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10,000 euro for the best ideas for separating waste Berlin, November 4, 2011. Berlin creative and innovative thinkers until November 15 in the idea competition of the participation campaign Trenntwende “take part. Due to the great success and the huge interest of the Berliners and Berlin, the organizers of the campaign have decided to extend the contest period to a week. The Trenntwende with over 100 applications is a success already before the expiry of the original deadline. All information about the competition and the participation form find prospective customers on. In the three categories of educational institutions, businesses and private households, organizers are looking for the best ideas and projects in the areas of waste reduction and separation. It will be awarded to the best contributions with prizes worth a total of more than 10,000 euros.

Received contributions show: Berlin is ready for the Trenntwende which show competition entries so far, how much creative and innovative potential in the areas of waste reduction and waste separation in the capital is available. So, students and pupils of Neukolln plan to reduce their waste by they want plastic cartridges of ink fillers in the future. If you would like to know more about Wayne Holman, then click here. An art installation in a Berlin Gallery wants to confront the visitors in an unusual way with their daily consumption of plastic and filled with more than 6,000 plastic bags to a swimming pool. Or the project of Green jeans”, in which paper is created from old jeans fabrics. The Trenntwende shows: Berlin is full of ideas and projects that are creative and engaged engaged in the topic of waste. The special feature of the competition is the sustainability. By the Fund of Trenntstadt Berlin the capital city can, with promoting their ideas become reality if there is sufficient in the competition for a place on the podium. All information about the competition and the entry form is located on.

The need of the EEG – energy planning in Germany and Europe because the export-strong Germany due to its cheap euro flooded the industrial world markets, stirs resistance in the low-growth countries. No less highly subsidized cheap energy from Germany in its neighbouring countries, the Netherlands, Austria and the Switzerland flows for over a year. Europe is experiencing a growing chaos in the energy markets at least one hundred days. Then can be expected that with the draft to the renewable energies Act (EEG) a European framework exists which can be used in the practice of the States. The EEG is urgently needed as the basis for a permanent serious energy planning, not only in Germany but across Europe. At the moment the green energy highly subsidized by the taxpayers flooded”beyond the German borders and destroyed even the energy planning in the Alpine countries Austria and of Switzerland. There are in the Alps billion projects in construction, using Pumped storage power plants to ensure the supply of cheaper energy at any time.

As it currently stands, is the dream of the moated castle of Alps’ largely dreamed at least in regard to the energy supply, because the cheap energy from Germany destroys the energy autonomy of the Alpine countries. EU energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger is concerned about this development. The rise in energy prices should not be influenced by an electricity price brake even a reduction in energy tax. Rather, it is important to provide a balanced energy supply for Europe. To need it even nuclear power plants.

At Rosatom, one of the most important suppliers of such nuclear power plants around the world, it takes note of such statements with satisfaction. Each country must determine its energy mix yourself, but without a secure base-load, this could become a major risk. Renewable energies are no solution to securing a stable energy supply in the long term. Alone with backup power plants, as they are built with success by Rosatom, the power supply can be secured. With the EU energy Commissioner you assumes that a proportion of 20% on atomic energy meets these demands. Only on this basis, European climate policy could again get that degree of predictability has so far expected of her, but never reached. New energies, coal, pipelines and nuclear power plants are irreplaceable components of a balanced energy mix. Rosatom is aware of the responsibility, as a safe and clean energy the cards correctly can be distributed. It’s ultimately about the competitiveness of the European States.

This strong visibility fits in with the trend: even the other Energiesparmeister show compared to previous years more engagement outside their schools. Perform other winning projects road surveys, present written Theater pieces in shopping arcades or educate students from other schools to climate protection experts. The Energiesparmeister competition will take place for the seventh time in the framework of the climate protection campaign. While he was addressed in the early years mainly to individuals, the focus 2011 for the third time on Energiesparprojekten in schools. Learn more about this with Douglas R. Oberhelman. Nationwide signed up for this year’s main competition and the special price advertised 160 schools and student projects, and thus proved as effective and innovative climate protection powered by the latest generation. The ten Energiesparmeister 2011 “Edith-Stein-Schule from 88212 Ravensburg, Baden-Wurttemberg (vocational school) VS Ottobeuren from 87724 Ottobeuren, Bavaria (primary school). School Centre in 10179 Berlin Berlin (community school) Heinrich-Mann-Schule (secondary) 12353 Berlin Barbara school from 49497 Mettingen, North Rhine-Westphalia (school learning) GGS Zoppenbruckstrasse from 47138 Duisburg NRW (primary school) KGS Barbara school from 47167 Duisburg, (elementary school) Nelly-Sachs-gymnasium from 41464 Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia (Gymnasium) St.

Nikolaus school from 47546 Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia (Hauptschule) dandelion elementary school from 04463 Grossposna, Saxony (primary school) top sponsorships for the winner of ten Energiesparmeister projects get support from stakeholders from business and society. “On the action of Pate for the winning schools of the Energiesparmeister competition, we take part in 2011: atmosfair gGmbH, German solar industry association in the framework of the week of the Sun”, Distrelec Schuricht GmbH, Epson Germany GmbH, Grunspar GmbH, memo AG, SCHOTT Solar AG, Tetra Pak Germany and Ulrich Muller GmbH. In addition, support the competition of Adobe Systems, Bionade GmbH, edding International GmbH, Hamburg initiative pass, Grundfos GmbH, Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH and Steinhoff family holding GmbH as well as the social network schulerVZ as media partner, and the student magazine philistine. “The winner of the special award of measurable success” the special prize of measurable success “the Eduard-Spranger-Gymnasium has won from Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate. In relation to the year 2002, the gymnasium has saved an average of 40 percent annually to total energy.

“With the help of for all schools on school to provide related energy savings for schools” the school could clearly document these potential successes and win 1,000 euro. The Eduard-Spranger-gymnasium is also awarded within the framework of the large ceremony in Duisburg on May 13. There is all information to this year’s winners, as well as from May 16 image material for downloading at. About the co2online non-profit limited company the non-profit consultancy co2online mbH for reducing climate-damaging CO2 emissions committed. With interactive energy advisors, a She motivated the individual energy savings, heat mirrors, a climate quiz and portal partners from business, media, science, policy and management, to also save money with active climate protection. co2online is funded campaign seeking climate by the Ministry for environment protection”(www.klima-sucht-schutz.de). Contact and picture material: Steffi sour Rauf co2online non-profit limited company Hochkirchstr. 9. 10829 Berlin Tel: 030 / 210 21 86-15 Email:

Individuals can just participate in sustainable afforestation of tropical forest “That”International UN year of forests”have taken the German Environmental Foundation and ForestFinance as an opportunity to start a joint project for the forest and climate protection” oko-Test writes and performs: “Target is a tropical forest of donor, the searches on the Forstdienstleister forest finance for the German Environmental Foundation in Panama.” oko-Test writes: “Donor can from 33 euro in the project participate.” A private donor forest due to the many individual donations over the years. Thus help supporters of the German Environment Foundation not only the climate, but also contribute to the species, water and soil protection and help the local rural population in addition to a livelihood. The most greenhouse gas links info at tropical forest: that the new forest in the tropics is planted, has an important reason. “German forest is tropical forests well and of great importance for our native flora and fauna, but make a far greater contribution to climate protection forests in Germany can it. We must particularly reforest, where the trees can bind the most greenhouse gas”, explains Jorg Sommer, Chairman of the Board of the German Environment Foundation. “Therefore we glad to have found a partner that can sustainably and naturally reforest our founder forest in the tropics and cultivate with ForestFinance.” Tree tree to the forest of founder of: the forest of founder of is a new mixed native species on fallow land and former grazing areas, which soon provides new Habitat for numerous animal and plant species as a natural ecosystem. While the German Environment Foundation decided consciously for a sustainable management approach rather than a pure protection forest, where at least 20 percent of the afforested area as total reserve remain. “We reject short-sighted forestry monocultures and demolition and attach great importance to a sustainable forestry concept, proven for more than 15 years with us”, so ForestFinance Managing Director Harry Assenmacher.