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Germany High German
In addition to wolves, badgers, and eagles, there are now lynxes roaming Switzerland once again!
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Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
What species can you encounter in the Swiss mountains in spring? How does the landscape change at different altitudes? Watch this clip to gain some wonderful insights into a unique natural paradise.
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Intermediate
Germany
Three cuddly lion cubs were born in the Neuwied Zoo. After being rejected by their mother, the little ones are being looked after by animal caretaker Petra Becker. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
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Germany Bavarian Colognian High German Upper Saxon
It won't be long now before fall. As summer draws to a close, it's time to take stock: How satisfied have people been with the summer?
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Beginner
Germany
These are not a bunch of free-ranging hippies, on the contrary: the World Wide Fund for Nature organized the event in Grugapark in Essen with a very clear goal in mind – to publicize the need to protect our forests as wildlife habitat. What better excuse do 848 people need to hug a tree? Viel Spaß!
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Germany High German North German
Viva con Agua is a Hamburg-based charity that helps people around the world have access to clean drinking water. Here, a group of local kids partake in a sponsored run – RUN4WASH – in order to raise money to help others.
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Intermediate
Germany
Sarah shows us four essential items that individuals can use to help the environment.
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Intermediate
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland is a large energy reserve that provides cold and hot water for individual and collective heating, cooling, and air conditioning needs in an environmentally friendly way. Find out more about how it works!
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Intermediate
Germany High German
30 degrees Celsius instead of 40: The campaign "Wir drehen runter" ("We're turning it down") from the environmental foundation WWF and detergent brand Ariel aims to convince people to wash their clothes at lower temperatures. This not only protects the climate, but also saves energy and, therefore, money.
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Intermediate
Germany
As a preparation for Frankfurt’s “Herbs Day,” more than five hundred children made propellers and planted them in a field in Frankfurt’s Bonames district.
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Adv-Intermediate
Austria
Let's explore the concept of a single-family passive house: is a future without residential dependence on fossil fuels possible?
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Adv-Intermediate
Germany
A tiny urban nook yields an enormous amount of living and working space, winning environmental awards to boot.
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Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
When it comes to the climate crisis, hope isn't necessarily the first thing that springs to mind. However, there have been some encouraging developments. Here are five examples.
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Adv-Intermediate
Germany
In this video, physicist and author Harald Lesch talks about how Germany could phase out coal and nuclear power completely and still meet all of its energy needs.
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Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Germany is not a big enough country to devote all of its land to creating renewable energy – but there is another place with vast expanses of empty space and limitless sunshine.
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