The water in the North Sea is warmer than ever, its small islands, the Halligen, could be submerged by the end of this century due to rising sea levels, and Venezuela is the first country in the world to have irreversibly lost all of its glaciers. Thus, many people wonder whether energy saving and waste separation do make any sense.

Two options arise from these doubts. Firstly, saving electricity and separating waste is definitely not enough and we all know which consumption habits we could change to reduce our carbon footprint. But, furthermore, we can use other tools to create stronger positive impact in our lifes.

In my new column in the regional Böhmezeitung, I discuss which powerful levers each individual can apply. Click here to read the column.