We are in the midst of a crisis and are asking ourselves what it will take to deal with the effects on people and nature. To answer this question, Chiara Gehrig and Leonie Schwarz from the climate editorial team at the Centre for Media Competence at the University of Tübingen have collected various contributions from Tübingen students that look at the climate crisis from different perspectives.

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Fair fashion, unpackaged organic food and expensive “zero waste” products - a sustainable lifestyle often only seems feasible with a bigger wallet. The film follows a student from Tübingen who is trying to make her everyday life climate-friendly without spending a lot of money. This includes not only reducing her ecological footprint, but also making an active commitment to the climate - and thus increasing her ecological handprint.

“Green without money - living sustainably as a student” is the graduation film of Robin Glücker, who successfully completed his training as a media designer for image and sound at the Center for Media Competence at the University of Tübingen in 2024.

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Combining natural science and storytelling is key in climate communication. The transdisciplinary course “A Water Story: From Glaciers to Rivers and Lakes through Storytelling” by Global Awareness Education and the Climate Editorial Team at the University of Tübingen enabled students of all disciplines to get an introduction to this: They learned about the fundamentals of water resource challenges worldwide but also about storytelling communication tools and strategies to inform, educate and influence individuals and communities to tackle water issues. Students then applied gained knowledge to create an audio product related to water using narratives and stories. This video features some of these stories, which were then featured in a radio program for the university radio “Radio Micro Europa”.