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CONFERENCE WEEK 2017
Date: February 22, 2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Projektgruppen Session 1 .............................................................................................................................. 1
Projektgruppen Session 4 .............................................................................................................................. 2
Projektgruppen Session 15 ............................................................................................................................ 3
Projektgruppen Session 19 ............................................................................................................................ 4
Seminarplenum 8: Common responsibility - shared burden or Who is the change? ................................... 5
Arena: Film Bon Voyage .................................................................................................................................. 5
Projektgruppen Session 38 ............................................................................................................................ 6
Projektgruppen Session 41 ............................................................................................................................ 7
Seminarplenum 31: Compassion, Motivation and Activism for Social and Ecological Justice .................... 8
Seminarplenum 32: Sustainability, energy and complexity .......................................................................... 8
Seminarplenum 34: Present and future of Biomass sustainability ............................................................... 9
Seminarplenum 35: Climate Change after COP 21 ........................................................................................ 9
Arena: Leverage Points for Sustainability.................................................................................................... 10
Seminarplenum 42: Sustainability: Variation in conceptualizations and representations ........................ 10
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 08:30-12:00 AM, C 9.102
Projektgruppen Session 1
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Format
Project Seminar
Representation of
Sustainability/Sustainable
Development in UK media
Mette Freidel, Sara
Georgy, Mina
Janebdar, Fiona
Hasenbach
Critical Discourse Analysis draws attention to the way
in which newspaper discourse influences the way we
view particular concepts and events. In our project we
address the question as to how sustainability and
sustainable development are portrayed differently in the
UK media. Specifically, we carry outran in-depth critical
discourse analysis of articles published in the daily
newspapers The Guardian (UK), centre-left, and The
Telegraph (UK), centre-right, at the time of the RIO+20
Earth summit in 2012.
Powerpoint
Presentation,
Poster
Presentation
Ecolinguistics:
Language and the
environment (Anne
Barron)
Indigenous tourism
(post-)colonial tourism?
In current developments, intercultural contact is one of
the most demanded attractions of tourism. Media
representations mostly focus on the experiences of the
Bastian Heinke, Jan
Besler, Alina Kathleen cultural tourists, but what about their hosts? In this
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presentation we take a closer look at indigenous
Meinke, Jacqueline
cultures and the forms of tourism they offer. Our goal is Presentation
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to explain how these forms are affected by historical
relations of colonialism, and how they respond to
environmental and cultural threats of the modern world.
Sustainability in the
postcolonial world
(Joanna Chojnicka,
Norman Laws)
"Greenwashing on
American print media"
Julia-Christina Breil,
Sheikh Nasir Uddin
Greenwashing is a PR-strategy by means of which
companies attempt to falsely portray themselves as
environmental friendly.
This research project examines how different
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newspapers portray the issue of greenwashing. Using
the methods of critical discourse analysis and corpus
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linguistics, the project focuses on the representation of Discussion
greenwashing in articles published between 2009-2017
in two American newspapers, specifically the
conservative The Wall Street Journal and the liberal left
The New York Times.
Alternative living concepts
in the context of
sustainable development
Leonie
Schimmelpfennig,
Janika Dirschauer,
Trami Nguyen, Sophie
Mittelstaedt, Sara
Diekmannshenke
In the beginning of our project work we wondered about
different views on and different definition of
development. Therefore we decided to do a project
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dealing with alternative living concepts shaped by
colonialism. To get a broader view on development we
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focus on the three main parts of sustainability: social,
economic and ecological aspects. Doing so we also
consider the North-South divide.
Sustainability in the
postcolonial world
(Joanna Chojnicka,
Norman Laws)
Influence of the
newspapers representing
nuclear power plants
Gesche Billerbeck,
Patricia Stanojevic,
Matthias Pumm
The use of nuclear power is a common way to extract
energy, yet it is controversial. The so-called
accident after the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986 and it
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attracted international attention. Using Critical
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Discourse Analysis, we examine whether the
representation of nuclear power plants in newspapers
from Great Britain and the US changed following this
incident.
Ecolinguistics:
Language and the
environment (Anne
Barron)
Wangari Maathai and the
Greenbelt Movement
Marvin Hauck, Manuel
Clancett, Evelyne
Schnittjer, Phuong
Anh Nguyen, Aina
Gasco Hoenisch
We will present the case of Wangari Maathai, winner of
the Nobel Prize in 2004 and founder of the grassroot
organisation the Green Belt Movement (GBM) in Kenya
in the year 1977 which has planted over 51 million
trees in Kenya. GBM works to promote environmental
conservation; to build climate resilience and empower
communities, especially women and girls; to foster
democratic space and sustainable livelihoods.
Sustainability in the
postcolonial world
(Joanna Chojnicka,
Norman Laws)
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Film,
Discussion
Ecolinguistics:
Language and the
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Barron)
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 09:00-12:00 AM, C 14.102B
Projektgruppen Session 4
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Format
Project Seminar
Usage of one-way plastic
bottles among Leuphana
students
Rafaela Acosta
Alvarez, Lea von
Guttenberg, Luisa
Cadonau, Natalie
Lösing, Marie-Louise
Münchow, Anna Kaiser
Plastic waste has become a great concern that
not only affects humans, but also the
environment. Therefore our group has decided to
carry out a Questionnaire among the Leuphana
students, that will help us analyze the present
behavior of plastic consumption as well as
develop alternatives to reduce it in the future.
Powerpoint
Presentation
Sustainability and the
Future (Senan
Gardiner)
Would it be sustainable to
create new housing space,
in order to reduce
emissions caused by
commuting?
Our goal is, to find out, whether it would be more
sustainable to construct new dormitories for the
students, to reduce pollution caused by
Silas Fenimore
commuting. In order to determine how big the
Kißmer, Magnus
demand for new housing opportunities is, we
Cunow, Patric Marcel
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constructed a survey. The results of the survey
Yildirim, Thorben Elias
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combined with our investigations about the
Riemann, Muhammad
possible pollution caused by building new
Amir Shafiq
housing space were then compared. We are
hoping to initiate another approach to reduce
emissions and support a sustainable enviroment.
Olympic Games have a legacy of more than a
hundred years. Athletes and visitors from all over
the world come together to participate and to
watch these events - an exchange of high
Why is hosting Olympic
cultural importance. However, hosting this sport
Games nowadays
Julia
Hellner,
Jana
event has become rather unpopular in Germany
unpopular in Germany?
Zeppan, Thilo
over the last decade. Our project is aiming to
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To what extent can
sustainability contribute to Peperkorn, Kaja Möbs, explain why Germans don't approve the Games in Presentation
strengthen the approval of
Dorian Balla
their home country and if strengthening
future Olympic Games by
sustainability in the social, cultural, ecologic and
the German citizens?
economic dimension could change their minds.
What is your perception of Olympic Games in
Germany? Only if you raise your voice today, it
can make a difference in the future.
An investigation of place
attachment and
connections to
sustainability
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Neele Kühl, Hanna
Ruwoldt
We explored important circumstances controlling
place attachment and how these influence
human behaviour in terms of sustainability. We
asked people what is important to them in
relation to specific places, including their homes.
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We asked them what home means to them. Then
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we asked about their commuting and mobility
behaviour and connected the two. Join our
presentation at the Leuphana Conference Week
and get to know the research process we went
through and understand the results.
Sustainable energy
for all: scenarios,
planning and
participation (Paul
Upham)
Sustainability and the
Future (Senan
Gardiner)
Sustainable energy
for all: scenarios,
planning and
participation (Paul
Upham)
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 09:00-12:00 AM, C 12.105
Projektgruppen Session 15
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Format
Project Seminar
Rieke Buckup,
Karoline Einsiedel,
Lynn Knapp, Nele
Steinbrecher
Every second about 3 new children are born in the
world, more than 7 billion people are living on the
earth and the number is growing. All of these people
want to use transport, consume goods that are
shipped around the world or fly to different
countries. That is why the demand for transportation
fuels keeps growing constantly - while the resources
of fossil fuels are decreasing. Additional, the use of
fossil fuels produces greenhouse gas emmisions
polluting our air: That is why we are in need of a
sustainable alternative for our transportation fuels are biofuels an option?
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Presentation,
Discussion,
Role Play, Video
International
Climate
Protection after
COP 21 (Michael
PaloczAndresen)
Kim Sarah Namat,
Lena Reitmann,
Celine Lissakowski
What is the connection between prisons and
sustainable development? And what is the
difference between French and German prisons? Is
there actually a differnce? Comparison of French
and German prisons based on legal regulations of
the European Union.
Powerpoint
Presentation,
Video
International
Climate
Protection after
COP 21 (Michael
PaloczAndresen)
Luisa Geilhausen,
Jannick Elsner,
Stephany Monica,
Emily Steinbiß
How can something useless and annoying like a
slippery banana peel help you to reduce your carbon
footprint? Imagine there would be a way for you at
home to use all your food leftovers and food waste in
order to generate clean and renewable energy. How
often could you charge your phone from this. What
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kind of opportunity would this open for you, for
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people in other countries like in our case Brazil. Or
what possibility could it open for people in the third
world? Imagine your phone eats everything you do
not want, or can not eat. In the Mensa, at home,
everywhere. If it would be so simple why is nobody
doing it yet?
From plant to
waste - Could
biomass be
sustainable?
(Beatriz Amanda
Watts)
The DESY Institute Sustainability through
science?
Felix Pahl, Jasper
Mallwitz, Lennart
Melz, Sebastian
Heinrichs
The DESY in Hamburg is one of the leading Institutes
for research on a particle level. But is all the
invested energy and money worth the result? We will
Video,
lecture you on the basics of particle accelerators
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(don´t worry, not as boring as you fear), the former
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and present projects of the institute and its funding.
Afterwards, we want to invite you to an open
disscussion about the topic!
International
Climate
Protection after
COP 21 (Michael
PaloczAndresen)
The potential of the bicycle
in Mexico-City for
enhancing sustainable
development
We will look at the role that the bicycle could play as
a non-motorized means of transportation for
supporting eco-mobility.
Hence we will look at how the bicycle can facilitate
Marcel Maselkowski,
for sustainable development in developing countries.
Manuel Klemme, Mika
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Our research project employs a transdisciplinary
Hampe, Henriette
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approach to research in order to support a more
Reinhardt
solution-oriented
research outcome. The presentation will be
supported by a PowerPoint and an interactive mode
of presenting.
International
Climate
Protection after
COP 21 (Michael
PaloczAndresen)
Biofuels - powering our
future?
Sustainable Development
Goal No. 16: Peace, Justice
and Strong Institutions.
How can prisons contribute
to society´s sustainable
development? Analysis of
JVA Uelzen, French prisons
and European guideline
Rec(2006)2.C
Biogas - How your banana
peel can change the
Imagine how much of this
energy can be created with
the Mensa leftovers
everyday.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 01:00-03:00 PM, C 12.105
Projektgruppen Session 19
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Format
Project Seminar
Powerpoint
Presentation,
Diskussion
Social Justice
Movements and
Organized Civic
Engagement, 1900 to
the Present (Laurie
Cohen)
We depend on the environment. It needs saving,
and all of us share responsibility for this. In
Germany, most people have realized (at least on
principle) that denying climate change will not
reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases that are released into the
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atmosphere. Other countries are still struggling
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with that confession. Why is this so? And how do
such attitudes relate to social conditions,
cultural values, and concrete circumstances?
Which environmentally friendly approaches might
motivate people to be more open to this
challenge?
Social Psychology of
the Climate Crisis:
Prerequisites and
Obstacles to
Adequate Responses
(Josef Berghold)
We have analyzed right-wing movements in
Germany focussing on the Identitarian
strategies and ideas. For
Anna Kalinina,
context, it is essential to highlight the historical
Angelina Kluge, Moritz
Case study on the rightfoundation such as the social and cultural basis
wing Identitarian Movement Piendl, Meike
of xenophobia. How are right-wing movements
Friedrichs
perceived by Germany? We conclude by
presenting an extract of an interview with a
member of the Identitarian Movement.
Jona Peters, Jakob
Bode, Finja Löher,
"Just another hoax"? reasons for climate change Niklas Hobrecker,
denial
Anna Emmendörfer,
Gesa Schaffrath
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 03:30-05:30 PM, C 14.006
Seminarplenum 8: Common responsibility - shared burden or Who is the change?
Project Seminar:
KREactIV zu Globaler Gerechtigkeit! (Ralf Classen)
Description:
Global Justice how does it work? Who is responsible? Who bears the costs? Such questions
determined the world climate conferences of the last years. The project groups of the seminar
KREactIV zu globaler Gerechtigkeit
Nassoro Mkwesso and
consider the question who will have to be the actors of a global transformation.
Format:
Guests:
Lecture, Presentations, Round-Table
Nassoro Mkwesso (Founder and Director of the "Kigamboni Community Centre" in Dar es Salaam
(Tansania))
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Open to the Public:
Language:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 06:30-08:00 PM, C HS 1
Arena: Film Bon Voyage
Description:
Wir kennen alle die Bilder von Geflüchteten bei ihrer Ankunft an der griechischen oder
italienischen Küste - nach der Überfahrt. Aber was bedeutet es, sein Leben der erbarmungslosen
See auszusetzen? Der in der aktuellen Oscar-Shortlist geführte Kurzfilm BON VOYAGE versucht,
dem Publikum die physische und emotionale Realität der riskanten Überfahrt nahezubringen und
stellt die entscheidende Frage: Wie sehr sind wir bereit die Annehmlichkeiten, den Komfort und
den Luxus, den wir aktuell genießen, zu riskieren um Menschen in Not zu helfen?
Jonas und Silvia genießen ihren Segelurlaub auf dem Mittelmeer. Eines Nachts stoßen sie auf ein
überladenes Flüchtlingsboot, das im Begriff ist zu sinken. Sie sind schockiert, aber zu verängstigt
um zu helfen. Sie rufen die Küstenwache, das Boot gerät jedoch außer Sicht. Am frühen Morgen
finden sie sich in einem Meer toter Körper wieder. Das Flüchlingsboot ist gesunken, doch Jonas
und Silvia können noch einige Überlebende aus dem kalten Wasser ziehen. Was folgt, ist ein
Konflikt zwischen den Träumen und Hoffnungen der Geflüchteten und Ängsten und Idealen der
Freizeitsegler.
In Anschluss an die Vorführung findet ein moderiertes Gespräch mit dem Regisseur Marc Wilkens
statt.
Die Filmvorführung ist Teil des "co-creaid festival #2" , an dem verschiedene Intiativen und
Organisationen aus der Willkommensarbeit teilnehmen.
The language of this event is both English and German.
Format:
Guests:
Language:
Short film screening and discussion with regisseur Marc Wilkins
Marc Wilkins (Regisseur)
English and German
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 10:00-12:00 AM, C 14.102B
Projektgruppen Session 38
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Format
Project Seminar
Jannis Claßnitz,
Michelle La, Henrik
reasons of Leuphana
Lach, Thomas
students to buy sustainable Eisermann,
Dzhakhongir Normatov
Our presentation will give insight to current
problems caused by the fashion industry and the
consumer. We will show our results of our
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research on consumer behaviour regarding
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sustainable clothing aswell as analyse our online
survey. We will conclude with an outlook on the
future of fashion.
Sustainability and the
Future (Senan
Gardiner)
An estimate of PV area and
wind turbine numbers
Dustin Rusteberg
required to power electric
vehicles on campus
Electric vehicles are the thing to have on the
market right now. The sales of car brands like
Tesla are going through the roof. But have you
ever asked yourself how the Leuphana would look
like if there were only e-vehicles? How many
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square meters of PV would be covering the
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Campus or how many wind mills would be
standing around in order to power all of them?
This project makes an estimate and tries to
answer this questions.
Sustainable energy
for all: scenarios,
planning and
participation (Paul
Upham)
Carina Köser,
Katharina Busch,
Ann-Kathrin Jahn,
Svea Boyd
Aviation is essential for globalization, a
phenomenon which is rising at an extremely high
rate. Not only are aircrafts causing pollution and
harm, but also airports. With this presentation we
aim to inform the audience about the ecological Powerpoint
footprint of airports, specifically involving energy Presentation
consumption in the Frankfurt airport. We will thus
explore the current situation and how
improvements can be made which will benefit the
environment.
Sustainability and the
Future (Senan
Gardiner)
Sustainable Fashion -
Sustainable use of energy
for airport development:
evidence from Frankfurt
Airport case study
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 01:00-03:00 PM, C 12.105
Projektgruppen Session 41
Title of Presentation
Actors
Description of Presentation
Tupac, BLM and why it
matters
Collin Daniel Hooper,
Kira Marie Schoon,
Nisah Sebiha Gür,
Larissa Malin Letz
Tupac: Gangsta rapper or his generations Martin
Luther King, Jr.? We will present Tupac's life and
draw a connection between his lyrics and the list Powerpoint
of demands published by Black Lives Matter. The Presentation
final question is: has the situation for black
Americans changed and if so to what degree?
Social Justice
Movements and
Organized Civic
Engagement, 1900 to
the Present (Laurie
Cohen)
Even if the climate crisis received wide attention
in the general consciousness of our world
community, practical solutions are not
successfully implemented yet. The responsibility
of taking action lies not only in the hands of
political and economic actors but especially with
every individual. In order to enable people to
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change their habits and consumption patterns, a
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new ethics entailing a consciousness of
sustainability is required. We seek to analyze how
mindfulness and compassion training can foster
emotional concern and lead to a more sufficient
lifestyle with reference to the outcome of our
interview with neuroscientist and psychologist
Matthias Bolz.
Social Psychology of
the Climate Crisis:
Prerequisites and
Obstacles to
Adequate Responses
(Josef Berghold)
Tanja Montag, Thea
How mindfulness and
Heck, Lilith Daxner,
compassion training can
lead to a sufficient lifestyle Tessa Meimerstorf,
Leo Hoffmann
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THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 10:00-12:00 AM, C 14.027
Seminarplenum 31: Compassion, Motivation and Activism for Social and Ecological
Justice
Project Seminars:
Social Justice Movements and Organized Civic Engagement, 1900 to the Present (Dr. Laurie
Cohen) AND Social Psychology of the Climate Crisis: Prerequisites and Obstacles to Adequate
Responses (Prof. Dr. Josef Berghold)
Description:
The aim of this tandem workshop is for the participants in these two Leuphana-Semester
seminars to reflect on their research experiences together. After a short introduction, participants
will be invited to meet in small groups and discuss their experiences: On the one hand, listening
to lectures, writing blogs, participating in seminar work, reading relevant literature and
presenting results; on the other hand, discussing content, such as:
How connected are social issues and extreme climate change concerns in academic, political, or
traditional work settings? How compatible are the different approaches to sustainability as
emphasized in the semester? What is needed to provide proper responses to fears and denial
regarding our troubling social, political and environmental times? Where exactly are the common
grounds between being informed and participating in a movement to create a more just and
healthy world? Do you agree that polite incremental change is not enough? We conclude with a
brief final roundup.
Format:
Open to the Public:
Language:
Panel discussion and world café
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THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 10:00-12:00 AM, C 12.105
Seminarplenum 32: Sustainability, energy and complexity
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Project Seminars:
Sustainability and the Future (Senan Gardiner) AND Sustainable energy for all: scenarios,
planning and participation (Prof. Dr. Paul Upham)
Description:
In this event we will facilitate a discussion on the role of energy on society and together critique
scenarios of different energy futures. We emphasise that for most people, energy use is viewed
not in technical terms, but as part of everyday life. This makes energy a complex topic, crossing
the natural and social sciences as well as the Humanities. Given this complexity, we ask how the
sustainability movement can best support the transition towards more sustainable energy futures
and what forms those futures might take.
Format:
Open to the Public:
Language:
A beginning impulse by means of a 15 minute presentation followed by a world café session.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 10:00-12:00 AM, C 3.120
Seminarplenum 34: Present and future of Biomass sustainability
Project Seminar:
From plant to waste - Could biomass be sustainable? (Amanda Watts)
Description:
Take a look at the theory and practice, present, and future of Biomass sustainability. Have a
glance into a community that has moved a step forward into sustainable living and into the
global ecovillage network as a movement that integrates socioecological innovative approaches
from the Global South and the Global North. Discover the innovative advances in the area of
potential recuperation of biomass, with an emphasis on the current state of agro industrial byproducts and food waste transformed into materials but also into energy.
Format:
Guests:
Guest presentations and panel discussion
Dr. Monika von Haaren
Dr. Stella Veciana (Ecovillage Sieben Linden, Leuphana University Lüneburg)
Dr. Joachim Venus (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Department
Bioengineering)
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pleissner (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and
Environmental Chemistry)
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Open to the Public:
Language:
THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 10:00-12:00 AM, C 12.101A
Seminarplenum 35: Climate Change after COP 21
Project Seminar:
International Climate Protection after COP 21 (Prof. Dr. Michael Palocz-Andresen)
Description:
The international cooperation is the basic element of climate protection. The resolution of COP 21
in Paris in December 2015 decided the main requirements for future development. The main aim
is the decarbonisation in the energy production, in the communal sector, and in the
transportation.
We consider not only the meteorological side of climate change but also the social aspects.
Further, we focus on human health, influenced by tropical diseases not only in Africa but also in
Europe. Air pollution, combined with climate stress will be analysed in Mexico City. New research
topics and high quality research methods in DESY Hamburg will be discussed .Hamburg as the
Green Capital of Europe will be presented. We treat the biofuel production by the presentation of
Nordzucker technology.
Format:
Guests:
Open to the Public:
Language:
Presentation in teams and after the lecture a free discussion with the audience
Michael Böttinger (German Climate Computing Center, Hamburg)
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THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 01:00-02:30 PM, C 14.006
Arena: Leverage Points for Sustainability
Description:
Are you interested in meaningful insights into current research practice? Would you like to learn
about leverage points for a sustainable transformation? Or are you curious about social and
ecological systems and their interdependences?
Take the unique chance to discuss with and learn from scholars of the transdisciplinary project
ontrasting case
study regions Transylvania in Romania and Lower Saxony in Germany. And find out about the
approaches of an exciting research project with our experts from different academic
backgrounds.
Format:
Guests:
Language:
Insights into a current research project at Leuphana University.
Nicolas Jager, Moritz Engbers
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THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 01:00-02:45 PM, C 12.108
Seminarplenum 42: Sustainability: Variation in conceptualizations and
representations
Project Seminar:
Sustainability in the postcolonial world (Dr. Joanna Chojnicka, Dr. Norman Laws) AND
Ecolinguistics: Language and the environment (Prof. Dr. Anne Barron)
Description:
the
the conceptualization and representation of sustainability-related issues in different parts of the
world and different cultures. While the former focuses on criticizing those discourses which
promote ecologically destructive behaviour and seeking out those which encourage relationships
of respect and care for the natural world, the latter approaches sustainability as a Western and
elitist concept, seeking out alternative ideas of how to shape the world and make lifestyles fit for
the future. In this International café, students will discuss the results of their team projects,
focusing in particular on practical recommendations for the change of our ways of speaking and
acting, inspired by discourse and postcolonial theory and analysis.
Format:
Open to the Public:
Language:
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