Research and sustainable development were the focus of this year's Citizen Science Festival 2020 at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. Various international and national citizen research projects were presented, among others on the topics of air quality, light pollution and plastic avoidance.
The export of our old diesel vehicles causes bad air in Africa. But there they no longer want our rust buckets and are increasingly turning to low-emission new cars.
According to experts, every seventh death in connection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus is due to high levels of particulate matter in the air.
Our eastern neighbours are at the forefront when it comes to bad air. A comparison with another European country gives an idea of the full extent.
Diesel driving bans are a real nightmare for both politicians and diesel owners. In Kiel they are now investing enormous sums in air filters.
Our neighbouring country Poland no longer wants to be a buyer for motor vehicles that are discarded in Germany.
More and more environmental zones and driving bans are being created worldwide. This is because more and more people are also dying worldwide from the consequences of air pollution. The start-up company "BiomiTech" from Mexico has a solution to this problem.
They are considered to be major air polluters: the old-fashioned wood-burning stove. Certain models are now banned!
California stands for liberal thinking, original hippies, technical innovations, sun-drenched beaches and surfers. But the state is also breaking new ground in environmental protection in the West - though not entirely voluntarily.
An invention from Great Britain promises to remedy the problem of particulate matter.
