Eco Blog - St. George's Berlin

Green spaces are areas of land or vegetation within both urban and rural environments that are not developed with buildings and include features like grass, trees, plants, and water. These spaces range from small parks and community gardens to forests that harbour wildlife while offering an opportunity for recreation and other benefits.  How far are you from or close to a green space? Is it accessible, safe, or welcoming? Urban areas are far from forests and without a luxury of space between builds to create green spaces for recreation or a counter for the urban heat island effect . This exposes them to impacts of climate change like high temperatures among others.  The set-up of every city needs a balance between green spaces and other relevant infrastructure. These areas are core to our aspirations and inspiration for sustainable pathways. Like most innovations, nature ‘s inspiration is exhibited by biomimicry or just immersing oneself to its surroundings and create. One cou...

St. George's Anglican church plans to use heated cushions, heated backrests and an electric light called a "Strahler" in German. The device emits a bright, focused beam of light commonly using LEDs to provide ecologically efficient ambient warmth. The operating costs are expected to be a fraction of what it currently costs to run our inefficient and decades-old furnace that burns fossil fuel. In the end the parish will save a significant amount of money, and will do significantly less harm to the environment. But first the initial expenses must be covered.   The cost for the heated cushions, backrests and the Strahler will be  about € 78.000. The installation will cost € 22,000. The church still needs to raise € 14,000 €. Contributions should go to KD Bank DE78 3506 0190 1566 9230 21. The Church will issue receipts. Please contribute to help to protect God's creation.  

In March 2025 Russell Parton published an article ( link ) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claiming: "Tree planting is still the best way to remove carbon, despite climate and economic risks, say researchers". Part of the economic impact comes from reducing the amount of land for crops, but reducing cropland is not the only option. The author notes that "a 'portfolio' approach to tree planting—diversifying species and planting locations—helps balance risks and moves beyond planting strategies that simply hope that everything will be okay." An important alternative to reducing farmland could be reducing the area cemerted over for highways and for parking spaces. Parton suggests that a balanced approach involving trees is "a far more cost-effective strategy for carbon removal than alternatives like biomass energy with carbon capture and storage or direct air capture technologies."  Children's book author Liz Pichon writes ...