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ZASTER AGAINST Cement

We start by against Heidelberg Materials

Hey,

Your neighbor, Heidelberg Materials, has a lot of dirt.

The group...

is the Biggest climate killer Germany,
violates human rights, e.g. Togo and Indonesia,
breaks international law, e.g. Palestine and the Western Sahara, and
refuses to commission an independent human rights report.

That is no longer acceptable.

That’s why we (people from Fridays For Future, Watch Indonesia, Workshop for Nonviolent Action, ...) joined forces to launch a campaign: It’s time to end cement!

In the next few months we will make a proper protest.

And our First objective: The City of Heidelberg may no longer accept sponsorship by Heidelberg Materials.

We need your help for that!

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Donations here →

Here on the mailing list →

Because campaigns need (unfortunately) money.

Whether for flyers and posters or big action material, such as gigantic banners and medals.

And even if we do not like to ask about it – we would be super grateful if you A little bit of money Leave it there. Already 5€ You can really help!

Help now

And fund stickers, costumes, action pictures, a camp or stuff like this website!

Donations here →

Here on the mailing list →

So please help, and if you are already on the mailing list, then you know exactly what is happening.

Thank you.

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The End Cement Group

FAQ

What have you done so far?

Quite a lot.

On the Main page Under "Previous actions" you will find a small review of actions of the Alliance members.

But to create proper pressure, individual actions are not enough. That is why we have now come together for a coordinated campaign.

What has Heidelberg Materials responded to the demands so far?

On 16 May In May 2024, we presented Heidelberg Materials at their Annual General Meeting our demands and clearly a compensation fund and an independent report.

But instead of going into it It was only stressed, that we already respect human rights in principle and already have enough in mind internally. The compensation fund is also too much to ask for, after all, they are already renewing (no joke) zebra crossings in Bulgaria and are already doing enough for the local communities...

Since then, there has been no further response from Heidelberg Materials to the demands.

Therefore, we continue to collect signatures for a Open letter on this.

How do I know what happens to the money?

Quite simply. On the Mailing list You will get direct notice of all actions.

Better yet, I Open collective You can always see how much money was used for what. Fully transparent. (Unlike Heidelberg Materials)

How else can I support?

Every helping hand is needed. Really. Just write to them Contact details.

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Why a Citizen*Interior Council for the construction change?

We all want a healthy planet that does not slip into a self-reinforcing climate crisis. For this we urgently need a change of construction and cement cannot be the future. Heidelberg Materials and the other cement manufacturers account for 7-8% of all global CO2 emissions [1], and they have no credible plan to change that. Their only solutions are "alternative fuels" and carbon capture [2]:

However, 'alternative fuels' is simply a nice name for garbage, i.e. car tyres, sewage sludge, plastics, meat-and-bone meal, etc., which has been incinerated in cement plants for years, largely exempt from regulations, instead of coal. In their eyes, green is the whole thing only because the cement companies are not accounted for emissions [3], they still create.

At Carbon Capture, the cement industry plans to pump millions of tonnes of CO2 under the sea every year. With other building materials, they would not be emitted in the first place, but the industry thinks it needs a gigantic new infrastructure of ships, trucks and pipelines, which would transport nothing other than CO2 and could not only let everything escape through leaks, but also residents.*can take the air to breathe, as it happened in 2020 in the city of Sartaria [4]. CO2 capture would require new, expensive technology that would not only triple energy consumption but also provide additional particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions [5].

Nevertheless, the cement industry plans to pump out more than one billion tonnes of CO2 each year in 2050 [6]. From the perspective of Dominik von Achten and Co, it is more than understandable to stick to technological miracle solutions. After all, the cement industry cannot simply be converted in a climate-neutral manner - the limestone that has to be burned for production necessarily releases CO2 [2].

Therefore, our real answer must be: Bauwende, now!

We need to avoid cement as much as possible – and Heidelberg can now lead the way.

We need fewer new buildings, which means that every demolition must be critically questioned and new buildings avoided. First, the existing buildings should be distributed fairly. What is built must be built better, with reused materials or directly ecological building materials such as wood and clay. The cement that still has to be used must be produced without human and international law violations and be produced as energetically as possible. [7,8,9]

The solution will not be easy, so we need a drawn citizen*Interior Council that deals with it. Only by citizens*interior councils, which by drawing lots represent a representative cityscape and by experts*Being supported inside, citizens can*Inside the city itself, complex questions such as the reversal of the building can be decided without being influenced by Franktion constraints and constraints on the tips of heidelberg Materials [10].

Three years ago, all the parliamentary candidates Heidelbergers of the CDU, Greens and SPD clearly stated that they were citizens*Interior councils at federal level want, so time to implement it locally [11].

It's time for Heidelberg*Moving within!

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