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GARDENING, BUT SUSTAINABLY

In summer, many of us rediscover our green fingers. Whether it's on the balcony, windowsill or in a real garden - who doesn't feel proud when their own plants are actually thriving? We've looked at...

Compost at home: How to make the black gold yourself

Compost is also called black gold - and not without reason. Composting is the simplest recycling method in the world and what comes out of it is very valuable for the environment. We'll show you h...

Zero Waste with Kids - How it works

Leading a zero-waste lifestyle with children is exhausting and complicated? Not necessarily. Children do have different needs and life with them is a little more difficult to coordinate. However, a...

Sustainable start to school: 7 ideas for the climate-friendly school cone

In just a few weeks we will once again see numerous children running excitedly through the streets with shining eyes and colorful backpacks on their backs, on their way to a very big event: startin...

7 Tips for a More Sustainable Working Day

Anyone who has started to make their everyday life less packaging-intensive and more sustainable will know that it is not always that easy. Especially in stressful situations, climate protection ca...

Plasticfree July - Choose to refuse

Up to 13 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. Three quarters of all the garbage in the sea is made of plastic. It can take several hundred to a thousand years for plastic to com...

10 Tips for Sustainable Travel

Summer is the time for traveling. Who doesn't love discovering the world with a backpack on their back and a tent in their luggage? But traveling can sometimes be a real test of endurance, and not...

Festival summer, but make it sustainable

Summer is festival time. And it actually looks like we can finally dance again this year. But of course we put on our sustainability glasses here too and quickly realized: There is still room for i...

How much organic is in my product?

Organic is not always organic: Numerous seals indicate the different standards that a product must meet. This can sometimes be quite overwhelming. For anyone who feels the same, we have looked at ...

Climate protection you can bite into: This is how sustainable nutrition works

We can reduce our own footprint every day through our diet. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, food production accounts for 20 to 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is the ...