How Conscious Energy Saving Contributes to Climate Neutrality

Saving energy is a key building block on the road towards climate neutrality. But how can we change our behavior if saving is neither convenient nor attractive? There is plenty of information available – but often there is a lack of motivation. This article will discuss hy it takes more than just facts to make everyday life more climate-friendly – and how we can all contribute.

„Saving energy is never sexy,“ says Dr Klaus Wortmann, environmental psychologist and energy consultant at the Society for Energy and Climate Protection in Schleswig-Holstein. And that is precisely the problem: even though the facts are known and the topic is omnipresent, many people find it difficult to make real changes in their everyday lives. Saving energy is seen as tedious, inconvenient and unattractive – yet it is one of the most important building blocks on the road towards climate neutrality.

The radio program shows: Information alone is not enough. Klaus Wortmann is convinced that it takes more than just information to get people interested in saving energy.

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Lara Schulzky

Lara Schulzky, born in Gladbeck in 2004, loves traveling and getting to know new cultures. While still at school, she spent several months as an exchange student in Norway. After graduating from high school, she moved to South Korea for a few weeks, where she attended a language school in Seoul and lived with a host family. She hardly knows silence because there is usually a podcast, music or an audio book playing. She also wants to pursue her curiosity and wide-ranging interests professionally. Journalism is a perfect fit.

Simon Rodig

Simon Rodig, who was born in Dormagen in 2004 and grew up in Cologne, is particularly interested in science and the bigger picture. Through the Erasmus+ project ‘Let’s science our environment’, he not only broadened his knowledge, but also his horizons – through exchanges with young people from Spain, Portugal, England and Denmark. He also discovered his enthusiasm for travelling. As a result, he spent two months travelling through Europe with friends after graduating from high school. On these trips, he learnt to look at the world from different angles – a perspective that he now incorporates into his journalistic work.