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6. December 2019

Consul with A Big Heart Helps Farmers Grow Cacao

As the Honorary Consul of Togo in Bavaria, I am very motivated to contribute to improving minimum wages in Africa in order to create more domestic demand, to connect social and environmental standards to our cooperation and to help developing moral capitalism.

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21. November 2019

Old Mango Trees Make Great Phone-Speakers for this Twibber

I live in the UAE, and at a market I found a stall, that sells phone speaker amplifiers by Mangobeat made entirely of wood, from old mango trees that no longer produce fruit.

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15. November 2019

Three Hives on Office Roof are Home to 150,000 Bees

I was happy to learn about an initiative, which is good news for the bee population in France, where nearly 30% of bee colonies disappear each year, because of pesticides, pollution and new predators like the Asian hornet.

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11. November 2019

“Puffin Patrol” Catches Disoriented Birds to Save Their Lives

My wife Elfie and I discovered several dead birds on the roads in August. Nobody knew what kind of birds they were. We learned that they were young baby Puffins. They look different to the adults. No colored beak, no white chest etc..

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8. November 2019

Twibber Enjoys Chocolate Treat as Add On to Ocelot and Howler Protection

My recent journey through Ecuador led me to Mompiche, a remote fisher and surfer village on the Pacific Coast, flanked by the Chocó rainforest, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.

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25. October 2019

Utopia for Twibber: No Cars on Streets, Wild Plants, Tiny Houses

During a recent travel to Freiburg in Germany near the French border, I discovered an urban quarter, which we could call a utopia. Or, a dream of ecological and harmonious cohabitation.

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24. October 2019

Friend of Twibber First Builds School, Then University, Keeps Kids from Leaving Country

A friend of mine built a school in Koudougou, a small town in Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world. She is working hard aiming at making this wonderful school one of the leading schools in the country.

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23. October 2019

Twib-Moment Stole my Night’s Sleep – and I Loved It!

I had a special „twib moment“ yesterday, after the postman delivered a fascinating book:

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20. October 2019

Black Mud from Moors Detox Your Body – and Our Air

When I started working at a luxury resort in the moors close to Germany's Bielefeld recently, I learned something really surprising: Moors cover only 3% of the world's land area. Forests, on the other hand, 30%.

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15. October 2019

Grandma and Grandpa Get Their Own Official Holiday

I was impressed to learn these days that the government of Bavaria has launched a delightful initiative: From now on every second Sunday in October Grandparents Day will officially be celebrated in the german free state.