The causes of the environmental problems are the greedy striving for the fastest possible profit, the ruthless exploitation of nature under the dictates of big business. However, a healthy environment is everyone’s good.

We specifically demand:

• Declare the climate emergency now
• The resources necessary for life (water, electricity, heat, etc.) must remain under public control in order to guarantee their ecological use
• The immediate exit from nuclear energy and its replacement by renewable energies such as solar energy
• The nationalization and thus the democratic control of the energy companies
• Government investment in the promotion of renewable energies
• No reduction in electricity and water fees for companies
• Establish the “Green Rule” (prohibition of nature from taking more than it can give) as a mandatory requirement in the constitution
• A funding program to reduce resource consumption for individuals and companies
• The energy agreements with the EU must guarantee an environmentally friendly energy policy in Europe
• The promotion and free use of local public transport for everyone
• Shifting road traffic to rail
• The drastic reduction in pesticides and the immediate ban on glyphosate
• The withdrawal of public investment from fossil fuels
• The ban on investments by Swiss companies in fossil fuels and in opencast mines
• The fight against planned obsolescence
• The increased controls and sanctions against industrial pollution
• The tightening of social and environmental standards in the marketing of products
• Recognition and inclusion of the term “ecocide” (a crime that causes serious environmental damage) in the Criminal Code
• Measures against unnecessary packaging material
• The protection and promotion of biodiversity
• Future-oriented spatial planning in harmony with environmental protection
• No commercial advertising on public land

And we will not rest …

until the planned economy in socialist society ensures the fair distribution of goods and the security of natural resources.