What types of water are there?!
16. November 2020
Wasser 3.0 proudly presents:
The blog for water without microplastics and micropollutants.
Author:
Silke Haubensak
We want to stop the uncontrolled pollution of our waters with microplastics and micropollutants. Why it is high time to act and how we want to achieve it, we now describe
scientifically based and step by step in our blog for water without microplastics and micropollutants
.Wasser 3.0 has been existing as a non-profit company for six months. We are a small team with big goals and very, very many tasks. It is therefore always important to prioritize and weigh up to which tasks we can, should or must devote how much time.
So far, we have primarily used our blog and our social media channels Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to share information and news about our work, research results and findings.
However, we have now decided to devote more time to our
about water without microplastics and micropollutants
and to gear it towards naming and explaining our motivations, perspectives, and goals.Re-launch of the Wasser 3.0 blog
and the question about the Why?
Microplastics and other micropollutants such as pharmaceutical residues, industrial chemicals, pesticides, hormones and heavy metals pollute our water worldwide
.We would no longer like to accept the fact that the distribution of microplastics and micropollutants has so far been largely uncontrolled and uncontrollable.
Our aim is to identify effective levers to prevent this from happening in the future. Where we see these levers and how we are starting there with our responsible research and the corresponding application-oriented development work, we will gradually describe, explain and put up for discussion in our blog about water without microplastics and micropollutants.
The
blog about water without microplastics and micropollutants
that identifies effective levers for water protection.Like many (environmental) scientific issues, microplastics, micropollutants and water purification are highly complex research areas. It becomes no less complex when promising environmentally friendly innovations and approaches could be used in "real life", i.e. brought to market.
Economic, political, scientific and (civil) societal systems and their actors cause a complex and polyphonic canon that accompanies the further development and implementation of solutions.
Sometimes supporting and accelerating, sometimes inhibiting or even slowing down - that all too often depends more on the interests andneeds or the decision-making or implementation sovereignty of individuals than on the ecological and social impact that could be achieved
. The common orientation towards theoverriding common good and environmental protection
is easily and often pushed into the background.For us, exactly these things are always the priority. For this we work in a non-profit organization. That is why we do application-oriented and responsible research. To this end, we
develop methods, materials and knowledge that can be used as quickly and efficiently as possible wherever water is polluted
.And where is that exactly? And what exactly does quick and efficient mean?
In order to be able to identify impactful levers for
water protection, we take a systemic perspective
, i.e. we see people, ecosystems, processes and structures as mutually influencing each other. The respective influencing factors need to be analyzed individually as well as in their entirety and relatedness. Given thecomplexity of a global environmental problem
, we too get dizzy at times. Only one thing helps.Facing the challenge step by step, drop by drop.
We want to make you rethink.
In our
We discuss interesting facts about our main
What is the state of the art in technology and research?
What do we know about the levels of pollution?
What are the risks for our ecosystems, wildlife, and human health?
Which legal frameworks are there?
What is the role of consumers and citizens?
In addition to answers to these many questions, we give you an insight into our self-conception as a research organization for ecological and social impact:
Why do we work as a gGmbH?
Is water a human right or an economic good?
What does the term responsible research mean?
Some information to this can already be found on our homepage: Our alignment with the sustainability goals of the United Nations, our understanding of responsible research and our educational mission.
We have also put together
blog about water without microplastics and micropollutants
we would like to contribute to reducing the complexity of the topics. At the same time, it is our goal to stimulate thinking, even critical thinking, courageous questioning, and a change of perspective.We discuss interesting facts about our main
topics water, microplastics and micropollutants
in a scientifically sound manner and from different directions:In addition to answers to these many questions, we give you an insight into our self-conception as a research organization for ecological and social impact:
Some information to this can already be found on our homepage: Our alignment with the sustainability goals of the United Nations, our understanding of responsible research and our educational mission.
We have also put together
scientifically sound information about our research focus on microplastics and micropollutants
. That is why we are starting the relaunch of our blog with a topic that is so naturally important to us that we often forget to mention it (keywords: operational blindness and appreciation) - our water.When the well is dry, we know the worth of the water.
At the end of the day, everything is about water. It is not without reason that our company name
In the coming weeks we will make water our main topic in
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