Happy 2017

Despite a ban of non-public fireworks due to yet another extreme winter drought and almost no natural snow, New Year celebrations in Innsbruck still please the photographers eye.

Authorities are discussion for NY 2017/2018 to also ban public fireworks and replace them with laser and/or light shows. How this could look like:

Do you prefer the classic firework?

Did you know that we could easily reduce air pollution through fine dust with just not using fireworks at NYE? A study published by the German Environmental Agency suggests that we could safe 4.000 t of dust particles in Germany, that’s 15% of the traffic pollution, anually. Maybe it’s time to rethink these traditions and opt for something better.