Graue Energie und der Beton in den Köpfen

Einige der giftigsten Schlangenarten haben ihre Heimat in Südafrika. Ihr Gift tötet auch Menschen. Dennoch ist lebensrettendes Antiserum Mangelware in Südafrika. Die Gründe sind hausgemacht, berichtet Stephan Ueberbach. 

In Deutschland wird es Alleinerziehenden schwer gemacht: Sie müssen prozentual mehr Steuern zahlen als verheiratete Paare. Die Hälfte der Alleinerziehenden erhält zu wenig Unterhalt und für viele ist es kaum möglich, Vermögen oder eine Altersabsicherung aufzubauen, berichtet Moni ...  Show more

Concrete is all around us: we use it to build our roads, buildings, bridges and much more. Yet over the last 2,000 years, the art of mixing cement and using it to bind concrete hasn't changed very much -- and it remains one of the world's biggest emitters of carbon. Entrepreneur ...  Show more

If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a fifth option? Architect Michael Green propose ...  Show more

From London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink -- and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding, says landscape architect and TED Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom. But what if we could design cities to help fight floods? In ...  Show more

What if we could use waste to create resilient and sustainable buildings? Bringing out the beauty of the dirt beneath our feet, climate-responsive architect Vinu Daniel shares how he and his team are giving local and discarded materials (think: mud, plastic and used tires) a seco ...  Show more