Sustainability in Germany (American Perspective)

Hey there everyone! In today’s video I am talking about sustainability in Germany.

For those of you who don’t know me... my name is Neeva and I live in Germany with my husband Ben and our cat Blu. I make videos about what it’s like to live in Germany as an American, as well as other random things I want to talk about!

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[Rainerjgs]

Immer wieder erfreulich, erfrischend und erheiternd diese überaus liebenswerte junge Frau mit Ihrem urkomischen Talent zur Clownerie!

[albertomagdua]

Nice explanation.Yours truly is practicing Regenerative Surgical Agriculture almost no till method no pesticides no chemical fertilizers.. Transfarmer Philippines

[javiermarcialcespedesberne]

Hola, que tal?,
como van?, Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos,
felicidades por tus vídeos...

[hartmutbohn]

Didn't know you were living in Baden-Württemberg. Greetings from Mannheim.

[Spartan]

Didn’t notice the lighting being off and I’m “no” vegan, but no harm in looking at what it has to offer, it is after all, your channel. I live in NRW and we have the same recycling options as you guys have down there, so I think it’s pretty much Germany wide, though may be lacking in places.

[robertzander]

Very good and very important topic 👍
I totally appreciate it if someone likes to talk about it.
We all can see what's going on at this world no matter where you live, even part's of Germany were hit very hard.
This month we have a big and a few smaller elections. They will show us in which way we like to go. And for the environment a change is necessary, the focus on the environment needs to grow a lot more. Also as example for Europe, because we are responsible for a lot of horrible things around the world. The big nations need to do something. Germany, France,
Great Britain, Italy, Spain, China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US.

[JakobFischer]

Just to explain the many solar panels. In 2000 we had a red-green government and they decided to pay about 50 cent per KWh for 20 years for solar energy. At that time, solar panels were rare and expensive and at a certain point, Germany bought about 70 percent of the worlds production. But that started the industrial production, and the decline in price made solar to what it is today. Later the new CDU-SPD government reduced the earnings to prevent the state owned power companies and ruined a lot of german solar companies.

[kerrshee]

Love this! So interesting to see different countries / cultures and how they tackle sustainability. It was a big topic and interest of my abroad school in South Africa! Side note; what camera do you use for your videos??

[Rainerjgs]

Lay back, come down and speak not so hasty!

[choedzin]

Buying local produce can help the environment by saving on transport pollution, yes, but I personally consider it even more important to buy organic food (local and organic is best, of course). Otherwise, you're just encouraging the local farmers to keep polluting your own region's soil with chemicals.

[lyrikblog]

And you know what's the best? When you have solar panels on your roof, you have the right to sell your electrical power that you are generating back to the power network. In this case the electricity meter runs backwards :-)

[franzjaegers]

Do you use a handcart (Bollerwagen) for hauling the bottles to the glas container?

[thepurplesmurf]

I generally don't have a problem with vegans. It becomes a problem when vegans try to proselytize (is this the right word in this context?) and convert everyone around them. Sadly this is what most of them try do after their "enlightenment", at least in my experience. It has probably to do with a lot of vegans became a vegan because it's "in" or "fashion" and not because it's their real belief.