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  • Press release 32/2023 from 15.09.2023 | Last changed: 30.11.2023

    European Mobility Week: Sustainable mobility saves energy

    A banner reads: "European Mobility Week 16 to 22 September Mix and Move! - climate-friendly mobility."

    … – whether with the X8 all-terrain wheelchair, the Outdoor Active Challenge or guided hikes. In addition, the support materials of the EMW national coordination …

  • Press release 07/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 08.04.2020

    Art and the environment “Zero Waste” exhibition in Leipzig

    Ein Frauengesicht mit Plastikstücken

    … by an extensive programme of events with activists and scientists. Dialogical guided tours with experts from different fields and a film screening with subsequent … “Art and the Environment” series. The project is rounded off by panel discussions, guided tours, conversations with the artists and workshops for the public and the …

  • Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Putting power gluttons on a diet

    smartphones

    … Energy labelling helps to make buying decisions. Energy classes A++ and A+++ are now the most efficient and are marked on the most efficient devices in their product …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … as reservoirs. Less bare wasteland along the water also means more recreational value. The German Environment Agency therefore recommends designating official water …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … that pursue other goals in addition to entertainment. These serious games (also known as impact games) are aimed at education, the transfer of certain skills or … contact with the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development up to now. Umweltbundesamt (2021). 25 Jahre Umweltbewusstseinsforschung im Umweltressort: … (german) Project page: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems Umwelt-Guide des Verbands der deutschen Games-Branche (game) Playing for the Planet – eine …

  • Article from 10.01.2022 | Last changed: 25.01.2024

    Digital services / Cloud computing

    someone is typing on a laptop, with symbols for cloud computing such as clouds and download arrows above them

    … Home office, videoconferencing and streaming services are digital services that are nowadays taken for granted. But what about the environmental impact of cloud … exchange point located in Frankfurt/Main (DE-CIX) recorded a peak throughput value of 9.16 terabits/second (TBit), a volume equivalent to the simultaneous … exchange point located in Frankfurt/Main (DE-CIX) recorded a peak throughput value of 9.16 terabits/second (TBit), a volume equivalent to the simultaneous …

  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … V (2014–2017) investigating exclusively children and adolescents, the focus is now again on adults aged 18–79 years. The last GerES focussing on the adult … V (2014–2017) investigating exclusively children and adolescents, the focus is now again on adults aged 18–79 years. The last GerES focussing on the adult …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … numbers are not available for all monitoring sites, and therefore the measurement values cannot always be standardised to the flow rate. For hydrology, for example, … 90-percentile values for the three ten-year periods (1986-1995, 1996-2005 and 2006-2015) at LAWA monitoring sites for which data is available for at least five years …

  • Article from 25.02.2014 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Learning about and experiencing soil

    Anthill in forest

    … Böden Deutschlands - Ein Reiseführer Issued by the UBA in early 2011, this “travel guide to Germany’s soils” contains information concerning soil discovery trails, … profile compilations. In order for a facility to be eligible for inclusion in the guide, it needs to provide fresh and interesting material and information that are …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Soil development

    Rock and soil

    … there. Podzolisation likewise occurs in the presence of a severe drop in topsoil pH values. This acidification is attributable to acid and eco-unfriendly litter layers … there. Podzolisation likewise occurs in the presence of a severe drop in topsoil pH values. This acidification is attributable to acid and eco-unfriendly litter layers …

  • Article from 19.02.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil functions

    A mole on the surface.

    … Nonetheless, socioeconomic change has brought about changes in the use of and value attributed to arable land. Nowadays urban sprawl is a ubiquitous phenomenon … an example of this being increasing soil acidification provoked by lower pH values. Chemical compounds can be neutralized in the soil. During this buffering …