Environmental issues

Wear new clothes every week & still save the planet?

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What if you could rent fair-trade clothes here in #Leipzig for every occasion, from job interviews to picnics to house parties? Now you can.

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Supporting pollinators in Leipzig

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Find out what actually does and doesn't help your local ecosystem by taking a closer look at one of its main engines: Pollinators are all around us in Leipzig and they can use a lot of help with their diet.

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Reudnitz and Leipzig West gain package-free stores

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Environmentally savvy female entrepreneurs have respectively crowd-funded two new stores in Leipzig that seek to eliminate packaging, and one more is in the works, for a total of four in the city.

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Rising star aims to transform plastic disposal in Ghana

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LeipGlo has interviewed Alhassan Muniru, a bright young entrepreneur from Ghana who has studied at Leipzig University. As head of the organization Recycle Up! Ghana, he has grabbed the attention of the World Bank and hobnobbed with the likes of former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. 

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Teenagers chain themselves to Leipzig City Hall

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LeipGlo went to the scene and got the scoop on the first demonstration by Extinction Rebellion Youth in Leipzig and Germany.

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Are you a passive part of the plastic problem?

"Plastic waste is an old environmental issue which demands (and now receives) more attention. But although it fosters discussions, policies, economic measures, and voluntary agreements in different governmental spheres, it is still ignored by many citizens."

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