When only the prime cuts end up on our plates and the rest of the animal is used for energy production or as fertilizer, this has little to do with appreciation. In this “Meat Atlas Extra,” we provide information about the animals you do not eat.
The 2014 Meat Atlas serves up twenty short essays on new topics related to meat consumption. It sheds light on the “big business” of meat and shows that alternatives to large-scale industrial production are possible.
Europe is more than just debt crises, bureaucracy, and national narrow-mindedness. This is demonstrated by the Europe Atlas, published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in collaboration with the German Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Le Monde Diplomatique.
Germany is world champion! In lignite mining. A quarter of Germany's greenhouse gas emissions come from the 30 largest coal-fired power plants. The result is dramatic damage to the climate, the environment, and human health. The Coal Atlas shows that a gradual phase-out of coal-fired power generation is technically possible and necessary.