Program for March 2021

The Food Security Center - FSC (University Hohenheim), the Center for Natural Resources and Development - CNRD (TH Köln), and the International Network on Sustainable Water Management in Developing Countries - SWINDON (TU Braunschweig) are pleased to announce the date of the 5th Water Security and Climate Change conference (WSCC) to be held online on 01-04. March 2021.

The WSCC will serve as a platform for discussions among scientists, policy makers and stakeholders from various sectors about water and food secure socities, by providing a stimulating environment with the intention to yield innovative ideas and grounds for implementation.

Further information on
https://fsc.uni-hohenheim.de/en/wscc2021www.watersecurity.info https://fsc.uni-hohenheim.de/en/wscc2021

From 10 - 23 May 2021, the Sustainability Weeks @ Universities BaWü will take place again and you are cordially invited to participate!

Our goal is to advance sustainable thinking and action at universities in Baden-Württemberg, to make existing work visible, and to motivate students to become active themselves. The Sustainability Weeks format is perfect for this: With various events and activities, sustainability moves to the center of university life, diverse perspectives can be experienced, and the impact of interdisciplinary cooperation is optimized. At the same time, the broad alliance of students intends to show that we expect more from our universities in terms of sustainability: Sustainability must be the foundation of all areas, including governance, operations, research, teaching, and transfer both internally and externally. Universities must fulfill their role model function and become pioneers in socio-ecological transformation.

In organizing the Sustainability Weeks themselves, students have the opportunity to gain a wide range of practical experience, to network, to take part in further training, to contribute their own ideas, and to help shape a sustainable future.

Do you want to get involved? Then come to the digital plenum on 4 March 2021. There will be an onboarding session starting at 7:30pm, followed by updates from the AGs and local groups starting at 8:00pm! There will be an opportunity to get to know the concept better, to exchange ideas, to clarify initial questions, and to form working groups. The event will take a maximum of 2 hours.

Let's bring higher education transformation to life! We look forward to seeing you!

Further information about
the onboarding session and the overview of the working groups as well as about
the Nachhaltigeitswochen @ BaWü

The 15th Biogas Day Baden-Württemberg normally takes place on the Hohenheim campus. Due to Covid, the experts will meet online this year to share the latest innovations and trends in biogas technology. The meeting will focus on current approaches and open questions as well as on establishing new contacts and networks.

The event program will feature speakers from the Biogas Association and the University of Hohenheim. In their contributions, the specialists will talk about current findings and developments in the field of biogas. Where are biogas plants located today? What are the current requirements for the biogas industry? What funding opportunities exist for biogas plant operators under the new Bioeconomy Innovation and Investment Support Program for Rural Areas? What can sustainable business models look like? The participants of this year's Biogas Day want to discuss these and similar questions and get into discussions with each other.

The conference is organized by the Fachverband Biogas e.V. in Baden-Württemberg and the State Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioenergy at the University of Hohenheim.

Event organizer:
Fachverband Biogas e.V. and the State Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioenergy at the University of Hohenheim

Program and registration available at
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8992100074671123469

Once considered a "poor man's food," buckwheat is now a hip, trendy choice. Not only does it have the reputation of being an ideal insect pasture, but it is also impossible to imagine a gluten-free diet without it. For a research project on buckwheat, Prof. Dr. Simone Gräff-Hönninger and Prof. Dr. Friedrich Longin from the University of Hohenheim, baker Steffen Leonhardt from Bretten and Marius Schlatter, managing director of Garbe in Plieningen, are testing which buckwheat varieties can also hold their own in terms of taste and processing into bread and blinis.

Due to the current Covid situation, it is not possible to participate on-site.

However, the event will be accompanied on the date by the University of Hohenheim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unihohenheim/?hl=de

Since December, 30 students from about 15 different universities across Baden-Württemberg have been preparing this year's Sustainability Weeks @ Universities BaWü. Like last year, the goal is to raise awareness about sustainability through a variety of interesting events. And as one of many local groups, we make it possible to experience a wide variety of perspectives and approaches to sustainability at the University of Hohenheim! 

We, the Sustainability Working Group, invite all interested parties for the second Hohenheim Kick-Off on 10 March at 7 p.m. 

At the Kick-Off you will meet other motivated people and groups. There will be an introduction, an update on the current status, and we will gather more ideas. There are also tips on how to put on an event.  So you don't need to have any previous experience! 

There are no limits to your creativity when it comes to planning: Whether it's a workshop, art project, webinar, podcast, discovery tour, field trip or panel discussion, scavenger hunt, hackathon, or exhibition. You can organize a project or join the local team of the University of Hohenheim that brings the different projects together. You can also gain skills in project management, teamwork, moderation, budget planning, public relations, and much more. 

We are looking forward to meeting you!

Further information about
the onboarding session and the overview of the working groups as well as about
the Sustainability Weeks @ BaWü

The online workshop, which is organized in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Competence Center Foresight, deals with questions of societal future competencies for sustainability transformation with regard to consumption strategies. In the participatory format of the workshop, young people will work together with experts from various disciplines to develop solutions and paths for sustainability transformation with the help of future scenarios.

The workshop will be enriched by Markus Götz from the Dept. of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources and Jan Lask from the Dept. of Biobased Products in the Bioeconomy. In keynote speeches, they will talk about their Hohenheim research in the bioeconomy and provide insights into current projects and practical examples.

The event is part of the Darmstadt Days of Transformation in the context of the project "System Innovation for Sustainable Development (s:ne)," a project of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences funded by the federal-state initiative "Innovative University."

The workshop is aimed at young people.

• Further information and registration

Pig farmers in Germany are currently facing many challenges. In addition to the topic of animal welfare, the topics of emission reduction and sustainability are also coming more into focus, while an agricultural operation should also still be economical.

Together with our guests, we want to discuss how a pig farming business can operate successfully in the future, not only to meet new requirements, but also to secure an income for the farm manager's family and the employees.

More information is available online at
www.jungedlg.org/termine/keine-schweinereien-im-stall