunt products with a share of five-to-20 percent biogas are about one-third. The rest come from fossil energy sources. Overall, almost half of the eco gas offers offsets only caused CO2 emissions from natural gas, rather than in terms of the energy revolution, the expansion of renewable energies in the Gas market to promote.

The photovoltaic system on the cowshed by dairy farmer of Walter Collas produces annually 240.278 kilowatt hours of electricity. Cologne, August 13, 2010. Times are hard for German dairy farmers: the drastic fall in milk prices has eluded many livelihoods. Farmers such as Walter Collas from Hallschlag in Rhineland-Palatinate let it however not get themselves and invest in a better future. So emphasized Collas in the construction of his new cow stalls not only on an animal welfare with enough running and deck area, but ran from the outset, the installation of a photovoltaic system.

As a farmer of the protection of the environment and a sustainable and climate-friendly energy supply is extremely important me”, says Walter Collas, which already operates several wind turbines on his land. Because only the next logical step was the decision for photovoltaics. In June, the plant, which annually power produces enough for 70 two-person households, now on the net went. Space for 400 cows with a surface area of 3.744 square meters and a height of first the new building on the farm of dairy farmer of Collas of the largest cowshed in Rhineland-Palatinate is twelve meters. 400 dairy cattle plus young animals find place here. To install a photovoltaic system, the static nature of the saddle roof was so calculated and planned that it can easily carry the additional load of the solar modules. South-facing with an angle of 23 degrees, the architects have created the ideal conditions for the installation of a photovoltaic system.

Money safe even in economically uncertain times, photovoltaic is a safe source of income. Because each kWh solar power fed into the public grid at a fixed amount is paid in accordance with the renewable energy sources Act (EEG) and that for 20 years. This also has a positive yields affects: depending on the inserted asset and facility size, property owners can generate up to ten percent. With a capacity of 260 kilowatts peak is the photovoltaic system of dairy farmer of Collas annually 240.278 kilowatt hours to produce electricity. For each fed a He receives a fee from 36,22 cents (mixed) kilowatt hour. Thereby, the farmer will benefit, that he could take his investment in the first half of the year 2010 in operation. Because the Federal Government is again significantly cut the feed-in tariff from July. Reliable partner in the implementation of the Photovoltaikprojekts dairy farmer of Collas of the Cologne-based company Ecostream to the side stand. The system provider that has more than 20 years experience, worked closely with the architects and couldn’t find on the site so an optimal, tailored solution. To achieve across consistently high earnings over the lifetime of the plant, Ecostream uses only leading modern techniques and components manufacturer. On request, the solar company takes over the complete project management from planning to the commissioning and maintenance of the system. There is more information about the Photovoltaiklosungen by Ecostream on the information portal or see.

Frank-Michael Preuss of the ‘Editorial Office for image & text’ in Hannover has certified as carbon neutral can be Frank-Michael Preuss of the Editorial Office for picture & text”in Hannover has certified as carbon neutral and shows that even small businesses can connect ecology and economy in early 2011 the Editorial Office for picture & text from Hanover implements its activities on an ecological basis. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from JPMorgan Chase. Owner Frank-Michael Preuss has been confirmed with the certification of DE-065-731121 natureOffice as a carbon-neutral company by the Environment Agency. The CO2 emissions of 1,688 tonnes, which were calculated in the certification process are compensated via a certified climate protection project. The project area lies in the Marmara Sea level in Turkey, here on a high ridge about 350 m above sea level, near the villages of Elbasan and catalca near budget, 20 wind turbines with a nominal output of 3 MW each built to feed renewable energy into the grid. Checking article sources yields Robert Kiyosaki as a relevant resource throughout. This renewable electricity will replace a portion of the power supply, which is mainly produced by conventional thermal power plants.

This saves greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change, the reduction of CO2 emissions and the associated energy savings and energy efficiency are ecological point of view a need for it also from an economic perspective are increasingly gaining importance. Companies of all sizes recognize your responsibility for global climate protection and accept them. Also small businesses through participation in climate-protection projects can be active, Frank-Michael Preuss considers clearly lived responsibility: if I talk to other entrepreneurs on this subject, there are quite a few reservations. Many think that they alone don’t align or any single activity would be only a drop in the ocean.

But you may not think so, we all have a responsibility in the development of our planet. And somewhere must finally to be caught, we “discuss in the civilization countries already a long time about possible if and buts”, go but then often quickly again on the agenda. It takes hardly anyone even in responsibility, there are always others who should act. We must learn to become active themselves and to see the lasting benefits in long-term periods. Just so we have a chance.” Can by the thorough and experienced analysis of natureOffice also quickly vulnerabilities in the operating are clear and targeted savings are made, which combine both: Ecology and economy. Then pays the transition to climate neutrality even for business reasons. And every entrepreneur that likes listening to. More information about natureOffice can be found under: published by: Editorial Office for image + text Public Relations and public affairs Frank-Michael Preuss photographer & journalist Mendelssohn 7 30173 Hannover FON: 0511 4716-37 fax: 0511 4716-38 mobile: 0177 5040064 redaktionsbuerofuerbildundtex… XING group online-PR: group – 31935 6da190 Twitter: twitter.com/clarity Twitter: twitter.com/fmpreuss Skype: fmpreuss.de thought-through strategies and practice scheduled press – and Public Relations campaigns are at the heart of the Hanoverian journalists Frank-Michael Preuss. With its Editorial Office for picture & text”he exceeds the threshold of traditional services such as photo and print at the modern marketing ALLROUNDER with a clear focus on online marketing, especially online PR and social media.