It’s done! The educational toolbox is now integrated on the blog-site. The menue “Educational Toolbox” offers you a selection of methods and reports with all the needed material, evalutions and some nice pictures.
You are welcome to try it out!
Hello!
Thanks again for the nice workshop about creative protest that we had in Berlin. Here is some ressources you might want to check:
Flashmob style actions (the mute button):
http://www.facebook.com/l/8AQFIDIE8AQG9yOFFTshJLWAxfePvCEoUVqi9J_bIxpuyNQ/improveverywhere.com/
German video collective, also videos about clownarmy and other things:
http://www.facebook.com/l/0AQGhtqqtAQEFdHCeCI3IsMosbvDD9I5fTcKCu_HwTyH5kg/graswurzel.tv/
The yes men (who did the fake BBC interview):
theyesmen.org
Generally Augusto Boal (the work on statues and also invisible theatre and newspaper theatre that I did not mention):
http://www.facebook.com/l/KAQFr-cAOAQF4nGtnkQIsInhB9zFFGqfsnw8vW2fEVud6YA/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal
Another wikipedia article to start reading about communication guerilla. See also culture jamming, adbusting and fakes:
http://www.facebook.com/l/EAQFDgTgqAQGXp2B2MAHCjrrOmyPiLmEhnwSJeTRDR714Mg/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_communication
Old website of the clownarmy:
http://www.facebook.com/l/gAQENpAVCAQFOqlwWhDWJqjI3pbO1BNQq5XmuTe04nOhLBg/clownarmy.org/
Rhythms of Resistance:
http://www.facebook.com/l/WAQGn4gkqAQG6xg91yemoT6IM7hBe8CorJhfnhXeEbDz6NQ/https%3A%2F%2Frhythms-of-resistance.org%2F
You are also welcome to get in contact with me:
https://www.facebook.com/martin.weller.773
greets Martin
Because there have been some chats/discussions about the environmental impact of wind energy. I did some quick research on that topic, that shows very clearly, that wind-power is one of the most sustainable ways of producting energy. A wind-mill-constuctions energy “pay back” seems to be only around 8 months. (compare: PV-powerstations with 2-5 years energy “pay back” time)
Here is the chapter form the Wikipedia-Article:
Wind power consumes no fuel and no water[9] for continuing operation, and has no emissions directly related to electricity production. Wind turbines produce no carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, mercury, radioactive waste, particulates, or any other type of air pollution, unlike fossil fuel sources and nuclear power plant fuel production. Wind power plants consume resources during their manufacturing and construction, as does every other type of powerplant. During manufacture of the wind turbine, steel, concrete, aluminium and other materials will have to be made and transported using energy-intensive processes, generally using fossil energy sources. Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas claims that initial energy “pay back” is within about 8.6 months of operation for a V80-2.0MW wind power plant under low wind conditions.[10]
A 2006 study found the CO2 emissions of wind power to range from 14 to 33 tonnes (15 to 36 short tons) per GWh of energy produced. Most of the CO2 emission comes from producing the concrete for wind-turbine foundations.[11]
A study by the Irish national grid stated that “Producing electricity from wind reduces the consumption of fossil fuels and therefore leads to emissions savings”, and found reductions in CO2 emissions ranging from 0.33 to 0.59 tonnes (0.36 to 0.65 short tons) of CO2 per MWh.[12]
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) study of intermittency also states that wind energy can displace fossil fuel-based generation, reducing both fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions.[13]
The production of permanent magnets used in some wind turbines makes use of neodymium.[14][15] Primarily exported by China, pollution concerns associated with the extraction of this rare-earth element have prompted government action in recent years,[16][17] and international research attempts to refine the extraction process.[18] Research is underway on turbine and generator designs which reduce the need for neodymium, or eliminate the use of rare-earth metals altogether.[19] Additionally, the large wind turbine manufacturer Enercon GmbH chose very early not to use permanent magnets for its direct drive turbines, in order to avoid responsibility in the bad environmental imprint of rare earth mining.[20]
Thanks to Dina!
Here is the link to the EPIZ-Organisation 
(The Berlin Development Education and Information Center) that was presented to us by Mary Kay Prinzler on Thursday.
At the subsite of the library you can find lists of the litrature (you have to register first).
Here you can find the presentation of EPIZ.
Field research on Tourism, climate change and sustainability
Berlin is one of the most favorite touristical spots in Europe.
Tourists and Congress-Delegates spent more than 182 Million Person-nights in Berlin in 2011. 76% of them where daytrips.
The average time of the hotel-visitors in Berlin was 2,3 days in 2011.
The gross volume of the tourism-industry in Berlin in 2011 was more than 10 Billions of Euros, with growth-rates of up to 10% per year.
More than 40% of the hotel-guests came from foreign countries. Biggest group from UK, followed by USA and Italy. Each Tourist and Congress-Visitor spends more than 200€ per day in average in Berlin.
Ten Million visitors spent in 2011 22 Millions Nights in Hotels in the town. In the last ten years the tourist-numbers have been more than doubled. Berlin is Europe’s number three in Town-Tourism after London and Paris.
Hotel prices in Berlin are very cheap – nearly half of the average hotel-prices in London.
The Berlin Airports reached 2012 the 25 millions passenger-mark, even with the old airports running over and above their maximum capacity.
Traffic is one of the most important reasons for climate change. One fifth is caused by traffic in Germany.
In comparison the bus is the most climate-friendly way of motorized traveling. Number two is the railway, with a big distance followed by the car and then the plane, that is ten times more climate-destructive than the Bus. If you consider the other toxical dangers like fine dust pollution, the car and the plane are as well the most destructive ways of traveling.
The Questions are:
Do tourists think about that problems?
Do day make decisions regarding that issue?
What are tourists expecting from their trips to Berlin and do they reach it?
We want to get further information about that. It’s your task to go to some touristical spots and ask the people in short interviews.
1. Why did you come to Berlin?
2. What do you want to do here?
3. How long are you staying?
4. Are you on a round-trip?
5. Which transportation did you use to get here?
6. Did you think about environmental questions concerning your trip?
=> If you like, you can use a audio-recorder and/or a photo-camera additionally.
Background-information on the topic of Tourism and climate change – focused on Berlin.
In addition to Prof. Miranda Schreurs lesson on 2.nd July here are some links and informations as well as the Powerpoint-presentation that we saw.
Here are some Informations concerning the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research that we visited on 1. July.
Here is the Mail from Gregor, who showed us the project with some additional links for us:
Hello!
During the guided tour this morning you were asking for some ideas on communicating about climate change.
The main communication platform of the PIK is the climate media factory: http://www.climatemediafactory.de/ which produced the popular Earthbook video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrLOlTbJQc
Then there is the crowdfunding campaign for the board game on climate change: http://www.startnext.de/en/keep-cool-das-klimaspiel
And finally some of you were interested in the possibility to compensate carbon emissions by reducing emissions elsewhere. The most reputable web sites are https://www.atmosfair.de/en/home/ and http://www.myclimate.org/ There might be other webpages for you respective countries.
I really enjoyed meeting your interested and well-informed group! Please contact me when you have more questions or ideas!
Kind regards,
Gregor Schwerhoff