Im Jahr 1989 wurde das Internet von der US-amerikanische National Science Foundation veröffentlicht. Der Grundgedanke dahinter diente zur weltweiten Kommunikation. Im Laufe der Jahre wurde es immer besser ausgebaut und es ist nun möglich zum Beispiel in wenigen Sekunden einen E-Mail ans andere Ende der Welt zu versenden. Auch die Technik wurde im Laufe der Jahre weiterentwickelt und so ist das erste Handy entstanden. Der größte Vorteil war, nicht mehr an eine Steckdose gebunden zu sein.
Why we wear not only jeans, but also the blood of thousands of people.
Jeans have to be hip, jeans have to be cheap and we cannot get enough of them. But what remains for the factory workers and the environment after buying Jeans for sometimes less than 10 Euros?
It does not help our nature to just go shopping by bike.
Supermarkets, markets and shops are giving away lightweight plastic bags for free. Those bags are mostly designed for just a single use. Because of their weight they can get blown away easily by wind and litter our environment.
If we pay €29,00 for a t-shirt, do we realize the amount that goes to the cotton farmer, or the seamstress? Every day people in third world countries make long days just so you can wear that shirt that you like so much. Are we aware of the way that the money is being split between the involved parties?
Why we wear not only jeans, but also the blood of thousands of people.
Jeans have to be hip, jeans have to be cheap and we cannot get enough of them. But what remains for the factory workers and the environment after buying Jeans for sometimes less than 10 Euros?
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If all people worldwide would stop eating meat the nutrition situation of all people could be improved and our environment could be protected.
If children of early 1960th could travel in time and could see the children of our time what would they think? The new Media has definitely changed our lives. Let us try to figure out what do these changes bring with them.
Where the natural resources for our mobile phones come from
The market for electronic goods boomed during the last decades with no end in sight. Especially the trade with mobile phones exploded. In order to produce those metals like copper, gold and silver are needed. But where do the more rare resources like coltan come from? Under which circumstances are they extracted? How has the situation changed?