Committed to change

Back from the parliament I already had two press interviews and one article in its draft version already looks very promising.
As we all as parlamentarians have comitted ourselves to make the change in our life that we want to see in others I am now looking for more ways to save energy or use it wisely.

If you have ideas, why not comment on this entry ?

Final celebration of our success and saying good bye to everybody

And we sure had fun until late at night celebrating the final version of the "Aachen declaration" and that such an incredible crowd did such an incredible work.

Maybe we will meet in two years. And please: Give me a call when the making of "the day before tomorrow starts;)

Final vote, and celebrating the declaration of the first european science parliament on energy

After final votes on the amendments the vote for the first Aachen declaration on energy passed with a big majority.
And we made it on page three of the Aachen Newspaper. In fact the whole page three !!
Then there was time to party so we celebrated our success before we all had to say good bye.
Thanx to all the organizers as well as the members of the parliament for making this a very special experiences and maybe initiate a tradition for further parliaments to come.

Final work and voting for the Aachen declaration. AND IT passed the parlamential vote

The second day was filled with preparation for the parlamential debate in the afternoon.
First, the groups presented their findings and then they presented a conflict for the parliament to vote upon.
After that, the final version of the Declaration was drafted and the parliament was allowed to bring amendments to the parliament. Those were discussed and voted upon and then THE GREAT moment.

Early preparations

Getting up early in the morning for some more research and reading before the second day of science parliament starts. The financial crisis continues, which could turn out to be a chance for change.

Dinner in the evening

After a long parliament day the parlamentarians go for an evening dinner. I join the group going to a sushi restaurant.

Parliament at work in the "aula"

After the working groups we mix and meet in the parliament to check interconnections between the working groups and discuss our strategies.

My working group on personal responsibility

The working groups begin and we start intense discussions on the topics at hand. I am i the personal responsibility group and also in charge of supplying up to date informations to our platform on the internet.
First findings, educate but differently so we really reach the people.

Arrival in Aachen and welcome evening

Arrived in Aachen and participated in the welcome event in the Town Hall of Aachen.
Several speakers, good food and drinks and a very interesting ballett performance with light effects summed up to an very interesting introduction.
We all got name badges which we "enhanced" with our nicknames from the science parliament forum.
Now I am looking forward to the first day of parliament work.
There will even be live blogging, video blogging and more in addition to the special working groups and the parliamental debate in the afternoon.

Final preparations for the parliament

Collecting last numbers and data and already preparing my luggage for the Aachen science parliament. Tomorrow it will begin and I will try make regular updates on what is going on.

Alive and kicking again ! And deep in research for the science parliament

On german "Tag der deutschen Einheit" I am beginning to get better. Well I am out of bed but still a bit dizzy. So not much to do as today is a holiday but already doing research for the european science parliament again. Found some very interesting sources of information and will have to do a lot of reading, the last few days before I will go to the parliament and be part of a really interesting project.
Here are some videos regarding the Science Parliament.

My participation at the first european science parliament

from 9th to 10th of october, the first european science parliament will take place in Aachen, germany.

Participants from all walks of life (students, teachers, scientists, politicians, ngos, citizens) will meet to discuss the future of energy in europe.

And i have been selected as parlamentarian representing the group of citizens together with others.

I will update my blog while at the conference so you wil stay informed on the discussions and the result, the "Aachen resolution" which will be given to the european parliament as a recommendation.

For now, more infos can be found at: www.science-parliament.eu