Our last lecture received good resonance. It was great to see so many of you in the audience, and we had really interesting discussions afterwards. I hope we can continue some of them here. In the meanwhile finally the presentation is available for download.
We highly appreciate any comments!
Keep visiting our blog for information about the lectures in the next semester. We are still open for suggestions!
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Showing posts with label Summary. Show all posts
Feb 21, 2011
Insights in Research on Carbon Capture and Storage - Presentation download
Nov 6, 2010
Presentation download: life without phosphorous?
What an interesting presentation, what an important topic. The presenation can be downloaded here! Let us keep exchanging, so that when we are the future experts we know what we are talking about and might even have an idea of what to do!
Oct 27, 2010
Late arrival: presentation download on "Towards a generation of sustainability?"
The last presentation of the last semester almost disappeared in a jungle of traveling and exams. But I unearthed it in order to give it a second chance to be shared among us. We discussed the possibilities of reacting to the manifold crisis that you don’t need to be an academic to realize we are in. Although the explanations to the slides are missing, there are many interesting links provided. Have a look!
The presentation can be downloaded here!
Jul 4, 2010
Apr 24, 2010
Oil versus Nature - A battle in Ecuador - Summary
A good start into the next year of green bug lectures! Thanks to Holger and Jennifer for their interesting presentation. We provide here the slides of the presentation, further information and foremost: with space for further discussion and comments. Make use of it ;-)
The presentation can be downloaded here.
The video that was shown during the presentation can be watched here.
Holger sent me a link to another video on the lawsuit, click here to watch it.
The most important links from the presentation:
www.chevrontoxico.com
www.amazonwatch.org
www.texacorainforest.com
www.sosyasuni.org
www.yasuni-itt.gov.ec
As additional information: a very good and critical report on carbon trade can be found here („this publication takes a broad look at several dimensions of carbon trading. It analyses the problems arising from the emerging global carbon market pertaining to the environment, social justice and human rights, and investigates climate mitigation alternatives. It provides a short history of carbon trading and discusses a number of ‘lessons unlearned’. Nine case studies from different parts of the world provide examples of the outcomes.“)
Stay informed, so that you know when and where to act.
The next lecture will be held on Tuesday, May 11th by FRESH! Don’t miss it!
Oct 31, 2009
Summary: The geopolitical situation in the arctic region
Unfortunately the intended presenter could not come due to schedule difficulties (but he promised to make up for it another time!). Thus, we had to improvise and only had a short summary of the study he worked on. This study will soon be published and available as free download, the link will be posted here. Additionally we had some short report and segments of the news coverage of the subject:
- A short description of the alarming situation in the arctic of national geographic
- A segment describing the hopes to find oil in the region from CNN
- A segment of Russian TV describing the possibility of new shipping routes
- An interview with a french professor on the geopolitical implications
You might as well have a look again on the powerpoint-presentation for a summary of the main findings of the study.DOWNLOAD FILE
Very briefly, the main conclusions are:
- Forecasting the region’s future involves a high level of uncertainty
- Assumptions on the resources under the arctic are almost exclusively based on a single survey
- It is not very likely that new shipping routes will be established in the region
- If it indeed turns out that oil extraction is feasible in the region, cooperation is more likely then conflict
The discussion afterwards went soon to broader implications and issues. Key points of the expressed arguments are given here as summary together with some suggestions for further reading.
Human Resource use and human nature.
>>Have a look again on “the green history of the world”
An agreement in
>>The
>>Have a look again on the lecture on climate change policy
Climate change is still the major issue: multilevel action is needed. Good news are that political awareness has improved. Action on personal level needed as well. FRESH advocates for changes in eating patterns, arguing with the plausibility for daily life and the huge possible impact on agricultural practice.
>>see Worldwatch Report: Mitigating Climate Change Through Food and Land Use
Many things to discuss, many ideas needed! Please have your say, leave a comment or write me an e-mail, let’s exchange!
May 14, 2009
Summary of „where was your food last night“
A short summary (key points) of the last “green bug lecture” should be provided here. It will neither be complete nor give details. I will try to represent the view expressed during the presentation and only share my opinion in comments afterwards.
Main purpose of presenting a summary is to offer a possibility to pick up some arguments again and to comment. So please: comment!
Presentation by Pavlos Georgiadis (F.R.E.S.H):
- characteristics that might as well be important: honesty, knowledge diversity, responsibility
- responsible eating is a contribution to save our planet (it can diminish our ecological footprint)
- it is important to see the whole production chain behind the food procession: e.g. although flour might be processed in
- Thus, the ingredients for a pizza might all together have travelled over 80.000 km
Consequences related to “unsustainable foodproduction”:
- conditions of animal production
- working conditions/ human right violation (immigration worker on farms/ in green houses)
- loss of biodiversity
- market control of companies
- depletion of water resources
- use of agrochemicals
- use of additives
What to do:
- Merge the consumption of organic AND regional produced food
- Honesty: be informed and claim your right to be informed
- Change academic culture (so far Hohenheim as one of
- Reform land use based on scientific knowledge and local wisdom
- Rediscover eating as pleasure for all senses
- See what F.R.E.S.H is doing
“Clusters” of discussion.
- Dumping of food into 3rd world countries, food sovereignty, fair trade
- Market power of companies, market power of consumers, non-cooperation
- Social implications: can people afford to buy slow/organic food? Valuation of food
- Political implications: isn’t a complete change in the economical/ political system a prerequisite for fair food production and consumption?
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