11. June '24
Three people with Hochschule Coburg name tags are smiling and standing together indoors at an event. The room’s exposed brick walls and beams create a rustic atmosphere, complementing their casual business attire.
Three people with Hochschule Coburg name tags are smiling and standing together indoors at an event. The room's exposed brick walls and beams create a rustic atmosphere, complementing their casual business attire.
In a rustic industrial venue with wooden beams and brick walls, the Hochschule Coburg choir performs beautifully. The conductor guides them as an audience watches attentively, with choir members donning black and white outfits accented by red bow ties.
In a rustic industrial venue with wooden beams and brick walls, the Hochschule Coburg choir performs beautifully. The conductor guides them as an audience watches attentively, with choir members donning black and white outfits accented by red bow ties.
A speaker at Hochschule Coburg addresses a large audience seated in an industrial-style room with exposed beams. The crowd listens attentively, some taking notes. A podium adorned with greenery stands amidst natural light streaming through the windows.
A speaker at Hochschule Coburg addresses a large audience seated in an industrial-style room with exposed beams. The crowd listens attentively, some taking notes. A podium adorned with greenery stands amidst natural light streaming through the windows.
From Natalie Schalk
Water is one of the major themes of this year’s Coburg Sustainability Days.
The focus is also on biodiversity and nutrition.
The series of events with an entertaining and informative supporting program is taking place in Coburg for the third time.
This time from Thursday, June 20, to Saturday, June 22, at the Kulturfabrik Cortendorf – two exceptional keynote speakers have been secured for the kick-off.
Admission is free. There is now a “flood of the century” like the one in Bavaria at the beginning of June almost every year, the damage is immense and painfully demonstrates how urgently precautions are needed.
Sustainable action is required.
It is the key to the economically viable use of valuable resources, a secure energy supply, liveable cities and a healthy planet.
The third Coburg Sustainability Days are all about innovative ideas for this – here, flood protection is one of the many topics for shaping a good future: from Thursday, June 20 to Saturday, June 22, everything at the Kulturfabrik Cortendorf (Mühlenweg 6, Coburg) will revolve around water, nutrition, health, art, culture and design.
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Making Culture are organizing exciting discussions and lectures.
To kick off the event on Thursday, June 20, there will not only be jazz music and beer tapping, but also unusual perspectives on the topic of “Water: a resource for life and survival”.
One of the highlights is a visit from Till Kellerhoff, political scientist, author and programme director of the non-profit organization Club of Rome.
He will talk about “Five U-turns for a better world” from 7 pm.
Prof. Dr. Martin Grambow, expert for international water policy at the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Health, will then address the topic of “Sustainable water management in the Anthropocene”.
“This year’s third Coburg Sustainability Days are all about preserving the basis of our existence. After all, humanity can only survive in the long term if the earth itself remains healthy and we overcome the climate crisis,” explains Prof. Dr. Susanne Esslinger, who is responsible for content, planning and organization as the Sustainability Officer at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and is scientifically concerned with planetary health.
The university’s senior experts also support the event.
The Sustainability Days are organized by the university together with the experimental platform Making Culture .
The aim of the Making Culture association is to create a permanent culture of experimentation to strengthen the region’s innovative power.
At Making Culture, Peter Langendorf is committed to a culture of sustainability – he reports on how a series of lectures in cooperation with the university gave rise to several “Sustainability Nights”.
“And the regular Coburg Sustainability Days, which have since gained supra-regional significance, have developed further.” Coburg Sustainability Days as an event for the population, politics and business Whether students, school pupils or other interested citizens, whether politics or business: everyone is invited.
Admission is free.
And the diverse program with expert input, exhibitions, art projects and activities offers everyone an interesting approach to this crucial topic.
On Friday, June 21, “Water, Agriculture and Food” is on the program.
For the first time, there will also be a school program at the Coburg Sustainability Days: in the morning, around 400 pupils from first to 11th grade will experience sustainability up close together with around 80 students and 20 teachers from Coburg University of Applied Sciences. This involves cooperation with external organizations.
Research activities and projects at the university will also be presented.
For example, from 2 p.m., Prof. Dr. Andreas Weiß will be talking about the water balance and agriculture and Prof. Mario Tvrtkovic about how life works in a “blue-green city”.
Regional players from SÜC to organic farmers will present their contributions.
Philosopher Fritz Reheis will address the connection between sustainability and time in the Philosophical Café from 3.45 pm.
The HSC will also focus on the question of what we humans can contribute to sustainability.
Afterwards, visitors can enjoy a long summer night with music at the Kulturfabrik on Friday evening.
On Saturday, June 22, the focus will be on “Culture, Design, Art”.
Practical examples and a panel discussion will be used to illustrate the influence of culture, design and art on sustainable transformations in the context of education, new materials such as mushroom mycelium as a renewable raw material and, for example, product development for an outdoor manufacturer.
The international art project Human-Nature-Connect is also represented.
The series of events will end on Saturday evening with the “Conference of Animals” by the Youth Club and Club 56, Landestheater Coburg and an open exchange with music.
The three-day program is rounded off with around 20 workshops.
They range from a tour of the Itz floodplains and pipe-making to a food savior cooking event and a beer seminar.
Registration is required for some of the workshops. Information and the detailed program can be found here.
