Category Archives: Energy

European Citizens Climate Cup

Posted on May 31, 2011 by avasgreensalon

In April, co2online – see our project portrait – launched an ambitious yet playful Europe-wide energy savings competition on the model of a soccer championship: the European Citizens Climate Cup (ECCC). Individual households can participate by registering as members of … Continue reading →

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Portrait: co2online – “We Reach the Environmentalists Who Don’t Know They’re Environmentalists”

Posted on May 12, 2011 by avasgreensalon

Deutsch unten! Launching an occasional series of interview “portraits” of various initiatives and individuals, chiefly in Berlin’s sustainability scene. Even the quiet, out-of-the-way intersection in the “Schöneberger Insel” has the feeling of a green enclave, housing a cluster of little … Continue reading →

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Welcoming the wind, waiting for the sun

Posted on April 14, 2011 by avasgreensalon

A group of grad students in Environmental Planning and Renewable Energy Systems at Berlin’s Technical University have provided a great English-language resource in Wiki form for anyone interested in how renewable energies are implemented in Germany. The Wiki page documents … Continue reading →

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Berlin Anti-Nukes Demo and Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on March 28, 2011 by avasgreensalon

On Saturday, March 26, more than 200,000 Germans joined anti-nuclear protests, over 100,000 of them in Berlin. The mood was peaceful and positive – except when the demonstration passed the CDU headquarters – and creative, with many visual variants on … Continue reading →

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Germany: A Laboratory for the Turbo-Phase-Out?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by avasgreensalon

Worldwide, Germany’s reaction to the nuclear debacle in Japan has been one of the swiftest and most radical, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling for a 3-month moratorium on the nuclear power extension that she herself pushed through last year at … Continue reading →

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Career of a Crackpot Idea: The Biofuel Debacle in the German Press

Posted on March 9, 2011 by avasgreensalon

Spiegel Online International sums up the ethanol controversy that erupted following Tuesday’s “Gasoline Summit”: On Tuesday, German politicians and industry leaders met in Berlin at a “Gasoline Summit” to discuss what to do about the growing controversy surrounding the fuel, … Continue reading →

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Gegen Gasbohren: A New German Anti-Fracking Initiative

Posted on January 24, 2011 by avasgreensalon

Following up on our screening of Gasland, we recently heard from Gegen Gasbohren, a new German anti-fracking initiative. They tell us they were founded in September 2010, with groups in several German towns where this controversial form of gas drilling … Continue reading →

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“‘Gasland’ in Germany?” now online in Ava’s Archive

Posted on December 9, 2010 by avasgreensalon

For those of you who missed the “Gasland” film event on November 27, a summary of the discussion with gas expert Benjamin Scholz is now online in the archive, with thought-provoking perspectives on the pros and cons of natural gas … Continue reading →

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Thanks!

Posted on November 28, 2010 by avasgreensalon

Thanks to the One World Berlin Festival for giving us the chance to partner the fascinating film “Gasland” last night, and to Benjamin Scholz – and the audience – for the lively discussion that went on past midnight! A documentation … Continue reading →

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More on fracking

Posted on November 20, 2010 by avasgreensalon

Recently various people have sent me some interesting links on the fracking controversy in the US and in Germany. Recommended reading before the “Gasland” film/discussion event next Saturday! Interview with “Gasland” director Josh Fox in The Nation. Westdeutscher Rundfunk report … Continue reading →

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