Archiv für den Monat: November 2016

Each of us makes some difference every day

Powerful message and text from Dr Jane Goodall

„Post Election 2016: What’s Next?“
I agree 100% with her:
„[be] prepared to work even harder to do what is right for people, other animals and Planet Earth. And be prepared to stand up and speak out for our beliefs.“

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„each of us makes some difference – every day. We all have a choice as to what sort of difference we make“

So: What difference do you want to make?
🙂

#StartWith1Thing

https://www.facebook.com/notes/dr-jane-goodall/post-election-2016-whats-next/10154790121332171/

„Repair Friday“ instead of „Black Friday“

„Repair Friday“ instead of „Black Friday“.

Yesterday „Black Friday“ started in the US and people usually go shopping and spend a fortune on … new stuff, new clothes, new items.
In 2014, people in the US spent 50.9 billion US dollars on and around the Black Friday.
Suggestion for you: Instead of buying something new, repair something yourself or bring it to a repair service, e.g. an „Änderungsschneiderei“ or a „Schuhservice“.
This helps the environment and also your local ec…onomy.

PS: Picture shows my pair of pumps. My nice shoe repair service really did a good job this week. 🙂 BTW: It does pay out to buy higher quality clothes and shoes which last longer and can also be repaired.

Possibly intersting for non-Germans: For Germans, the „Schwarzer Freitag“ is nothing nice at all, but that word refers to the stockmarket collapse back on a Friday in October 1929 (which then also caused the global crisis and finally then led to the political changes and the second World War). In Europe, that day was a Friday, in the US, it was still Thursday.
Therefore: The US „Black Thursday“ is the German „Schwarzer Freitag“.

#RefuseReduceReuseRepairRecycle
#StartWith1Thing
#LetsChangeTheWorld

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Throwing away 1000 EUR each year

This week is the „European Week for Waste Reduction “ and the Bundesregierung Facebook page of the German government is asking for your ideas.

Just some food for thought:
– Every hour 320,000 single use coffee-to-go cups end up in the trash in Germany
– We produce 43 million tons of Restmüll in Germany each year
– Each household with 4 people throws away food for 935 EUR per year

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What are your ideas to save our planet?

#LetsChangeTheWorld
#RefuseReduceReuseRepairRecycle
#StartWith1Thing

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