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  • Press release 03/2024 from 16.01.2024 | Last changed: 18.01.2024

    Federal “Blue Compass” award launches in new round of competition

    Grafik mit der Aufschrift "Bundespreis Blauer Kompass – Jetzt mit Ihrem Projekt bewerben!" in weißen Buchstaben auf einem blau-grünen Hintergrund. Oben rechts sind die Logos des Bundesumweltministeriums und des Umweltbundesamtes zu sehen.

    … at local authorities, private and municipal companies, educational and research institutions as well as clubs, associations and foundations. The deadline for … twenty projects for the federal award in May 2024. They will be supported by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the competition office co2online …

  • Press release 04/2022 from 18.01.2022 | Last changed: 27.01.2022

    Blauer Kompass contest launches first round as a new federal prize

    Der Bundespreis Blauer Kompass hat eine blaue Kompassnadel als Logo

    … As in the past, private and municipal companies, educational and research institutions as well as associations and foundations can apply. From 2022, cities, … Environment Agency (UBA) nominate twenty projects for the prize in May 2022. The Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the co2online consulting company …

  • Press release 04/2020 from 31.01.2020 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Youth study: Climate action and environmental protection are popular among young people

    junge Frauen am Laptop

    … population entitled Zukunft? Jugend fragen [Future? Ask youth], carried out by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) on behalf of the Federal Environment … our livelihoods." More than 1000 young people ages 14 - 22 were surveyed by the Institute for Economy Research (IÖW) and partners in summer 2019. Young people were … population entitled Zukunft? Jugend fragen [Future? Ask youth], carried out by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) on behalf of the Federal Environment …

  • DzU article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Indicator: National Welfare Index

    A graph shows the national welfare index (NWI) and gross domestic product (2000 = 100) for the years between 1991 and 2024. Since 2000, the NWI has increased by 10.7 percent, while GDP rose by 27.4 percent.

    … welfare index (NWI) and the gross domestic product (GDP) Source: Held et al./Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung Figure as PDF (134.29 kB) Figure … Methodenbericht Nationaler Wohlfahrtsindex 3.0 (in German only ). On the Research Institute of the Protestant Study Community (FEST) website the latest publications … Methodenbericht Nationaler Wohlfahrtsindex 3.0 (in German only ). On the Research Institute of the Protestant Study Community (FEST) website the latest publications …

  • News from 18.07.2016 | Last changed: 19.08.2016

    Wanted: German experience with forest kindergartens

    kindergarten group sitting on a meadow in a forest

    … definition of forest kindergartens and, in principle, accepts them as a pre-school institution of education. German and Czech forest kindergartens will collaborate …

  • Press release 44/2013 from 11.11.2013 | Last changed: 10.12.2013

    Bundespreis Ecodesign prize is awarded

    Trophies with the logo of the Bundespreis Ecodesign an the names of the winners standing on a table

    … Jochen Flasbarth (President, UBA) Prof. Dr. Rainer Grießhammer (Director, Öko-Institut) Ursula Heinen-Esser (Parliamentary State Secretary at BMU) Prof. Günter … (KHB) Karin-Simone Fuhs, ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung Dr. Dietlinde Quack, Öko-Institut    Thomas Wodtke and Hendrik Roch, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT Stephan Rabl, …

  • Press release 26/2025 from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 24.06.2025

    Bathing waters in Germany once again receive top marks

    Zwei Menschen rennen freudig ins Wasser.

    … overview is available via a new interactive map application from the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG). In addition to the current quality classifications, …

  • Press release 55/2014 from 05.12.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Start of International Year of Soils 2015

    a plant growing on a very dry soil

    … Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Start of International Year of …