ClimUP-Newsletter May 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the ClimUP-Newsletter!
You are interested in climate and environmental action? Stay tuned!
At the beginning of each month, the newsletter provides you with opportunities to climUP the campus and your life!
Every newsletter provides
a) events on campus to learn about sustainability,
b) opportunities to participate and bring forward your ideas on climate protection,
c) facts about interresting activities on campus,
d) tips to make your routine more sustainable.
Current events
ClimUP your life: Cook'n'Run organised by the student group HG Nachhaltigkeit on 9 May, 2023
The student group HG Nachhaltigkeit invites you to their Cook'n'Run on 9 May, 2023 with delicious seasonal and vegan dishes. As a team, you cook a starter, main dish or dessert and run to the next station to be greated with a the next dish.
Information on where to meet will be provided after registration.
Registration is open until 8 May, 2023
Contact for more information: hg-nachhaltigkeit@uni-passau.de
Lecture series: Anthropocene
"Anthropocene" is the term for this hypothesis and the derived postulate to declare a new geological age for scientific and political reasons. The series talks about the changes made by humans and the scientific discussions around the term.
Prof. Dr. Christian Thies and Dr. Wobser invite you to the lectures series "Anthropocene", which takes places every Tuesday from 6:15pm to 7:45pm in lecture hall 2 (Philosophicum) and is held in German. Humans impact the planet so much that it will still be recognized in the geological future.
The lectures in May are
9 May, 2023 under the title "Andere Tiere im Anthropozän - Nicht-anthropozänische Perespektiven auf Nachhaltige Entwicklung" with Dr. Leonie Bossert (IZEW Tübingen)
16 May, 2023 under the title "Abschied vom Feuer?" with PD Dr. Jens Soentgen (University of Augsburg)
23 May, 2023 under the title "Die Signatur des Anthropozän in der Natur und ihre Bedeutung" with Prof. Dr. Josef H. Reichholf (TU Munich)
More information
Seminar series: Hotspot Climate - From talking to acting on 12 May 2023
You are invited to the seminar series on climate change, which is supported by Prof. Dr. Malte Rehbein as a presentative of Scientists for Future. Varying lecturers of the University of Passau will talk about topics such as the basics of climate change to civil unrest, following by an open discussion. The seminar takes place about every other week and is held in German.
The next seminar is on 12 May, 2023 from 12:15pm to 1:45pm under the title "Die ökologische Frage nach der Zeitenwende" with Prof. Dr. Christian Thies.
ClimUP your finances: How to Sustainable Finance: Approaches to sustainble investments on 16 May, 2023
Invest for your future? Yes! Invest in war and coal production? No!!
The KuWi netzwerk invites you to the KuWi.webseminar „How to Sustainable Finance: Approaches to sustainable investments".
On 16 May, 2023 from 6:18pm to 7:19pm Oliver N. Hagedorn, CEO and Founder of avesco Sustainable Finance AG, explains in German how to better invest for your future.
Exhibition: Reflections of Nature until 31 May, 2023 in the ZB Foyer
From 15 April, 2023 to 31 May, 2023 you can visit the exhibition „Reflections of Nature“ in the foyer of the ZB building. Two young artists from Passau showcase the fascination of nature in the art of painting and photography.
More information
ClimUP the campus: The urban gardening project is looking for volunteers
Especially in summer, the urban gardening plots between the buildings WIWI and ZB elevate the campus and invite you to snack on herbs and strawberries. Thanks to the commitment of the faciliy management and the Sustainability-Hub, three new raised garden plots were installed to plant new snacks for your lunchbreak. Now, they need to be planted.
You want to help? Reach out to christina.bichlmeier@uni-passau.de or the student group HG Nachhaltigkeit on Instagram.
ClimUP the campus: Projekt funding for student initiatives - Deadline for proposals on 5 June, 2023
The University puts money aside to support projects with a relation to sustainability. Student projects or research initiatives, which enrich studying conditions can be funded.
You can apply for project funding until 5 June, 2023.
Current opportunities to participate
Exchange desk on campus on 23 May, 2023 in the foyer of NK
On 23 May, 2023 from 11:30am to 2:00pm you get the chance to bring in your ideas and ask the question on how to climUP the campus!
Come by the foyer of the Nikolakloster!
Activities on campus
Developing an integrated Climate Action Concept for the University of Passau
As a strategic basis for decision-making and planning tool for future activities to protect the climate, the University's climate manager, Angie Schüppel, is developing a climate action concept. As a starting point for emission reducing measures, a stocktake of current greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2022 is in preparation. Building on it, the concept will explore the technical and economic potential and short-, mid- and long-term goals for emissions reduction will be set. Additionally, the concept will provide a catalogue of measure to meet the goals. The concept will also entail how to control, maintain and communicate the implementation efforts.
To implement the concept and meet the goals, broad participation of all members of the University is essential. That is invite you to bring in your ideas! The ClimUP-Newsletter offers you the opportunities to egt involved every month and keeps you updated on the most important milestones of the concept development.
The project is suppported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action according to a decision of the German Federal Parliament. More information on the funding and the concept can be found here.
Tip of the month
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Save energy when preparing your favorite hot drink:
The kettle is not just convenient, it is also uses little energy to get the water boiling.
Important: Heat up only the amount of water, that you actually need for you cup of tea.
Contact information
Project funding
National Climate Action Initiative
With the National Climate Action Initiative, the German Government has been initiating numerous projects since 2008 that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Its programs and projects cover a broad spectrum of climate action activities: From the development of long-term strategies to specific support and investive funding measures. This variety is a guarantee for good ideas. The National Climate Action Initiative contributes to the local implementation of climate action activities. Consumers, companies, municipalities and eductional institutions have benefitted from the initiative.
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