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Cigarettes - The alternative currency in Germany

After the war Germany suffered from hyperinflation. The people had much money but it was nothing worth. Cigarettes were limited and had a high value. That is the reason why they used cigarettes as currency.

I tried it this week with a few friends who are smoking but I had no success. The best thing I got for a cigarette was a piece of chocolate.

I think that these days you have to take other things than cigarettes to replace money. Something which has a greater value and… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 30, 2011 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Service Paradise

“Welcome to “AFD world news” today, I am Hannah and I have some breaking news for you. In Nuremberg a new online business is going to open tomorrow. It is called “service paradise”.

Melanie Meier created this online business. It is an exchange for different services. You do not have to pay money you just have to offer services. In exchange you get services that you need from others. This business works completely without money. It is a great idea. Women who are staying at home and… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 29, 2011 at 5:21pm — 3 Comments

Ohne Geld bis ans Ende der Welt - To the end of the world without having money

“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” This is a famous quote of Oscar Wilde.

He is right in some ways. Money is an important thing in our life. Having a lot of money means that you can do whatever you want. Having only $2 a day it is hard to do what you want to do.

But I saw an interesting doc**entation on the German TV channel “ZDF”. It was called: “Ohne Geld bis ans Ende der Welt.” In English:… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 27, 2011 at 9:39am — 3 Comments

the radio challenges for the world water day 2020

My idea to demonstrate the world water day in 2020 would a challenge. To get the attention all local radio station will talk about the problem with the water. They do not play music that day. Instead there will be challenges on the radio with questions about poor countries and their problems with the water. To win a price you have to call the radio station and answer at least three questions right. You can win prices like tickets for music events or for the cinema.

In addition there… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 24, 2011 at 9:03am — No Comments

Sowadis - A project for solar water disinfection

More than 1.1 billion do not have access to clean water. That is a real problem. Polluted water can cause serious problems like diseases.

I found an interesting project from Switzerland which fights for clean water in less developed countries. The aim of this project is to improve the standards of health.

They invented a machine which uses solar energy to disinfect the water. This should simplify the access to clean water. The project is called Sowadis (solar water… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 23, 2011 at 10:50pm — No Comments

Sowadis - A project for water disinfection by using solar energy

More than 1.1 billion do not have access to clean water. That is a real problem. Polluted water can cause serious problems like diseases.

I found an interesting project from Switzerland which fights for clean water in less developed countries. The aim of this project is to improve the standards of health.

They invented a machine which uses solar energy to disinfect the water. This should simplify the access to clean water. The project is called Sowadis (solar water… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 21, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Electricity by using small electric shocks

I thought about using static charged material to get electricity. I am not a physicist so I cannot exactly explain how it works. When you walk on a carpet and you are wearing the right material you will be static charged. After being static charged you can touch something and you will get a small electric shock. I thought about using this electric shock to get electricity.

Your house has to have carpets in every room. You will get socks with the material which can be static charged.… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 17, 2011 at 12:56pm — No Comments

my brithday party with the pedal-powered music stage

I liked the idea of the “Pedal-Powered Music Stage”. In 2020 I will celebrate my birthday with these bicycles. A good friend of me will play my favorite songs with his band. The electricity for the instruments and speakers will come from the bicycles. In 2020 these bikes will even be able to produce light for my party.
To motivate my guests I will start a competition. All people who ride these bikes over ten kilometers will win a special cocktail for free.

Added by Hannah on April 14, 2011 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Transformation of corporal heat into electricity

Scientists from the "Frauenhofer Institut" in Germany are working on a project which transfers corporal heat into electricity: http://www.finanzwirtschafter.de/12231-bundesregierung-und-bahn-pilotprojekte-fuer-umweltfreundliche-energiegewinnung/.

The plan is that generators which are using the differences in temperature to produce energy will be… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 14, 2011 at 9:59am — 1 Comment

My mother's garden

When I was in Chile I met a guy from Germany who moved there. He started his own hostel there and in his huge garden he cultivates his own vegetables. He offered his guests to have dinner at his hostel. All the ingredients for that dinner were from his garden.

I found that very impressing. The dinner was fantastic. But his wife told us that it was a lot of work and she does not do anything else than to cultivate that garden.

I decided not to start an own, new garden… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 10, 2011 at 9:49am — No Comments

Poverty of children in Germany

It was not easy to find a problem like "food insecurity" in Germany but finally I found something: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,428993,00.html.

In this article it is well described why you do not now a lot about this issue.

Children who do not have enough money to buy food are ashamed of being poor. They do not talk about that and nobody knows about their problem. Today every sixth child… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 8, 2011 at 2:42am — No Comments

"The African Drean" a fair traded meal

In March 2020 I am eating in a small african restaurant in Nuremberg which only sells meals with fair trade ingredients. It is the first really nice day in the year. So I asked a friend to go with me to that restaurant. Being curious about this "fair trade thing", I will ask the waiter where my food comes from and why it is important to this restaurant to sell only fair trade product. He will answer that it comes from Africa of course. They only buy fair traded products because they have… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 8, 2011 at 2:36am — No Comments

"The African Dream" a fair traded meal

In March 2020 I am eating in a small african restaurant in Nuremberg which only sells meals with fair trade ingredients. It is the first really nice day in the year. So I asked a friend to go with me to that restaurant. Being curious about this "fair trade thing", I will ask the waiter where my food comes from and why it is important to this restaurant to sell only fair trade product. He will answer that it comes from Africa of course. They only buy fair traded products because they have… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 7, 2011 at 9:04am — 3 Comments

Poverty of children

It was not easy to find a problem like "food insecurity" in Germany but finally I found something: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,428993,00.html.

In this article it is well described why you do not now a lot about this issue.

Children who do not have enough money to buy food are ashamed of being poor. They do not talk about that and nobody knows about their problem. Today every sixth child… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 6, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

The green search engine

I chose Christian Kroll who invented the "green search engine": http://ecosia.org/. This website donates money for each search. The money is used to protect the rainforest. In only one year Christian Kroll collected 125.000€ for the rainforest.

I think this website is a good opportunity for everyone - even for those who do not have much money - to do something for our environment.

Added by Hannah on April 4, 2011 at 10:44am — No Comments

33 secrets

I think it is difficult to pick only one of those 33 secrets. There are a few good points in this doc**ent and I would like to combine “think like a child – children have no limit to their thinking” and “Understand by observing the environment, infrastructure, culture and lives of people by being there.”

If adults are thinking about a problem, they know the limits they have, whereas children have no boundaries. Grown-Ups will probably not do or think about something which they… Continue

Added by Hannah on April 1, 2011 at 8:21pm — 1 Comment

My future 2020

In 2020 I will have my own little café shop in Nuremberg, Germany. Everyone will love my good cappuccino and chocolate cake. And I will have a family with two kids and a nice house.
When Alchemy calls me I think I will be working in my café. So I will not be able to pick up the phone. He will leave a massage for me about the Tokyo food crisis. As soon as I got the massage I will call him back immediately and help him.

Added by Hannah on April 1, 2011 at 8:17pm — No Comments

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