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  1. Mar 2020
    1. Take fewer napkins. You don’t need a handful of napkins to eat your takeout. Take just what you need.

      https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-reduce-paper-towel-waste-in-the-kitchen-article https://www.norwexmovement.com/9-reasons-pass-paper/ https://mindseteco.co/eco-friendly-napkins/ https://greengroundswell.com/paper-vs-cloth-table-napkins-which-are-greener/2012/09/05/

      Tissue paper in general https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/mper.2015.6.issue-3/mper-2015-0025/mper-2015-0025.pdf The production of tissue paper from recycledwaste paper requires large quantities of electricityfor driving the machinery (approximately one thirdis consumed during thickening and dispersion) andwastewater treatment. At the same time, a consid-erable amount of steam is used for heating of wa-ter, pulp, air and chemicals to the demanded processtemperature and for drying the paper. To meet theneed for electricity and steam, the tissue paper millseither buy electricity from the public grid and gen-erate heat internally or apply co-generated heat andpower installations (CHP). The second solution is farmore environmentally friendly, due to its high totalyield, up to 80%.Both the tissue paper production from virginpulp and from recycled waste paper are the greatestcontributors to the following midpoint environmen-tal impact categories: human toxicity, climate changehuman health and ecosystems, and fossil deple-tion, which constitute 49.85%, 15.85% and 12.65%,and 12.35% on average, respectively (Table 1). Theachieved results confirmed that paper mills are thesource of considerable water emissions (COD, BOD),solid waste (discards, sewage sludge) and air emis-sions (CO2, NOX)associated with the productionof energy by burning fossil fuels. In the case of thetissue paper made of virgin pulp, harvesting forestlands to procure the wood for pulping makes an ad-ditional environmental burden that contribute to theagricultural land occupation impact category (6.5%).

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  4. Dec 2019
    1. Auch der Bayer-Konzern, zu dem Monsanto inzwischen gehört, nutzte bis zuletzt eine der Studien von Schmitz für seine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Auf seiner weltweiten Info-Seite zu Glyphosat tauchte sie bis noch Anfang Dezember 2019 als ganz normale Informationsquelle auf. Erst nachdem Monitor dazu angefragt hatte, verschwand die Studie von der Seite. ... Bayer [hätte] deutlich früher wissen können, dass die Finanzierung durch Monsanto verschwiegen wurde. Denn die Dokumente, die Monitor vorliegen, zeigen auch: Hochrangige Vertreter von Bayer CropScience saßen jahrelang im Vorstand von Schmitz' "Verein für Agribusiness". Bayer teilte auf Anfrage mit, der fehlende Hinweis auf die Finanzierung entspreche nicht den Grundsätzen des Unternehmens. Man habe aber "keinen Anlass, an den Methoden, Inhalten oder Ergebnissen der Studien zu zweifeln". https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/monitor/glyphosat-studien-monsanto-101.html

    1. Verein für Agribusiness

      Sein agrarökonomisches Wissen brachte Michael SCHMITZ als langjähriges Mitglied in den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat (1992-2012) beim Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft ein. Die wissenschaftliche Arbeit im Dreiklang von Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft ist Michael SCHMITZ ein besonderes Anliegen. Hierzu gründete er 1995 den Verein für Agribusiness-Forschung mit dem zugehörigen Institut für Agribusiness, um einen Beitrag zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbs- und Konkurrenzfähigkeit des Agribusiness durch Forschung und Bildung zu leisten. https://www.vdl.de/65-geburtstag-von-professor-dr-dr-h-c-p-michael-schmitz/

    2. "Gekaufte Forschung
    3. Journal für Kulturpflanzen
    4. 58. Deutschen Pflanzenschutztagung 2012
    5. LobbyControl
  5. Nov 2019
  6. Oct 2019
    1. The obesity epidemic has been widely publicized in the media worldwide. Investigators at all levels have been looking for factors that have contributed to the development of this epidemic. Two major theories have been proposed: (1) sedentary lifestyle and (2) variety and ease of inexpensive palatable foods. In the present review, we analyze how nutrients like sugar that are often used to make foods more appealing could also lead to habituation and even in some cases addiction thereby uniquely contributing to the obesity epidemic. We review the evolutionary aspects of feeding and how they have shaped the human brain to function in “survival mode” signaling to “eat as much as you can while you can.” This leads to our present understanding of how the dopaminergic system is involved in reward and its functions in hedonistic rewards, like eating of highly palatable foods, and drug addiction. We also review how other neurotransmitters, like acetylcholine, interact in the satiation processes to counteract the dopamine system. Lastly, we analyze the important question of whether there is sufficient empirical evidence of sugar addiction, discussed within the broader context of food addiction. ... there is strong evidence of the existence of sugar addiction, both at preclinical and clinical level. Our model has demonstrated that five out of eleven criteria for SUD are met, specifically: use of larger amounts and for longer than intended, craving, hazardous use, tolerance, and withdrawal. From an evolutionary perspective, we must consider addiction as a normal trait that permitted humans to survive primitive conditions when food was scarce. As we evolved culturally, the neural circuits involved in addictive behaviors became dysfunctional and instead of helping us survive they are in fact compromising our health. From a revolutionary perspective, understanding the molecular, and neurological/psychological intricacies of addiction (sugar, drugs of abuse) will permit the discovery of new therapies (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) and possible management of at least one crucial factor in the occurrence of obesity. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234835/

  7. Sep 2019
  8. Aug 2019
    1. 31% der Klimagasemissionen schreibt der Weltklimarat IPCC direkt der Landwirtschaft und veränderter Landnut- zung zu. Verarbeitung, Transport, Kühlung, Erhitzung, Zubereitung und Entsorgung von Lebensmitteln hinzugerechnet, die der IPCC in anderen Sektoren verbucht, ergibt, dass über 40% aller Emissionen davon abhängen, wie wir uns ernähren und Landwirtschaft betreiben. Sie ist also entscheidend für das Ziel, in diesem Jahrhundert unsere Emissionen um 80% zu reduzieren, https://www.weltagrarbericht.de/themen-des-weltagrarberichts/klima-und-energie.html

    2. Dürresommer 2018
    1. 200.000 Hektar Urwald hatte Rumänien Anfang der 2000er noch, dann machten sich staatliche Forstbehörden und Privatbesitzer immer mehr daran zu schaffen. Das rumänische Wald-Ministerium erteilt dazu die Genehmigungen. Der Umweltaktivist und Autor Matthias Schickhofer geht von bislang 100.000 Hektar zerstörten Waldes aus, von der verbliebenen Hälfte stehe nur ein Fünftel unter offiziellem Schutz. https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/die-abholzung-europaeischer-urwaelder-vor-den-augen-der-eu,RR0UUVo

    1. Matthias Schickhofer

      After 17 years working with Greenpeace (Austria, CEE, International) I started my freelance consultancy and photography career in 2007. Empowerment for justice and freedom and safeguarding nature and life on earth has been my predominant motivation from the very beginning – as an activist against nuclear power and nature destruction through roads. My focus as a consultant is on campaigning, communication/PR and photography http://www.supportingchange.org/?page_id=37

    1. Infotainment

      a portmanteau of information and entertainment), also called soft news, is a type of media, usually television, that provides a combination of information and entertainment. The term is usually used disapprovingly against more serious hard news. Many existing, self-described infotainment websites and social media apps provide a variety of functions and services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infotainment

    1. Solche gedruckten Interviews werden immer noch mal zum Autorisieren gegengelesen; Kramp-Karrenbauer und ihr Team hätten also die Chance gehabt, den Wortlaut noch vor Veröffentlichung richtigzustellen.

      "Eine Zensur findet nicht statt." https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_5.html

    1. was acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250M in stock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet

      it seems somewhat unlikely that alexa's results do not cautiously help shift the world towards bezos' idea of the world

      https://www.wired.com/story/why-hard-escape-amazons-long-reach/