Eco Blog - St. George's Berlin

  Heat kills people. This medical fact is well known, and older people are more at risk than younger. In economically well-to-do countries such as the United States, people retreat to their air-conditioned homes,  even though air-conditioning contributes to global warming and ultimately makes the problem worse. Utilities pleaded with people to turn down their air-conditioners  in order to protect the power grid. Protecting the environment is rarely part of the rhetoric. In Germany as in the UK, many people do not have air-conditioning, since it is traditionally unnecessary. The wealthy can afford it. Increasingly some feel it is a luxury that they cannot to do without, even if it makes the real problem noticeably worse. The Guardian reported on 12 June 2022 that: “A study in  the Lancet last year  suggested that 740,000 deaths in India a year could already be attributed to global heating.” ( LINK ) Most people in India cannot afford air-conditioning, and cannot even to go to a public s

 Fridays for the Future is alive and well in Berlin. Here are some links for people who might want to participate: https://fridaysforfuture.berlin/ https://t.me/FridaysForFutureChat Some information is only available via Telegram. Please support Fridays for the Future for the sake of God's creation.

 On 6 July the European Union will decide whether to declare nuclear power and natural gas to be sustainable energy sources. An argument can be made, that they a could serve as interim sources in order to eliminate  coal and oil, but declaring them as “sustainable“ stretches the definition of the word. The declaration means that nuclear power and natural gas will get funds that ought to go to genuinely sustainable energy options. Here is a LINK to further information and form to express your concerns.