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Upsizing was the title of the German edition of a book about upcycling, first published in English in 1998 by Gunter Pauli and given the revised title of Upcycling in 1999. The German edition was adapted to the German language and culture by Johannes F. Hartkemeyer, then Director of the Volkshochschule in Osnabrück.
A coffee table made out of a pallet - an example of upcycling.. Sustainable furniture design and sustainable interior design is the design of a habitable interior using furniture, finishes, and equipment while addressing the environmental impact of products and building materials used.
Upcycling – Recycling waste into products of higher quality; Used good – Item that is not new being sold or transferred; Waste minimisation – Process that involves reducing the amount of waste produced in society; Zero waste – Philosophy that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reused
A video shared on Facebook claims to show an unidentified flying object (UFO) in Germany. Verdict: False The video was created using computer-generated imagery (CGI). It has been debunked since 2021.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is a 2002 non-fiction book by German chemist Michael Braungart and US architect William McDonough. It is a manifesto detailing how to achieve their Cradle to Cradle Design model. It calls for a radical change in industry: a switch from a cradle-to-grave pattern to a cradle-to-cradle pattern.
Michael Braungart (born 1958) is a German chemist who advocates that humans can make a positive instead of a negative environmental impact by redesigning industrial production and therefore that dissipation is not waste.
The Solar Settlement at Schlierberg (German: Solarsiedlung am Schlierberg) is a 59-home PlusEnergy housing community in Freiburg, Germany. Solar architect Rolf Disch wanted to apply his PlusEnergy concept, created originally with his Heliotrope home, to mass residential production. The residential complex won awards, including House of the Year ...
Made in Germany - Made by Vielfalt (Vielfalt = Diversity) is a campaign by more than 135 [1] German companies, promoting tolerance and openness, engaging against xenophobia and political populism. It was created in response to the growth of Germany's far-right political party, the Alternative for Germany , by initially 40 companies, led by ...