On the way to a local food policy council!
This summer semester, the Studium Oecologicum, together with the FH Rottenburg and the Solawi Tübingen (Community Supported Agriculture), offers a transdisciplinary seminar project on the topic of reginal food networks. The participating students interview food stakeholders and participate in the organisation of a kick-off event to establish a local food policy council. The kick-off event on Wednesday, October 14th, at 6 pm in the Gemeindehaus Lamm will be attended by representatives of existing local food policy councils from Germany (Berlin, Leipzig). The seminar project is supported by Trafo, the network for transfer-oriented teaching.
Engagement 2030 - Action for the UN sustainability goals
Together with the organization Finep, the Studium Oecologicum offers a seminar on the local implementation of global sustainability goals (SDGs) in the summer semester 2020. In the project Engagement 2030 students work together with development policy organizations on the local implementation of SDGs. In four modules, they learn knowledge and skills on sustainability issues and global learning. In real-life laboratories they develop new forms of engagement together with the associations. Registration for Engagement 2030 is possible starting on February 20 via Alma. By attending all four modules, the Studium Oecologicum certificate can be obtained directly. Further information here.
Seminar Fair chocolate - making it yourself and making it visible in the media
Who earns how much from a bar of chocolate? How big is the socio-ecological footprint of conventional cocoa farming? And what can fair alternatives look like? On the occasion of the international chocolate festival ChocolArt in Tübingen, the Studium Oecologicum has also become active on the topic of (un)fair chocolate in December 2019. In a separate seminar "Fair chocolate - making it yourself and making it visible in the media" 21 students dealt with the value chain of cocoa and, with the help of the Inkota exhibition 'Sweet & Bitter', with the socio-ecological problems along the supply chain. The history and seal of fair trade was also a central theme during a visit to the World Shop. At ChocolArt, they conducted surveys among exhibitors and visitors on the relevance of fair chocolate at the Chocolate Festival. The results of these surveys were subsequently published in the media, including the Schwäbisches Tagblatt, Kupferblau and a live interview with the Wüsten Welle. A report on the online portal platform "Ernährungswandel" will be published shortly.
