Category: Environment

October 20, 2018 was marked again by the “Stop Talking, Start Planting” campaign.

37 students from 15 schools were educated as climate ambassadors as part of a Plant for the Planet Academy supported by SAF-HOLLAND.

The main moderator Emilia Mekok and the two co-moderators Luis Baumbach and Sascha Barz explained the most important points concerning climate protection and climate justice as well as the importance of trees in this context. Among other things the objective of keeping the temperature rise under a border of 2° should be reached by planting 1,000 billion trees.

The highlight of the day came after the lunch break – the active planting of trees.

In bright sunshine and with the friendly support of the community of Bessenbach, the 37 academy participants were able to plant around 50 silver fir trees and sow the identical quantity of acorns. But we could learn from the explanations of the forester, that this is not quite simple in this year.
The long-lasting drought has of course an effect on the forests and ensures that young trees are less developed than they should be at this time.
Accordingly, the young trees had not only to be planted but also watered immediately so that they could grow up well and be able to absorb approx. 10 kg CO₂ as well as to produce up to 130 kg oxygen per year.

On May 5, 2018, around 30 children took the opportunity to learn about the climate crisis in the Klingerhof in Hösbach from already trained students of the plant-for-the-planet foundation and to become climate ambassadors, in order to self-manage a little bit and get involved in and their future.

The trained climate ambassadors Torben Michalk and Linus Saschek showed the most important points on the subject of climate protection – and climate justice in a comprehensible and sovereign way. In particular, they has been focused on the distribution and problem of human-induced CO₂ emissions.

With the transmitted knowledge that trees are very important for climate protection, the students set out after the lunch break to put the theory into practice.

Armed with spades and hoes and full of enthusiasm, the students helped to reach the foundation’s goal of planting a trillion trees worldwide, by planting around 100 firs together with the local forester. At this point we want to thank the municipality of Bessenbach, which has kindly enabled this planting action again.

The member of the Bavarian state parilament Dr. Hans Jürgen Fahn explained in a short speech, that the message of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation has also arrived in politics and that they recognized that the students of today have to take the future of tomorrow into their hands.

We at SAF-Holland are also convinced that it is high time to stand up for climate protection and therefore we support the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation among other things with the help of such days of action – for the future of all of us, but especially for those of our children.

Julia Stockum of Main-TV accompanied the academy and summarized the programme. – Main TV.

The association Plant-for-the-Planet Aschaffenburg e.V. was founded for the region around Aschaffenburg. It is ideal for those who want to be active in the region following the training of the climate ambassadors. Further information can also be found at treecounter.de

For the fourth time, the Hussverlag has focused on the economic, ecological and social aspects of product and service offerings within the commercial vehicle industry with the European Transport Award for Sustainability.

As a responsible company, SAF-HOLLAND promotes actions for people, the environment and energy efficiency, and aims to make the best possible contribution to climate and environmental protection by means of a CO₂-friendly working method.

The globally active company sets an example as a social and future-oriented employer with concrete resource-saving working methods, special energy-saving measures, the health promotion of the employees or the support of the initiative “Plant for the Planet” with donations and action days to sensitize children to the climate and justice problems,

The main concern is the permanent further development of the product range as reliable solutions for all vehicle and trailer manufacturers. The focus here is explicitly on weight-reducing products for the commercial vehicle industry for more payload, lower fuel consumption, and thus reduced CO₂ emissions. E.g. the new adaptive air damping system on trailer axles saves 18 kg weight per trailer and works without oil pressure shock absorbers.

Despite wind and rain, the 58 participating students planted around 170 fir trees, beeches and Douglas firs on 25.11.2017 at the 2nd Plant for the Planet Academy supported this year by SAF-HOLLAND with the kind support of the Bessenbach community.

The goal of “Plant-for-the-Planet” is to sensitize as many students as possible to the climate and justice issues. And SAF-HOLLAND supports the foundation, among other things, by organizing academies, as they took place on 25.11.2017 at the Landhotel Klingerhof in Hösbach-Winzenhohl, to achieve these goals.

At an academy, the students experience from already trained ambassadors – also children – the climatic and ecological contexts. Using rhetoric training as a basis, they develop concepts in groups together on how they can disseminate what they have learned in order to reach as many children as possible and motivate them to become active for their future.

See here that such an academy is not only useful, but also fun for the student – Main TV.

Find more information about Plant for the Planet here: www.plant-for-the-planet.org

SAF-HOLLAND replaces two diesel vehicles by three eco-friendly, quiet and space-saving electric cars from the series „smart fortwo electric drive vehicles“. A clean alternative, which is also extremely useful for the local transport sector.

With the aim of a more environmentally friendly handling of the traffic between the plants, city driving or trips in the region, the “little one” has convinced in the selection of vehicles with electric motor across the board.

This car seems almost perfect for the short distance and urban area with a range of 160 km. A small turning circle and compact external dimensions of just 2.70 m in length and 1.70 m in width make finding a parking space extremely easy as well.

But the biggest advantage is of course in the electric motor. Because the three-phase synchronous motor ensures that the eSmart emits no CO₂ during its use in the next few years and, moreover, runs very quietly from factory to factory.

According to Gerhard Rosenzweig, Fleet Manager of SAF-HOLLAND, the purchase of the three eSmarts fortwo is just the beginning. More electric cars are already planned for the coming year. They will then be from the series “smart forfour electric drive”.

Dr. Heiden (CFO SAF-HOLLAND) at the handover of the eSmarts by Frank Philipp and Sascha Stößel from Mercedes Kunzmann, Aschaffenburg

In keeping with the motto “Stop Talking, Start Planting”, the Plant for the Planet Foundation draws attention to climate change and fairness as well as to global environmental problems. In order to bring children and young people closer to these topics, SAF-HOLLAND organized another action day on 14.10.2017. On this day 25 pupils from the region learned more about the climatic and ecological contexts and even plant trees together.

The aim of “Plant-for-the-Planet” is to raise students’ awareness of climate and justice issues. The goals are set up with the help of the so-called academies, where children of already trained ambassadors – also children – learn the climatic and ecological correlations. Together, they are developing concepts of how to spread what they have learned in order to reach as many children as possible and to motivate them to take action for their future. The highlight of an academy is, of course, the active planting of trees.

SAF-HOLLAND supports the Plant for the Planet Foundation and organizes academies as they took place on 14.10.2017 in the Landhotel Klingerhof in Hösbach-Winzenhohl. 25 children aged between 8 and 13 learned how to contribute to a global climate justice and planted over 70 trees as a sign of the action.

Find more information about Plant for the Planet here: www.plant-for-the-planet.org

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