Climate change : As each of the Individual climate protection can operate

The mankind knows more than ever about climate change. This includes climate protection on many levels of life, from change of diet, to political commitment. What is the effect of individual measures on the climate and how big the effort is, explains Susanne Ehlerding from the daily mirror Background on climate and energy.

The transition to a vegetarian or Flex ITAR diet is not very easy.Photo: imago/ Westend61

eat Healthier

The people in industrial Nations eat too much meat, even though it's unhealthy and bad for the climate. Especially the production of meat from ruminants causes a lot of greenhouse gases, a Steak as much as 50 servings of vegetables. Milk products is heating up the climate. Fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes, however, are climate-friendly food.

Small steps for a passionate meat-eaters: Often times on wild boar use, because no animal feed must be grown, and it is not a ruminant like deer. Or to the Tradition of the Sunday roast in return for high-quality organic pig meat purchase, and meat consumption otherwise.

it is also Important to not waste food. Because in their production and along the supply chains, as well as the Rot in climate gases. In addition, you should shop for seasonal and regional, so no strawberries in Winter or Apples from new Zealand, if there are any from the Old country.

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The transition to a vegetarian or Flex ITAR diet is very simple: You have to shop differently and different cooking. For a nice payoff: vegetarians suffer less from diseases of civilization such as cardiovascular diseases and living a little longer.

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The first German Offshore wind power plant off the East Frisian island of Borkum.Photo: DPA/ Ingo Wagner

electricity providers

change Hardly anything is easier, than to order green electricity. Just a couple of clicks of the mouse and done. In this case, Internet help portals such as Verivox or current comparison. After entering the number of persons in household, zip code, and power consumption, a long list of potential suppliers opens. Now, under "Filter", the Option "green power". Still, a large number of providers, then, is left, from which you can choose. The next step in the order form. As with the change of the phone contract, the new provider takes care of all the formalities. The electricity supply continues as normal.

green power is not But be careful: the same green electricity, there are big differences. Seals such as the Grüner Strom Label e. V., Ok-Power or TÜV guarantee that the electricity provider offers electricity only from renewable energies and reinvested in new assets. Then, the exchange has more climate impact than if the supplier buys certificates for hydroelectric power from Norway or green energy in addition to a normal Tariff, with nuclear and coal power sells. Rates with advance payments or discounts in the first few months, you should hide.

To clarify: After changing any of your personal green power units come into the house. But they are settled on the balance sheet. Green tariffs and there are for Gas. The power for the climate even more, if you have a gas heater, because the power consumed by the energy-related emissions are only a small part.

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customers at a young age to sit with paper bags in a pedestrian area.Photo: imago/Ralph Peters

- Conscious consuming

Buy ' til you drop, shop until the doctor comes – the criticism of the consumerism is not new. Because of the climate crisis but it is gaining new topicality. So the average consumer buys today, 60 percent more clothing than 20 years ago, has calculated the World Economic Forum. At the same time ten per cent of the global emissions back to the fashion industry. You need to go with the fashion, in order to be stylishly dressed, writes fashion blogger Katherine Ormerod. Who would like to consume more climate-friendly, you can ask yourself before buying a product: do I Need this? It is long-lasting? Can I repair instead of something Old? Or I could get it second-Hand or swap?

In Berlin there are numerous tailoring and Schuster, extend the life of clothes. The tailor made interior of "Until it falls from me" in schöneberg, a price from the Upcycling of clothing, even a winning business model. Rare, but achievable, Repaircafés. One must, however, have time to repair Itself, often more scarce than money.

the climate gas you can save with conscious consumption very much: 11.5 tonnes of CO2 generated by every German per year. Of which 1.7 tonnes is attributable to food, 2.4 to heating and electricity, 2.1 to mobility and 4.6 tons on the other.

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Who can decide as a homeowner, your heating system, has more influence on the climate balance sheet.Photo: Kitty Kleist-Heinrich

heat-turnaround

Who has heated up in Berlin with a tiled stove, a Central heating. Modern condensing boilers work very efficiently, and easily, the Thermostat is turned up so that it will be in the apartment chubby. Many heating systems in Germany are, however, decades old and, of course, you will burn almost all of the fossil Gas or Oil.

tenants can do for your carbon footprint little more than to heat sparingly. Tips for the counseling portal co2online. Measure number one: the temperature in The room lower. "Whether it is 20 degrees Celsius or 21 degrees in the living room, you will hardly feel the climate," write the experts. Up to 275 pounds of carbon dioxide per year could be avoided. Even if Thilo Sarrazin has done with his sweater recommendation for Hartz-IV recipients unpopular, he was right, so from a climate perspective.

Who has as its house owners can decide for themselves about his heating, a more impact on the climate balance sheet. The decision for a new heating system is, however, difficult to Fit Pellet or wood log? Should you combine them with solar thermal on the roof? It should be a fuel cell? Or a heat pump for your own home? The market is confusing, which is why you should consult an energy consultant. Knows the various funding programmes, with which the state tried to make the heat turn of the century in Germany.

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