Heddi und die Plastik-Helden

Publication: Book
Citation: Kienle, Dela; Knorre, Alexander von (2020): Heddi und die Plastik-Helden. Special production for the BMBF research focus "Plastics in the Environment". Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg.

This PIXI book was created in the context of "Plastics in the Environment", a research focus coordinated by the Ecologic Institute. It tells the story of Samia, Johann and their babysitter Tom, who discover a seagull tangled up in a plastic bag on a riverside. After the children have freed the seagull with the help of their babysitter, they explore the reasons for the bird's fate. Tom explains to them how plastic gets from land to sea, how long it remains in nature and how to avoid it in everyday life with simple decisions.

An educational story for young plastic heroes and their parents. The PIXI book was very popular and is now unfortunately out of print.

Plastic avoidance explained as easy as child's play.

Plastics & the Environment – Why We Need a Plastics Treaty

13 March 2024
Doris Knoblauch

News

Doris Knoblauch was an observer at the negotiations in Nairobi during the week and, as part of the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty (Scientist's Coalition for short), provided various negotiating delegations with scientific information. The Scientist's Coalition is an independent network of scientists around the world who conduct research on plastics, chemicals, and health, covering various disciplines and aspects. A team was on site to answer open questions quickly, scientifically and independently.

UN Negotiations on a Potential Plastics Agreement were Stuck in Nairobi

A long way to go

13 - 19 November 2023

Publication:Article

Plastics Treaty Text Must Center Ecosystems

Letter in Science

Year 2023

Publication:Article

This article illustrates the communication strategies that were successfully applied in the citizen science program Plastic Pirates in Germany. The program engages schoolchildren, teachers and youth groups in plastic pollution research. A variety of communication strategies have been implemented and continuously revised and adapted since the start of the program in 2016.

Sharing Communication Insights of the Citizen Science Program Plastic Pirates

Best practices from 7 years of engaging schoolchildren and teachers in plastic pollution research

Year 2023

News

After the euphoria had been dampened at the beginning of the negotiation week in Paris, there was a good result in the end: The Chair H.E. Mr. Gustavo Adolfo Meza-Cuadra Velasquez and the INC Secretariat were given a mandate to present a first draft ("zero draft") in the run-up to the next negotiations. This is an important next step. Doris Knoblauch accompanied the INC-2 negotiations in Paris for Ecologic Institute.

Why the Negotiations on the UN Plastics Agreement in Paris were a Success

An important step

29 May - 2 June 2023

Publication:Book

For many people, plastic bottles have become an indispensable part of everyday life. However, the production and throwing away of plastic bottles is harmful to the environment and the climate. Ideally, PET bottles are recycled and reused. But what happens to the bottles during the recycling process? "Die Geisterstunde" by Christian Tielmann is the third PIXI book produced as part of the BMBF research focus "Plastics in the Environment" with Stiftung Lesen and Carlsen Verlag and is dedicated to the recycling of plastic bottles.

Die Geisterstunde

Year 2023

Publication:Book

Plastics shape our modern life like hardly any other material. They are flexible, light, and versatile. At the same time, they also represent one of the greatest ecological challenges of our time. To make this topic clear and understandable for children and to convey the relevant knowledge, Ecologic Institute and Stiftung Lesen, together with Carlsen Verlag, have developed this special edition of Lesemaus.

Alte Flaschen, neue Flaschen!

A Lesemaus on the subject of recycling

Year 2023

Presentation:Lecture

On 29 March 2023, Doris Knoblauch and Mandy Hinzmann gave a lecture on "Plastics and the Environment" in a postgraduate course, where 19 experts from ministries, authorities, municipalities, non-governmental organizations and industry from low-income countries and emerging economies were represented and exchanged. The focus was on reducing plastics in the environment, on different responsibilities and concerns from a global perspective on the one hand, and on the textile sector on the other hand.

Plastics & The Environment – Responsibilities and Implications Between North and South

29 March 2023
Doris Knoblauch

Event:Digital Event

On 19 May 2020, Doris Knoblauch moderated a media training for the research focus "Plastics in the Environment". The journalist Ralf Nestler provided the content input. In addition to his work at the Tagesspiegel, he also worked as a scientist at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. Nestler thus knows both sides of the relationship between science and journalism.

How to Get My Research Topic into the Media – And how to keep control over the issue coverage?

Media training PlastikNet

19 May 2020
online

Language: German
Credits: Story: Dela Kienle
Illustration: Alexander von Knorre
Plot: Doris Knoblauch and Linda Mederake
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Published by: CARLSEN Verlag, Germany
Year: 2020
Dimension: 24 pp.
Project: Scientific Coordination of Research Projects on "Plastics in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions" (PlastikNet)
Project ID: 2295
Keywords: Education

Plastics

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Scientific Coordination of Research Projects on "Plastics in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions" (PlastikNet)

PublicationBookFlupp aus der Plastikflasche

Titelseite Pixi-Buch Flupp aus der Plastikflasche

Das PIXI-Buch ist im Rahmen des BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkts "Plastik in der Umwelt" entstanden.

The topic of plastic in the environment is particularly easy for children to understand because plastic products and waste are everywhere. The PIXI book "Flupp aus der Plastikflasche" (Flupp in the plastic bottle), which was created as part of the research focus ... Read more

Tielmann, Christian; Korthues, Barbara (2022): Flupp aus der Plastikflasche. Special production for the BMBF research focus "Plastics in the Environment". Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg.

PublicationBookDie Schatzsuche

Die Lesemaus "Die Schatzsuche" wurde im Rahmen des BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkt "Plastik in der Umwelt" erstellt.

Plastic waste is omnipresent, the pollution in the environment easily recognizable. This makes the issue relevant even for the youngest children. This is why the Ecologic Institute, within the research focus "Plastics in the Environment", together with the AOK... Read more

Tielmann, Christian; Korthues, Barbara (2022): Die Schatzsuche. Lesemaus. Special production for the BMBF research focus "Plastics in the Environment". Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg.

ProjectPlastic Pirates – Go Europe! – German campaign

A torn plastic bag on the riverbank or a yoghurt cup floating in the water are symptoms of serious interference with the highly complex system of seas, the ocean and flowing waterways. The Plastic Pirates – Go Europe! project focuses on this plastic waste problem and... Read more

Plastic Pirates – Go Europe! – German campaign

Duration: Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

PresentationSpeechThe Plastic Pirates – Investigating Waste Pollution in and at German Rivers with Young People

Präsentation Plastikpiraten

At the dialogue event "The River, the Waste and Me" by the Berlin initiative "Alles im Fluss" in cooperation with "Stadtgespräch Wasser bewegt Berlin" on water pollution control and waste on the banks, Linda Mederake, scientific researcher at Ecologic Institute,... Read more

Speech:The Plastic Pirates – Investigating Waste Pollution in and at German Rivers with Young People

Date: 28 May 2019
Location: Berlin, Germany

ProjectScientific Support of the Non-fiction Youth Book "Plastik, Müll und Ich"

Ecologic Institute is providing scientific support to the non-fiction youth book Plastik, Müll und Ich being written by children and youth author Gesine Grotrian. The book is aimed at answering the questions that young people have about plastics. It is published by... Read more

Scientific Support of the Non-fiction Youth Book "Plastik, Müll und Ich"

Duration: Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Funding: Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBS), Germany