Here is the final version of our handbook “Sustainable use of water” ready for download from our international website.
Final handbook on “Sustainable Use of Water” published
FOOD CHOICES: For the little hunger and thirst
Agricultural production accounts for the majority of water-consumption world-wide. There are several products that causes serious water-stress in the production regions. As consumers, we can decide to foster ecological and water-sensitive production by choosing the right products. OBUK is starting
Our Water-footprint
Preparations At the beginning of the project, we found ourselves in the very difficult situation, that we could not find a ready-made water-footprint calculation-tool, that could be used for our organisation. The association Förderverein Offene Bildung Umwelt Kultur itself carries
Washing with the right waters
It’s good that we can mention good news in the beginning: the biggest problem of water pollution from washing detergents is largely solved in Germany now: The use of phosphates. By legal regulations (prohibitions) and technical innovations in the water-treatment
Monitoring the Solar Heat
Hot water is a substantial part of the building services and a significant energy consumer. When using hot water in the kitchen and the baths of the tagungswerk guest house not only water through the direct consumption of groundwater (Berliner
Exhibition “Water and Sustainability”
Currently 9 display-boards are available. By clicking you can zoom in. On request, we can send the layout files (InDesign CS5.5). Here bundled all panels of the Water Exhibition in PDF (medium quality) to print out (Attention,12 MB!)
“Open Cola” for the neighborhood party at the Falkenberger Road
On the day of the neighbourhood, the 29th May 2015, a neighbourhood festival took place in Berlin Weißensee also near the Kubiz project house. Since our association wanted to contribute something to the success of this day, we decided an
Project-Presentation at the Planungsraum Conference-Meeting X
Project-Presentation at the Planungsraum Conference-Meeting X of the district Berlin Pankow at May, 13th 2015. As part of the planning area conference of social and educational stakeholders in our local district, we introduced the Learning Partnership Project, its goals, the
Open Cola selfmade
The big Cola-Producers like Coca-Cola (R) and Pepsi Cola (R) are hardly criticized for their practices concerning human rights, labour rights and ecological impact. The offensive strategies are conquering traditional markets all over the world. Coca-Cola is criticised as well
Dishwashing tabs with low waterfootprint
The Dishwasher is our second important cleaning tool in the guest-house. All groups use the dishwasher to clean their dishes. The dishwasher has high load factor. I. Dishwashing Detergent There are several Tests of dishwasher detergents. Main difference is if
DIY Fizzy instead of mineral water transportation
The Mineral Water Problem Since the opening of our seminar house we face the problem that many guest groups want to drink mineral water with carbonic acid. Most of the groups arrive without cars and so they can not transport
The Eco-bedding
The environmental bed The researches in the context of the transnational educational partnership-project have shown that the global agriculture is contributing with a substantial part to the over exploitation and pollution of the drinking water world-wide. A major part has
Exhibition on “Water and Sustainability” in KuBiZ
From the 3rd of September 2014 on, the exhibition „Water and Sustainability“ will be shown in the Kultur- und Bildungszentrum Raoul Wallenberg (KuBIZ). The exhibition is the result of the transnational educational partnership-project and informs about different aspects of Eco-sustainable
OBUKs Agenda for the “Water and Sustainability”-Project
We want to find better solutions/practices for a sustainable use of water in our organization in the following topics: Office and moderation materials. That means the paper, pencils, poster, computer, etc. we use in our office and in our seminars.
Fr 20.06. | Water sensitive cooking afternoon
Water is the base of our life and our nourishment. The problem is our constantly increasing use of water here and in other parts of the world („virtual water“), also the question of excess to water is more urgent than