{"id":1857,"date":"2019-11-29T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2019-11-29T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:24:37","slug":"green-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2019\/11\/29\/green-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I dag str\u00f8mmer folk til butikkerne for at k\u00f8be billige varer.<\/strong> (Today, people are flocking to the shops to buy cheap goods.) It\u2019s Black Friday<\/strong> \u2013 a tradition recently imported from the US. Yet, despite all the shopping, milj\u00f8et<\/strong> (the environment) is a hot topic in Denmark, and Danish people are making efforts to live more milj\u00f8venlig<\/strong> (environmentally friendly).<\/p>\n

Hvad kan jeg g\u00f8re for at hj\u00e6lpe milj\u00f8et<\/strong> (what can I do to help the environment), lots of Danes seem to ask themselves. People buy \u00f8kologisk<\/a> mad<\/strong> (biodynamic food), made of plants that are grown without pesticides. In many Danish shops, things like gr\u00f8ntsager<\/strong> (vegetables) come in both a \u201dnormal\u201d and an \u00f8kologisk<\/strong> edition \u2013 which is often the biggest seller, even if it\u2019s more expensive. As far as I can tell, Danes also do more shopping in genbrugsforretninger<\/strong> (second-hand shops) than most other Europeans. And only the Dutch use their bikes<\/a> more! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Like people elsewhere, Danes are discussing klimaet<\/strong> (the climate) and many are concerned about global opvarmning<\/strong> (global warming). During the 2019 elections for the Danish parliament, all the political parties talked about milj\u00f8et<\/strong>, which turned out to be the<\/em> most important topic for voters. While environmentalism used to be niche, it has now become very mainstream, and communities all over the country are taking steps to become \u201dgr\u00f8n\u201d <\/strong>(green) \u2013 for example by replacing plastikposer <\/strong>(plastic bags) with indk\u00f8bsnet <\/strong>(textile shopping bags).<\/p>\n

Danes often pride themselves of being windmill pioneers, with companies such as Vestas raising vindm\u00f8ller<\/strong> (windmills) all over the world. The central Danish island of Sams\u00f8 <\/strong>is internationally known for using only clean energy.<\/p>\n

If you travel around Denmark, you\u2019ll probably sooner or later notice the big, smoking skorstene<\/strong> (chimneys) from kulkraftv\u00e6rker<\/strong> (coal power plants). This shows that there is still a lot of forurening<\/strong> (pollution) in the country. It has also been a problem that many blomster<\/strong> (flowers) and dyr<\/strong> (animals) such as bier<\/strong> (bees) are disappearing from the countryside. But at least an increasing number of Danes care about naturen<\/strong> (nature), and it has become quite fashionable to \u201dgo green\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I dag str\u00f8mmer folk til butikkerne for at k\u00f8be billige varer. (Today, people are flocking to the shops to buy cheap goods.) It\u2019s Black Friday \u2013 a tradition recently imported from the US. Yet, despite all the shopping, milj\u00f8et (the environment) is a hot topic in Denmark, and Danish people are making efforts to live…<\/p>\n

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