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      <title>Denmark without plastics!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/denmark-without-plastics.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Even though Denmark is number 4 in the sustainability Index, we could be better and ranked even higher.<br />
Annually we use more than 260 million tons of plastic. That is 10 times more than 40 years ago and by 2050 it will probably reach 500 tons if we won’t do anything about it.</p>

<p>Just 40% of all the plastic produced is going to be re-used again, and another 60% is staying on the earth as waste. From this waste 4% leak into the ocean annually, which is equivalent to around 8 million tons of plastic. And the final rest 56% of plastic waste ends up at incineration plants.</p>

<p>“Denmark is very, very bad (regarding) reusable plastic, and that is because, for many years, we have burned our waste using incinerator plants,” Innovation Fund Denmark director Peter Høngaard Andersen said.</p>

<p>“The problem is that plastic is not being reused, so we are producing more CO2 than we should,” Andersen added.</p>

<p>(https://www.thelocal.dk/20190117/denmark-throws-away-too-much-plastic-recycling-could-save-millions-report)</p>

<p>We use plastics daily without even realizing the amount and effect that it has on the environment. From all the plastic we use, mainly we recycle drinkware. But that is only 23% of all plastic that we could actually recycle. Around 17% is going from Agriculture, Electrical and Automobile industry, 20% from Construction and unbelievable 40% from the packaging.</p>

<p>When we look at the annual average of plastic per person, we will get unbelievable around 60 kilograms per person. And we, as a people, can influence 40% of that just by making a change in packaging of hygienic and care products like shampoos, soaps, hand-soaps, dishwashing detergents or fabric softener. Per person, it equals approximately around 24 kilograms of plastic packaging annually, and that is a lot!</p>

<p>Maybe 24 kilograms don’t sound that much, but if we multiply it by the danish population we will get 140 thousand tons - that is something that we can change!</p>

<p>Economy:<br />
Reports also showed up that up to 1.6 billion kroner could be earned annually if all plastic in the country was recycled. Source: https://www.thelocal.dk/20190117/denmark-throws-away-too-much-plastic-recycling-could-save-millions-report</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Akkreditering af Den Danske Filmskole</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/akkreditering-af-den-danske-filmskole.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Vi i Filmbranchen står overfor en kæmpe beslutning, der vil have indflydelse på hele fremtidens filmindustrien. Den Danske Filmskole skal akkrediteres og der er tre akkrediteringsmuligheder:</p>

<p>- 5 årig “kunstnerisk” bachelor-kandidat (blå model)<br />
- 4 årig “ikke indplaceret” kunstskole (grøn model)<br />
- 4 årig professionsbachelor (rød model)</p>

<p>Rammerne er styrende for indholdet, og det bliver vi nødt til at anerkende, når vi vælger hvordan Filmskolen skal akkrediteres.</p>

<p>Vi er glade for, at rektoratet har lovet os en videre dialog, men det er vigtigt, at forstå, at rektoratet allerede er i fuld gang med at gennemføre sin erklærede plan. Rektoratet er blevet forhånds-godkendt af Kulturministeriet til at omstrukturere Filmskolen til 5 årig “kunstnerisk” bachelor-kandidat (blå model), og har ikke på noget tidspunkt tilkendegivet, at de er interesserede i at stoppe denne proces.</p>

<p>Mediebillede er i konstant forandring, så det er vigtigt, at vi har en Filmskole der er fleksibel og som kan følge med udviklingen. Hvis vi hører under bachelor-kandidat systemet, vil det betyde rigide administrative processer i stedet for omstillingsparathed. Samtidig vil det være en ekstraordinært ressourcekrævende process at omlægge Filmskolen til fem-årig “kunstnerisk” bachelor kandidat.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 06:44 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">95208</quid>
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      <title>Stop Denmark's Blood Shame !</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-denmarks-blood-shame.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Every year the famous and intelligent Calderon dolphins in Faroe Island in Denmark are slaughtered and the main participants are young teens.</p>

<p>WHY?</p>

<p>A celebration, to show that they are adults and mature! In this big celebration, nothing is missing for the fun. Everyone is participating in one way or the other, killing or looking at the cruelty supporting like a spectator.</p>

<p>Is it necessary to mention that the dolphin Calderon, like all the other species of dolphins, it's near extinction and they get near men to play and interact in a way of PURE friendship.</p>

<p>The dolphins don't die instantly; they are cut 1, 2 or 3 times with thick hooks. And at that time the dolphins produce a grim cry like that of a new born child.  But he suffers and there's no compassion while this magnificent creature slowly dies in its own blood!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:20 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">49255</quid>
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      <title>Repeal the Breed Ban in Denmark</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/repeal-the-breed-ban-in-denmark.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Over 400.000 dogs are now in danger in Denmark. The Danish Government has passed a breed ban law, 13 breeds are now forbidden in Denmark, and also any mix of these breeds.</p>

<p>The Government has introduced reverse burden of proof, so the owners of Dogs that look like these breeds, now have to proof that they are not, which as we all know, can not be done with DNA. If you can't lift the burden of proof - the dog will be euthanized</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jul 2010 07:21 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">37625</quid>
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      <title>End Rite of Passage Atrocities in Faro</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/end-rite-of-passage-atrocities-in-faro.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Obscene ritual to attain something called Moz or coming of age.</p>

<p>There is a particularly horrific email circulating regarding the yearly killing of thousands of whales and dolphins in a ritualistic slaughter called Moz which so called civilized members of the Faro Islands Denmark consider to be a rite of passage</p>

<p>If you wish to view the email with all the horrific affirmation of this appalling display of barbarism and collective bad karma which reflects on us all until it stopped then you may find it on hoax slayer site - this email status hoax slayer has sadly affirmed to be a valid email and not at all bogus<br />
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/denmark-whaling.shtml</p>

<p>Another website  http://facthai.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/denmarks-calderon-dolphin-pilot-whale-slaughter/</p>

<p>Every year around 2,000 whales are driven ashore and cruelly slaughtered in the Faroe Islands, mid-way between the Shetland Islands and Iceland.</p>

<p>For centuries the Faroe Islanders have hunted pilot whales, driving entire schools into killing bays, where they are speared or gaffed from boats, dragged ashore and butchered with knives.</p>

<p>Although the Islands are a protectorate of Denmark, they have their own Government and regulations governing the pilot whale hunt or "grind" as it is known.</p>

<p>Aside from the fact that the number of North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales is unknown and they are listed as 'strictly protected' by the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, this is an act of barbarism and pointlessness.</p>

<p>By slaughtering 100 whales at a time, the Faroese are wiping out entire pods and family groups. They are removing building blocks from the gene pool of the species and damaging the web of life in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.</p>

<p>The drive hunt is a practice abandoned elsewhere many decades ago, and now outlawed by other European states. The inhabitants of the Faroe Islands have no subsistence need for whale meat, and much of the flesh is left to rot and be dumped; it cannot be exported, as it is polluted with heavy metals and other toxins and therefore cannot meet EU heath standards for human food.</p>

<p>According to Faroese legislation it is also permitted to hunt certain species of small cetaceans other than pilot whales. These include: Bottlenose dolphin; Atlantic white-beaked dolphin; Atlantic white-sided dolphin; and Harbour porpoise (There are also specific regulations for the hunting of harbour porpoise. Harbour porpoises are killed with shotguns).</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:37 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>For en bedre forskningspolitik</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/for-en-bedre-forskningspolitik.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>[ <FONT SIZE=-1><a href="http://redfriforsk.blogspot.com/2007/01/improve-danish-research-and-education.html">English version click here</a></FONT > ]<br><b>Baggrund:</b> Man behøver ikke at have oplevet universiteterne i perioden 1970-1990 for at kunne se, at der er problemer i dag; universiteternes selvstyre er indskrænket med manglende forskningsfrihed, eksterne besluttende flertal og ministeriel detailstyring til følge. Vi er både studerende og ansatte, der protesterer over den virkelighed, vi oplever. Nogle af os har oplevet tiden før 2003 og andre har ikke, men fælles for os er, at vi kræver ændringer nu.</p>

<p>Universitetsloven af 2003 markerede kulminationen på flere års indskrænkning af den akademiske frihed. Før den var de danske universiteter i vidt omfang demokratiske institutioner. <i>De var langt fra perfekte,</i> men professorvældet var afskaffet, og universiteterne havde langt bedre muligheder for at bedrive fri grundforskning i hele samfundets interesse. Før loven af 2003 nød de danske universiteter en international anseelse, som i forhold til deres ret beskedne bevillinger var bemærkelsesværdigt stor. Den nye lov har vist sig at gøre det sværere at fastholde og udvikle dette høje niveau. Man har indført et topstyret managementvælde, som kun minimalt inddrager dem, der bevæger sig på universitetet til daglig. Det interne demokrati er afskaffet, og i stedet dirigeres undervisning og forskning fra ministeriet. Herfra udstikkes der snærende rammer for, hvad kandidaterne skal kunne, og hvilke forskningsområder der skal prioriteres, ud fra en illusorisk forestilling om at kunne forudse, hvilken viden samfundet af i morgen har brug for.</p>

<p>Samfundsnytte reduceres til erhvervsnytte, og forskningspolitik opsluges af industripolitik. Det offentlige universitet bliver ikke set som en institution, der kan sikre, at alle uanset social baggrund kan få adgang til uddannelse, og at den fri forskning, der er en nødvendig betingelse for demokratiet, kan udfolde sig.</p>

<p>Vi ønsker at skabe en modvægt til denne ensidige og samfundsskadelige politik for forskning og højere uddannelse. Ved at underskrive er du med til at gøre det klart, at behovet for en ændret politik ikke er et sekterisk ønske fra nogle få utilfredse, som videnskabsministeren vedblivende hævder, men har bred opbakning blandt danske forskere og studerende.</p>

<p><center>Gør dine kontakter opmærksom på underskriftindsamlingen! Tak for din støtte,<br />
med venlig hilsen<br />
Sune Auken, Pia Mejdahl Daugbjerg, Claus Emmeche,<br />
Birger Steen Nielsen, Heine Andersen og Tom Fenchel<br />
(eget initiativ, med tak for inspiration fra universitets-NGO'er som: Opponenterne, Forum for Konstruktiv Universitetskritik, facebookgruppen og bloggen Forskningsfrihed?, Studenterrådet, Humanistisk Forum<br />
og Akademisk Forum)</center></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Stop henrettelser af børn og unge i Iran</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-henrettelser-af-b%C3%B8rn-og-unge-i-iran.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Vi opfordrer hermed den danske regering til på alle planer, at gøre sin indflydelse gældende for at stoppe det iranske præstestyres grusomheder mod den iranske befolkning.</p>

<p>Især de vilkårlige henrettelser, der også nu rammer børn, unge og kvinder er en skændsel for verdenssamfundet - og bør stoppes med alle demokratiske midler.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:03 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">15213</quid>
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      <title>Stop henrettelserne i Iran</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-henrettelserne-i-iran.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>The mullahs' regime hanged four prisoners in the northern city of Babol and the western city of Sahneh. A woman was also sentenced to death by stoning.</p>

<p>In the past ten months, in excess of 250 prisoners were hanged and 71 juveniles are on the death row in Iran. In the notorious Gohardasht Prison, there are over 600 prisoners on the death row and 60 political prisoners are under constant torture in the regime's detention centers, in particular the dreadful ward 209, in the notorious Evin Prison.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:24 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">14696</quid>
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      <title/>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/mille-mikkel-p%C3%A5-dr.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Vi vil gerne gense serien "Mille og Mikkel" med Lotte Tarp & Birte Bachhausen" fra 1984.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:30 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">7414</quid>
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      <title>Billigere ADSL upload hastigheder!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/billigere-adsl-upload-hastigheder.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Hej Cybercity.</p>

<p>Hvordan kan det være, at I som et af landets største ADSL-udbydere ikke kan tilbyde upload-hastigheder til en rimelig pris?</p>

<p>Med dagens eksplosive vækst inden for multimedier på hjemme-PC'en, interaktivitet over internettet, og udviskningen af den traditionelle server-klient relation mellem vores private IT-systemer og internettets, så er der ikke længere basis for at promovere download hastigheder som værende "den vigtigste faktor". Det kan godt være, at der endnu er nogle, som tror på, at det er dér, man skal lægge sine penge. Men vi er altså nogle, der dagligt banker hovedet ind i skærmen pga. de tåbelige markedsføringsbudskaber som angiveligt skulle kunne trække kunder hjem til jer og til landets andre udbydere.</p>

<p>Jeres marketingafdeling MÅ da være klar over, at det fremover ganske enkelt ikke er tilstrækkeligt med en høj download hastighed? Den må da vide, at der i fremtiden bør sættes fokus på at få den almindelige bruger til at forstå, hvor væsentligt det er, at data også kan SENDES ud på internettet? Når man vedhæfter store billedfiler til sine e-mails, når man voicechatter med familien, når man har videokonferencer med webcam'en, når man spiller multiplayer online spil, når man betjener sin egen spilserver, når man, når man, når man ... der er lige så mange situationer i dag, hvor upload er den mest betydningsfulde faktor, som der var situationer for 5 år siden, hvor download var det samme.</p>

<p>Og det er mig ubegribeligt, hvorfor ingen udbydere her i landet endnu har magtet at udnytte denne egenskab ved personlig internet-trafik. Jeg er derhenne, hvor jeg overvejer, om der kan være et mere udspekuleret formål med denne tilbageholdenhed. Hvem, der har interessen i fortsat at holde danskerne på et uforsvarligt båndbreddeniveau. Og i det hele taget, hvorfor prislejet for ADSL-forbindelser med en nogenlunde respektabel upload hastighed (over 512kbit/s lige pt.) hos Cybercity stadig ligger, hvor det lå for over 2 år siden.</p>

<p>Jeg håber med denne mail at få en fyldestgørende forklaring på, hvor årsagen til dette problem ligger. Jeg er af den klare overbevisning, at Cybercity - og alle andre internetudbydere - bør sætte alle sejl ind for at få hævet upload-niveaut for danske ADSL-forbindelser, da det indskrænker Danmarks mulighed for at (for)blive en førende IT-nation.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 07:28 UTC</pubDate>
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