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Restorative justice can help foster the well-being of people because it prioritizes the needs of everyone involved in a crime in a healthy way. Victims, offenders, and community encounter each other and try to repair. Victims experience care for their needs, vindication, safety, and regaining control over their lives. Offenders experience...

I want to share this study with you about environmental racism in Germany, it also has an informative and understandable overview of environmental racism as a general history. https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/2021-12/E-Paper_The_Elephant_in_the_Room.pdf

Environmental degradation most commonly affects BIPoC people, people with a migration background, and people with low income in Germany. They are often affected by heat waves and pollution because, due to systemic racism, they are often forced to live in areas with more environmental and health risks. Sinti*zze and Rom*nja people are often at...

We can all benefit from constructive communication because deep listening helps people to be relieved from suffering and heal from harmful experiences, and constructive communication helps to avoid misunderstandings and make sure everyone feels valued while being clear and concise. Problem oriented: focus on problems and not people, so say that...

Water quality is not really a problem where I live as we have strict regulations regarding pollutants. But you may have pipes in your house that are still made of lead. In Munich, however, despite regulations and high quality water, lead or chemical contamination (pesticides, PFAS/PFOA) is a risk due to old infrastructure and agricultural and...

I live in Germany and didn't find a lot of information about voter suppression here. I don't think it is a big topic here and it's likely not as present. The requirement for voting is a German citizenship and it's recommended to bring a passport and ID, which I can imagine could be difficult for some people but it is required to have an ID as...

Today I learned about environmental problems in my city. I learned that my city is getting warmer, with increased heat waves. In 2018 the longest heat wave took place over 17 days. The historic district and the industrial west part of the city have the most problems. This is damaging for the health of people living here. There's a heat action...

Today's EcoChallenge updates: Missed out on the first two days due to travel and illness. Now I'm back and hoping for a great EcoChallenge. Unplugged some appliances but unfortunately couldn't unplug everything that belongs to my family. Created a table to learn about spending habits. Learned about an environmental problem in my city....