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Activity report Go for Climate e.V. 2007 2011

Visions for 2012

October 2011

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Table of contents

Introduction 3

The CO2tool 4

The Klimabrunch (climate breakfast) 5

The Landfill Vision 7

Olongapo 7

Situation at the landfill site 7

The Scavengers 9

Stakeholders and their aims 10

Alternative climate saving livelihoods through microcredits 11

Step 1: first green jobs started 13

Step 2: further green jobs - after first microcredit paybacks of Step 1 14

Step 3: Biomass project - in cooperation with professionals 15

Step 4 build up of a school 18

Impressions of the Olongapo project 19

Kairo 21

Vision and basic principles according to the realization of the projects 22

Energy Efficiency 23

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Introduction

Go for Climate e.V. (GfC) is a small volunteers association based in Hamburg, Germany

(www.go-for-climate.com). It has been founded 2007 to motivate and inform people about the

topic of climate protection and to undertake projects that lead to a direct CO2reduction.

GfC is a small organization but with wonderful people that work all for free besides their daily

work, like Amy Sanchez, our teacher in Olongapo. She herself doesn t own much, but spends her

time to save the climate and to help her fellow countrymen.

Our world is full of climate-treasures that can resolve three problems in one:

save the climate

create jobs for the poorest and most vulnerable

save money as well as resources by saving energy.

This is our vision. We want to do everything to retrieve the climate-treasures of our world.

Daily life at the Olongapo waste site in the background: smog of burning waste

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The CO2tool

GfCs first project was the creation of a CO2tool. This tool not only calculates a CO

2footprint, as

all CO2footprint tools did at that time. It also proposes changes in behaviour, showing the possible

CO2 and also energy cost reduction that could be achieved by choosing the alternatives.

GfC wants to show the people, that climate saving is not that diff icult at all, that we dont neces-

sarily have to live without the things we love and that we can even just benefit from it, by savingmoney. After this first project GfC then arranged events in Germany and contacted people at their

homes to educate them about these easy-to-do opportunities.

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The Klimabrunch (climate breakfast)

Our largest event was the Klimabrunch with about 120 participants, taking place on the 08th of

June 2008 in an organic restaurant in Hamburg.

The Klimabrunch was an event with the aim to provide a relaxed breakfast for the guests combinedwith all the necessary information about climate change and practical ideas how everybody can

reduce their CO2footprint. The laid-back atmosphere was supposed to get those people interested

who did not have any interest in this topic before or did not have the time to learn about ways to

protect the climate.

Our main goals were:

to inform as many people as possible about effective measures to reduce CO2

to prove that we can save 40% of CO2right now without additional expenses or personal sacrifices

to facilitate change

to find out what keeps people from taking an active part in climate protection and what they

need to make it happen

Our visitors enjoyed:

a pleasant brunch with music and information

individual counselling about the possibilities of saving energy and CO2

What was special about our concept of climate counselling

a positive approach to climate protection

to approach people directly instead of waiting for them to come to us

to take people by the hand to support them in changing their lifestyle to a more climate-

friendly manner

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The restaurant nat. in the center of Hamburg provided more than 120 guests with a brunch made

entirely out of organic, mostly regional food.

Specialized lectures provided an overview of the problem of climate change.

Lecture: Does climate change really exist?

by Daniela Jacob (Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology)

Lecture: From climate research to climate politics

by Susanne Kadner (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

Dr. Daniela Jacob is working at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in Hamburg.

The goal of MPI-M is to research how physical, chemical and biological processes as well as human

behaviour influence the dynamics of the earth, especially global and regional climate change.

Mrs. Jacob is the deputy training manager of the department where she is leading the work group

Regional Climate Modelling.

Dr. Susanne Kadner is working for Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam.

The PIK is researching economically and socially relevant questions in the areas of global change,

climate impact, and sustainable development.

Mrs. Kadner belongs to the director s staff and as a scientific consultant, she is responsible for

the areas of climate politics and sustainability. She collaborates with her co-workers in the field of

sustainable strategies in the area of international climate politics.

Our very own CO2-Tool was made available which made it possible to offer counselling to individual

citizens during our event and to point out specific ideas to save energy. The results of the test were

printed out or sent per e-mail to the guests. Additionally, our association presented appliances to

save energy like energy saving lamps, water saving shower heads, and timer clocks for the heating.

Reading materials were kindly offered by the federal environmental agency. After the lectures our

speakers and the members of GfC were available for questions and discussions.

In addition, a range of firms presented their products connected with energy eff iciency and

renewable energies in a small exhibit. That way, our guests could get all the necessary information

directly on location.

DJ Alexander (Barrio Populaire / Hamburg) and live music by Dominique Marquee

(guitar-player / singer) provided a relaxed atmosphere in between the breaks.

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The Landfill VisionOlongapo

The current scope of work of GfC is to support projects that will lead to a cut in greenhouse gas

emissions by creating job opportunities on the basis of micro credit financing on landfill sites.

Our vision is to change the landfill sites of our world from climate and health destroying places that

are home to some of the poorest members of society into value-out-of-waste creating , climate

saving, and income creating social best practice examples of sustainability.

Our first project is located on a landfill nearby Olongapo City, the Philippines. The aim of the project is:

to improve overall living conditions on the site by providing the scavenger community with

alternative, climate friendly income opportunities

to introduce the best technological means to use the high amount of organic litter brought to

the landfill and

doing both of this: to create a best practise example of sustainable and social landfill sites as a

prototype for the whole Philippine market

In consequence, this will lead to less greenhouse gas emissions by the creation of new jobs and the

increase of the living conditions for the inhabitants of the landfill.

Situation at the landfill site

The Olongapo landfill was erected next to a residential area and is used by three different groups

of scavengers, one of them living right next to the landfill. There are an estimated 2000 people

living on and from the waste dump by scavenging through the garbage, and then vending and

trading with the found materials. It is almost needless to mention that the people live in a very dire

situation; the fires, caused by high temperatures and the creation of methane by organic waste,

are one of the core problems.

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The constant air pollution results in severe diseases, bad overall living quality and unnecessarily

high greenhouse gas emissions. The garbage is not recycled in a proper way, leaving room for

improvement, e.g. the organic waste could be used efficiently in a biogas plant instead of emitting

methane into the atmosphere.

During a visit in March 2010, Marilyn Heib from GfC together with local volunteers from Lotus

Hilfsprogramme e.V. met with the dwellers of the landfill and the mayor of Olongapo, Mayor James

Gordon, Jr. to gain first-hand information about the landfill and the living conditions of the scavengers.

As a first step, GfC arranged the distribution of food for the local families and took the chance

to talk to the scavengers. Another meeting was arranged with the Environmental Sanitation and

Management Office (ESMO), the official administrative entity of Olongapo City responsible for the

management of the landfill. During the course of this meeting, in which the mayor also attended,

the wish was expressed that GfC should seek information and partners to carry out several tasks.

These included:

to find the best technological means to use the organic waste, e.g. considering the option to

establish a biogas plant

to find support for the implementation of several alternative livelihood projects as expressed

by the scavengers

afforestation to prevent landslides and sanding up of rivers

Infrastructure on site

The landfill comprises one building with a hall with showers. Moreover, the hall was build to house

a conveyor belt to recycle the material. Although we are lacking precise measures of the size of the

hall, it sure offers plenty of storage room.

ESMO installed security personnel at the landfill. Additionally, there are staff to report how many

trucks are going to the landfill and staff to tell the truck drivers where to unload the waste.

There is a fire truck nearby the landfill.

The Volunteers of Amy Sanchez pack environmental friendly food packages for the local waste site people

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The Scavengers

Organisation of the scavengers

Currently, there is a man living on the landfill that is referred to as the leader and appears to be

a responsible and caring person. Under his supervision, the three groups of scavengers agreed ondifferent shifts that allow them to work on the landfill. ESMOs garbage trucks deliver the waste

(110t/day) at different times of the day in order to ensure that each group gets its share. Metals

and interesting waste materials are sold to recycling companies before they get to the site. Other

materials which the scavengers can find on the dumpsite are sold in a junkshop in the city which

is 2 hours away by foot the scavengers are lacking means of transport and a local junkshop to do

the collecting - and later the selling - themselves.

In total there are 400 families with at least 2,000 people living next to the landfill, of which 800

are able to work on the site (400 adults, 400 children). The scavengers who live next to the landfill

state, that they once lived on the land which comprises the landfill today. They had to move; today

they do not possess any land. Their settlement is illegal but tolerated by local administration.

The group living next to the landfill seems to be fairly well-organized.

Social situation of the scavengers

Most of the families have 6-10 children. People seem to be open to measures of family planning.

A lot of children do not go to school, as the school costs 500 peso per year (about 10 USD per year).

This price is too high for the families and the children must help at home to collect waste.

One worker earns 150 peso per day (3 USD); they would need 300 peso to afford a more or less

normal life, 600 peso to have a good life.

Especially the women of the communities seem to be open for change.

In the last years, only two organizations came to support the scavengers. One bought pigs for pig-

gery, but did not cater for proper education on how to keep them. The pigs were butchered soon

after. The other organization built a building that was meant to contain a professional conveyer

system, but it was never installed.

The situation: people have many kids that help on the waste side. Right: The mentioned hall with showers

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Stakeholders and their aims

Mayor: James Gordon, Jr

is very interested in keeping the city clean and carry out more environmental projects to keep

his city a touristically interesting place and to save money;

his biggest problems at the moment:

the sludge accumulation in the river caused by heavy rains and local deforestation;

the river is polluted by waste caused by a lack of education of the local people;

the air is very polluted inside the city, caused by too many and especially old vehicles.

There exists a law to undertake an emission test each year, but it seems that many people

by-pass this law.

spends a lot of money for education programs (so far 16.000.000 peso, which is about 266.000 );

his city won the price of the most competitive medium-sized city in The Philippines next

year he wants to win it for all city categories;

got sufficient funds to restructure the waste site to avoid the burning of waste. He got an

engineered plan to lay air pipes under the waste, which will blow air under the waste, so the

methane can effuse;

is interested in cooperation.

Environmental Sanitation and Management Office

(ESMO, responsible for the waste site and environmental projects in Olongapo, government body):

so far no project has been undertaken to improve the situation at the waste site from envi-

ronmental or social points;

every day 110 tons of waste arrive, there is no precise estimation about the wastes composi-

tion (for biowaste the figures range from 30 to 60%);

ESMO is interested in cooperation.

Scavengers living next to landfill

interested in alternative income opportunities;

wish to get education for their children;

wish to own land.

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protects the environment by cutting down on greenhouse gases;

carries out a best practice project in Olongapo;

creates jobs helps people to help themselves;

Two other scavengers groups

information about the two other scavengers groups is sparse; GfC is actively looking for a

professional partner who can integrate them in the project.

Alternative climate saving livelihoods through microcredits

A working group with a local contact person (Dr. Amy Sanchez, a local teacher) volunteering for

GfC was established in Olongapo. Amy has already worked with Lotus Hilfsprogramme e.V. before.

As a result of consultation during the visit and the work by GfCs local contact person, the following

alternative (income) opportunities were mentioned by members of the group living next to the landfill.

Piggery

Poultry

Sewing machines

Small grocery store

Junkshop (to collect and store waste and sell it in bigger amounts directly to recycling companies)

Ready to wear business

Education for children

Through personal contact of GfC it is possible to introduce tree planting as an income opportunity

to the scavengers groups, too. Although its not specifically mentioned by the scavengers, this

would create an employment opportunity to them which meets the mayors wish for afforestation.

Marilyn Heib in contact with the local people (left and middle) and ESMO (right) in Olongapo

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Water shortage is a serious problem. Even more since the inhabitants need water supply for piggery.

Currently, people have to wait until midnight to receive their water rations. Therefore, the building

of a groundwater well has been suggested by them and a local working group was established.

Procedure of the micro credit allocation

The people living on the dumpsite had the possibility to apply for a micro credit to start up the

mentioned business ideas. The interested persons were invited to a meeting, where Amy Sanchez

informed them about the conditions of a lending and they got training in how to work as a cooperative,

which had been done by a professional trainer coming especially for this purpose to the landfill.

The candidates for a micro credit had to fill-in a contract which included the following details:

data of credit user

business intention

experience in business field

way of payback

rate and date of payback

After the candidates handed in their applications for a micro credit, GfC checked the contracts via

an inspection catalogue. This catalogue includes aspects like:

completeness of data

necessity of additional education concerning the business field

realistic estimation concerning the income

realistic point of view concerning the way and rate of payback

The contracts of the candidates which fulfilled theses aspects participated on a lottery and the

first micro credits were assigned. After the first credits are completely being paid off, the next

credits will be handed out. In the case of one credit lender not being able to pay back a rate or the

whole credit, he/she is allowed to defer a rate. If this situation happens more than three times, the

credit lender has to hand out the acquired object.

In this way, the payed back microcredits finance the next round of microcredits. The number of

jobs created grows like this slowly, only step by step. We could have already established more jobs,

but it was our strategy, that the people take the responsibility to pay back their own microcredits

to enable their neighbours to get a job as well. This works perfectly now.

To start slowly and learn more about the people and the local situation, GfC decided to build the

project in 3 steps:

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Step 1: first green jobs started

Create alternative climate-friendly livelihoods

As a result of consultations during the first visit and the work of GfCs local contact person, the

following alternative income opportunities were mentioned by members of the group living nextto the landfill:

Piggery

Poultry

Sewing machines

Small grocery store

Junkshop (to collect and store waste and sell it in bigger amounts directly to recycling companies)

Ready to wear business

Education for children

Tree planting

GfC raised funds in Germany in order to start f inancing these alternative income opportunities. The

micro credit scheme to be employed must ensure the sustainability of the projects and an allocation

to climate saving, therefore not all above mentioned income opportunities could be taken into account

in the first step. From March 2010 to September 2010 we then established 17 income opportunities.

Incomeopportunity

Procedure and Advantages Jobs

Piggery

- Training on how to work as a cooperative and how to do piggery

- Financing of 3 baby pigs, 1 pig hut and some food for the beginning

- Use of the bio waste on site to feed the growing pigs (in consequence, less

methane is emitted)

- After 6 months, selling of 2 pigs to pay back the microcredit. The third pig

shall become pregnant.

- From the paid back microcredit, the next piggery will be financed

- Enough income, that people can pay back the loan in a microcredit and later

live from the piggery business

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Sewing

machine

- Training on how to work as a cooperative

- Use old rags to create new usable things or to repair clothes

- Income for the familiesEnough income, that people can pay back the loan in

a microcredit

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Doormats

- Training on how to work as a cooperative

- Use old rags to make doormats out of itIncome for the families

- No microcredit needed, low financing amount was given for free to the people

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Step 2: further green jobs - after first microcredit paybacks of Step 1

Create other alternative climate-friendly livelihoods: costs will be paid by micro credit paybacks

and additional funds of GfC

From October 2010 to October 2011 we established another 38 climate saving jobs for the scavengersat the landfill site of Olongapo City/ Philippines.

Income

opportunityProcedure and Advantages Jobs

Piggery

- Training on how to work as a cooperative and how to do piggery

- Financing of 3 baby pigs, 1 pig hut and some food for the beginning

- Use the bio waste on site to feed the growing pigs (in consequence, less

methane is emitted)#

- After 6 months, selling of 2 pigs to pay back the microcredit. The third pig

shall become pregnant.

- From the paid back microcredit, the next piggery will be financed

- Enough income, that people can pay back the loan in a microcredit and later

live from the piggery business

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Tree

planting

- Training on how to work as a cooperative and how to plant trees (done by

the forester of Olongapo)

- 6 months x 4 people x 150 trees per months = 3600 trees to be planted at

locations nominated by the forester of Olongapo

- Help city to decrease the accumulation of mud in the rivers (through landslides)

- Income for the families

- Very high climate saving potential

- If successful, City of Olongapo will hire the tree planters

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Junkshop

Training on how to work as a cooperative

Shorter ways for scavengers to sell the waste to somebody who sells it to

the industry (10 minutes there and back instead of 4 hours) so more time

for education or work

Bypass of high profits of middlemen

First real cooperation projectHigher income for the families

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Composting 10Total 38

Finally after 18 months, 55 people have now a sustainable climate friendly income. If the growing

rate would go on like this, all inhabitants of the landfill site (400 adult workers) would have an

additional income in 3 years time. It is intended to create further jobs in piggery (another 20),

composting (another 10), tree planting (another 6), the growth of the Junkshop (another 21) and in

3 further new projects we describe in step 3.

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Step 3: Biomass project - in cooperation with professionals

Build up a biogas plant combined with a professional recycling conveyer system and a local

school that will educate also for jobs: costs will be paid by GfC via funds (school), the City of

Olongapo and international funds/ investors (biogas plant with professional conveyer)

With a population of 230.000 inhabitants and a specific waste production of 0,44kg per inhabitant

per day, Olongapo City produces an amount of 37.000 Mg household waste. Besides the prima-

rily informally managed recycling activities, landfilling is the only economic measure to handle

the waste. In addition to household waste, the industry waste is mostly deposited on the landfill

as well, resulting in an amount of 50.000 to 60.000 Mg per year. The amount of organic material

(organic waste, paper and partly textiles) rounds up to about 60% resulting in very high amounts of

landfill gas and leak water.

The landfill is technically in a very low stage of development. This results in uncontrollable

amounts of emission with very negative side effects, such as on the ground water (leak water) and

the climate (landfill gas). The landfill is built very close to a residential area and the 2.000 scaven-

gers live directly on or nearby the landfill. This amplifies the hazard the landfill has on the people s

health and well-being.

If one compares the existing need and demand for high quality compost on the Philippines with

the amount of organic waste on the landfill, one can see the huge potential for optimization. This

potential could be utilized in a sustainable way by exploiting the energetic potential as well.

In summary one can say that:

the substantial and energetic potential of the waste is not or only rather inefficiently used

the current situation at the landfill presents a hazard for the environment, health and the climate

in the long run, the landfill will result in hazardous waste with ecological and economical

consequences

there are degrading work and living circumstances for the waste pickers on the landfill

locally there is no if only very constricted knowledge about an efficient management of material

flow while utilizing the existing synergies

Discussion with the Mayor, from the left: Employee of ESMO,

Head of ESMO, Mayor Gordon, Employee of ESMO, Heinrich

Treutner, Mrs Loreli Employee of ESMO, Employee of Mayor,

Marilyn Heib, Amy Sanchez, Employee of Mayor

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The project we describe now follows a three-step plan und is to be understood as a measure to

prepare for investment:

1)to establish a biogas facility for a mono-material biogenic waste flow

2)to establish a mechanical-biological waste management facility for residual waste to stabilizebefore the dumping

3) reconstruction of the existing landfill and to convert it into a controlled landfill complete with

a collection and cleaning system for leak water and a collection and utilization of landfill gas

Item 1:

One can act on the assumption that there is a big amount of (industrial) organic waste being produced

as a mono-fraction in Olongapo City and surrounding area (for example from fruit and vegetable

markets, canteen kitchens and other factories). This waste is being landfilled at the moment and

could be processed in a biogas facility together with collected household waste (pilot project) into

a valuable soil substrate.

The biogas facility should have a capacity of about 15.000 20.000 MT per year and should be realised

as a dry fermenter followed by a composting system. The extracted biogas can be processed into

electricity and heat by a BHKW. The energy can be fed into the local electricity net by getting a local

fed-in tariff. In regard to the incidental heat ideas for the use are still to be developed, depending

on the place of location. For a location near the landfill an approach could be to process the leak

water (evaporation). The residue of the fermentation could be composted in the biogas facility and

processed into a valuable soil substrate that can be used as a fertilizer. Concentrating on the sorted

biogenic waste flow, a good quality of the compost can be guaranteed, so that the current marketprice can be met. The necessary economical surrounding conditions are yet to be identified by a

market study and to be documented by a declaration of intent regarding the future absorption by

the corresponding stakeholders.

Item 2:

For the residual waste we want to build a mechanical-biological waste management facility. In the

mechanical stage potential recyclables that are hidden in the waste can be sorted out. This will

happen with the use of the waste pickers, who will get a formal working contract.

The biological step can be aerobic (composting) or anaerobic (biogas production) with a followingaerobic stabilization. With the production of biogas the potential of the waste can be used to the

maximum. It has yet to be researched whether the aerobic/anaerobic process is economically

sustainable under the current surrounding conditions and location factors.

The stabilizing substrate could be used as a replacement for fuel or it has to be landfilled under

much more ecological circumstances.

The residual waste consists of a high amount of organic material (about 60%) and ashes and other

inert material (about 20%). Before one can start continuative measures there has to be some

research about the seasonal mixture as well as the potential for mechanical conditioning of thematerial flow. In regard to this research a concept for a pilot facility can be developed and be

described regarding its viability.

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As a current evaluation, this includes basically the following components:

mechanical separation of the mineral part followed by landfilling or utilization as building

material (for example as f ill material, depending on the potential contaminant content)

separation of the materials with a high fuel value for material (separation of potential recycla-

bles like plastic, metal etc.) and / or energetic utilization, depending on the current market

processing of the high fuel materials into a secondary fuel followed by an energetic reutilization

in regional industrial firing (for example in the cement industry) depending on the current market

processing and stabilization of the residual fraction enriched with organic materials

The pilot facility will have an estimated potential of 30.000 to 40.000 Mg per year.

Item 3:

The current landfill in Olongapo City does not possess a basic blocking and the geological barrier isnot sufficient. Under these circumstances regarding the local situation (landfill volume, geological

circumstances, ground water stand etc. )a concept has to be developed how the leak water can be

collected and treated or how the leak water can be decreased with regard to the construction.

In regard to the collection of landfill gas, parts of the landfill that are in a non-operative state have

to be encapsulated by a surface blocking and an adequate system for the collection of landfill gas

has to be incorporated. The use and processing of the gas depends on the local circumstance.

To enable this project, we founded a consortium including the City if Olongapo, the De La Salle

University of Manila, the environmental Institute IZES (Saarbrcken, Germany) and a biogas plantmanufacturer L.E.E. s. r.l., Luxembourg. By mid-October 2011 we sent our application for a feasi-

bility study regarding a biogas plant at the landfill site to the.

The intention of this project is to use the huge amount of biomass, which is available at the

landfill site, to:

save the environment: the biomass emits methane, which reaches the atmosphere. Methane

is 23 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (over a 100-year period).

create income: The goal is to use the bio waste either to use the methane to produce

electricity or to make compost out of the biomass

create jobs: as the waste has to be separated for the re-use of it, it would be possible to

create a huge amount of jobs within the recycling procedure and the biogas plant

create a best practice example for landfill waste recycling with complete respect for the

local scavengers needs and a strong focus on social justice

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Realization of the biomass plant

The first action was to test the cooperation between the local representative of GfC, the inhabitants

from the landfill site, the Mayor of the city Olongapo, and the association GfC in Germany.

(Accomplished in step 1)

Accordingly, GfC got in contact with the professionals which should prove the feasibility to invest

in a biomass project instead of a normal piping system for the landfill site. As soon as the feasibility

study is approved, this can start.

At the same time, GfC and its consortium partners will raise funds in Germany in order to start

financing the biomass project. For this purpose the professional partners have established contacts.

Additionally, the mayor of Olongapo assured that he will invest in this project. Then the consortium

will build up the biomass plant on the Philippines.

Step 4 build up of a school

A school for the landfill site

A big dream of teacher Amy Sanchez, our local good soul in Olongapo, is a school for her disabled

children that will train them to later achieve a real income job. The overall costs for the building

will be about 10,000 . GfC believes that this dream can be combined with a job training centre

for the scavengers. There they can be trained in climate saving jobs, but it will mainly help them to

find other demanded kind of jobs in Olongapo city (e.g. carpenter, cook,). Even better would be

to train them also as technicians for renewable energy and energy efficiency. These jobs would be

highly demanded in the Philippines also in the future. GfC will be happy to work for this goal.

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Impressions of the Olongapo project

One of the first microcredit users: Charlotte Fernandez The pigs live in a hut, far away from toxic waste

Every person signs its own contract First training the basics of pig farming

Planting trees - Everybody can help

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Impressions (2011)

Some piglets on their way to their new owner Helen Ednalan is happy that everything worked

Lea dela Cruz (left) and Corazon Calixtro (right) also profit from the success of the others

Luis Manuel and his three new pigs Ladies that produce doormats with rugs

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Kairo

In parallel we started our second landfill project in Kairo. A totally different site, with different

problems. The scavengers here are Coptic Christians and are not allowed to hold pigs anymore. The

pigs had been butchered by the government in order to fight the swine flu in April 2009. Since

that time, they are not allowed to start piggery again. In consequence, the people lost their income

and a tremendous amount of biowaste is now lying unused in the streets leading to heavy stench

and vermin.

In one of the six scavenger departments in Kairo (Ezbet En-Nawwar) we try to establish a composting

site in collaboration with our local partner Afrika-Freundeskreis e.V. and the GIZ, the latter having

already build such a composting site in another of the six scavenger departments (Mokattam).

Additionally, we finance the renovation of three plastic recycling systems of the local scavengers.

The already existing systems are very old and pollute the air; the renovation shall lead to a more

environmentally friendly way of recycling.

The Afrika Freundeskreis e.V. has already done a great job. They helped to renovate 15 recy-

cling systems in total. But their aim was always to keep alive the income of these well advancedscavengers, so they can also give the poorer scavengers work and help to develop their own

department. Moreover, they train the recyclers and assure they will be accredited off icially, so that

they dont have to fear that local authorities will close their recycling systems.

With this support the project not only came into being, but also became one of the very successful

projects that secure livelihoods of the poor and distressed and give them courage to carry on with

their struggle for survival.

GfCs role will now be to help financing the renovation of the remaining 27 plastic recycling systems

to make them as environmentally friendly as possible.

Adel Kamal is happy with the new drying-machine for

old plastic (green) which he was able to buy to replacethe old one (brown) with the help of the project. Photo:F. Ibrahim 12/6/2010

The workshop of Wael Nabil and his brothers Michel and

Rymond Nabil for mincing old plastic and producing plasticbags was overhauled with the help of the project. In frontwe see the film machine (right) and the piled products(left). At the back, we see Wael operating the electricsteering-apparatus. Photo: F. Ibrahim 12/6/2010

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Vision and basic principles according to the realization of the projects

GfC is well aware of the difficult situation in which the scavengers worldwide are. Whilst the proposed

actions will help some people to improve their standard of living, they might also exclude others

from these opportunities or even bring them into a more difficult situation. That is why GfC always

seeks partners with a holistic view on local problems and an integrating approach towards all

parties concerned.

Partners must agree that the foremost aim is the sustainable development of landfills. This means

that projects shall not only save the climate, but also provide the scavengers with jobs and education

to create alternative livelihoods. In addition to that the project should protect the environment

and promote activities to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, GfC wants to ensure that

all new activities will be economically feasible on the basis of a micro credit scheme.

Our goal is:

to reach more and more landfill sites

to make each landfill site in regard to its situation a best practice example for climate saving

combined with social justice

to exchange the know how gained on the different sites so that they can learn from each

other (for example, we now implement composting from Olongapo in Kairo, and plastic recy-

cling from Kairo to Olongapo).

Our Vision

is to change the landfill sites of our world from climate and health destroying places

that are home to some of the poorest members of society into value-out-of-waste creating,

climate saving, and income creating social best practice examples of sustainability.

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Energy Efficiency

Our latest project is our engagement for energy efficiency. Inspired by a speech of Ernst Ulrich von

Weizscker and his book Factor Five, we found energy efficiency again to be a big Climate Treasure

like the landfill sites a large potential that could solve so many of our problems we face today.

Energy efficiency is one of the most important topics for our future. But it is a complex topic and

reading materials are very often overly theoretical, scientific and hard to digest. Finally, this is

changing now. Energy efficiency could lead to 20 80% less CO2emissions. An increase of just 20%

more of energy efficiency in Germany could create 850,000 jobs and lead to yearly energy costs

saving of 53 billion .

On 1st September 2011 the book The Climate Treasure 50 practical examples of how we canreduce costs, create jobs and protect the climate through energy efficiency was published by

oekom verlag. The book shows 50 of the most inspiring examples of energy efficiency in different

branches worldwide. These examples are shown in a simple, clear and attractive way, so that the

book also motivates non-technicians to learn more about the huge potential of energy efficiency.

Author Marilyn Heib and her co-authors Tom Robin Teschner and Anne Grger have - in the name of

the nonprofit associations Hamburger Klimaschutzfonds and GfC - collected 50 examples of energy

efficiency to show how much more cost-efficiently and environmentally friendly we can use energy.

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In that regard, energy efficiency means to live as well as or even better with less energy. The

potential for energy efficiency is everywhere. You can find it in private households, but also in the

industry and in the public sector. It can be in a technical detail or in a slight behavioural change.

Sometimes this potential is subtle and we are not conscious of it; another time it enjoys open

political support.

This book wants to be an encouragement for the timid, provide arguments for the sceptics, be an

affirmation for the optimists and be an aid to make the energy turnaround doable soon for a

new future that is worth living. It wants to show the way to this potential let us call it climate

treasure, because it is a treasure that wants to be raised.

Those who set out for this adventure will be richly rewarded people, companies and communities:

the climate treasure promises financial savings, less CO2emission, more jobs and economical growth.

Our book is neither propaganda nor just pretty speeches. Renowned institutes prove: we can save

25-30% energy right now without personal sacrifice or additional costs no, we would only havebenefits. Massive financial savings and many new jobs. That is why we are so enthusiastic about

promoting this potential hoping that we will soon be clever enough to raise the climate treasure.

(Marilyn Heib)

Our author Marilyn Heib was awarded as one of the 100 women of tomorrow by the initiative

Germany country of ideas and German newspaper BILD am SONNTAG. A jury of high-ranking

women in economy, science, culture and society picked her for her groundbreaking ideas, special

talents and outstanding commitment.

We started with speeches in Germany and plan now our Germany-tour (so far we have one speechper month). But our big dream would be to create an energy eff iciency network in Germany

including all organizations, enterprises, etc.. that are engaged in the subject to be able to talk with

one voice to the politics.

Go for Climate e.V.

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