{"id":88192,"date":"2022-05-27T08:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=88192"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:03:15","slug":"about-the-courage-to-use-a-washcloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/greenlifestyle\/about-the-courage-to-use-a-washcloth\/","title":{"rendered":"About the courage to use a washcloth."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88192\" class=\"elementor elementor-88192 elementor-86334\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ea5ee2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20ea5ee2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4980a617 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4980a617\" 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class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Courage<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4229e836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4229e836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tphoto: sincerely media on unsplash\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e4a1943 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e4a1943\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-674fcf4e\" data-id=\"674fcf4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fb47d45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fb47d45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f29049a\" data-id=\"5f29049a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39780985\" data-id=\"39780985\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6860b27a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6860b27a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>We all would leave our beaten tracks just a little bit and change our habits? Then, we could save a large amount of the 14.24 metric tons CO2* that each and everyone (!) in the USA produce on average per year.<\/strong><\/em> And it does not even have to be the huge change to your lifestyle like <em>\u201cI am a vegan now\u201d<\/em> or<em> \u201cI will never fly again\u201d<\/em> \u2013 which would of course have a major impact but is just not feasible for a whole population.<\/p><p><em>There are other ways.<\/em> For example, the daily shower. If, for example, people in Germany would skip a single shower that would mean saving 8.7 gallons of water and 0.5 kg emissions per person**. For a population of 83 million that would mean more than 43,000 metric tons CO2 for the whole country. That equals about 180 flights from Frankfurt to Palma de Mallorca &#8211; just to give you a comparison. <em>But it gets even better.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22f614ae\" data-id=\"22f614ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-661cad1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"661cad1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b02db6e\" data-id=\"b02db6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-874b231\" data-id=\"874b231\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368598e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"368598e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Organic coffee causes up to 75% less CO2 emissions compared to conventionally cultivated coffee. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-280b8a1\" data-id=\"280b8a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5045236 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5045236\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfde7a1\" data-id=\"bfde7a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dec62eb\" data-id=\"dec62eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7722c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7722c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Wow. Of course we knew that the organic and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/kaffeekultur\/enzyklopaedie\/bio-certificates\/demeter\/\">Demeter cultivation<\/a> of our coffees is much more climate and soil friendly. But this study was surprising even for us.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>According to the geographers of the University College London*** the emissions from the sustainable cultivation of coffee are at best only a quarter of the emissions from conventional cultivation. <em>And if you go one step further and put oat or pea milk into your coffee instead of cow milk that is even more environment friendly.<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>So, one thing is clear:<\/strong> <\/em>Climate protection and a green<em>(er)<\/em> way of living does not mean sacrifice. <em>It only takes a little bit of courage, a washcloth, and definitely good organic coffee.<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>If you are interested in the whole topic of having the courage to change something:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/mount-hagen-and\/greenlifestyle\/goodbye-old-habits-and-beaten-paths\/\">Check out this article.<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><em>Sources:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>*<em><a href=\"https:\/\/de.statista.com\/statistik\/daten\/studie\/1275275\/umfrage\/treibhausgasbilanz-pro-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">de.statista.com\/statistik\/daten\/studie\/1275275\/umfrage\/treibhausgasbilanz-pro-person\/<\/a><\/em><br \/>** <em>The Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry assumes in a rather prudent valuation, that Germans take an average of 200 showers, each 6 minutes long, a year. Per minute, 10 liters (2.64 gallons) of water flow through the shower head, which are heated up to 37 \u00b0C (98,6 \u00b0F) comfortable temperature \u2013 mostly with fossil fuels. That makes 33 liters (8.7 gallons) of water and 0.5 kg emissions per day for a single person. 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