we run on less power 'cause we run on fewer staff members!
Energy savings are all the rage – or so I am told. It’s kind of hard to keep that kind of thing in perspective in Germany – where energy prices are so high that energy savings have been all the tax-incentivized rage for 20-plus years now. All the rage that it is as such, there has been much effort to find ways to make our day-to-day lives more energy efficient: unplugging cell phone chargers when not in use; turning on lights for only 2-3 hours a day; switching to acoustic guitar from electric. Every little bit helps, even if it means no reverb effects for your thrashing.
We here at Unterwegs are proud to help save our earth and our environment by switching into low-power mode during the semester break here in Tübingen. Instead of the five staff members we ran on in February, we are currently running on two: Beth and myself. Chandler, the other, handsomer single male on the team, has moved back to the States. Chris and Stef are in Turkey for ten days’ vacation.
But don’t think that just because we’re fewer in number and in semester break that we’re slacking: Beth and I are still meeting with language partners, playing host to a Bible study group at the campus house, hosting our own small group meeting, and cooking a free dinner for students every Thursday – among other things. “Low power mode” at Unterwegs means we still do lots with less, and that’s all the rage – or so I am told.