ClimUP-Newsletter June 2023

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.

"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 June are 
13 June, 2023 under the title Mensch-Natur-Beziehungen im Anthropozän - Ideen für Bildung und Didaktik" with Dr. Florian Wobser (University of Passau)
20 June, 2023 under the title "Was bedeutet es im Anthropozän, selbst Natur zu sein?" with Prof. Dr. Philipp Thomas (University of Education Weingarten)
27 June, 2023 under the title "Lebensweltlich-wissenschaftsorientieres Philosophieren - Zumutungen und Notwendigkeiten einer zeitgemäßen Bildung" with Prof. Dr. Bettina Bussmann (Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)

More information

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 from 12:15 to 13:45 in Wiwi SR034 and is held in German.

The dates in June are
16 June, 2023 under the title "Ziviler Widerstand und die Grenzen der Legalität" with Prof. Dr. Martin Asholt and The Last Generation
30 June, 2023 under the title "Das Spannungsfeld zwischen Aktivismus, Wissenschaft und Politik" with Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan and Mareike Hoffmann.

More information and other dates

Die Sustainability Weeks at the University of Passau - organised by the Student Group Sustainability - go into the next round: From 16 to 27 June, a green program awaits you. Lectures, excursions, workshops and opportunities to get creative. 

More information and updates in the porgram can soon be found on the website of the Sustainability Weeks.

As part of the Sustainability Weeks and der Bavarian Energy Days, the University will participate in the Handyaktion Bayern from 17 June to 16 July, 2023. We collect old phones, of which you might also still have some in your drawers, The devices will be properly recycled in cooperation with Telekom and the valuable primary resources will be put back into to loop. For every phone collected, Telekom donates 60 cents to eduction projects on Bavaria, West Africa and South America. Information about the resource mining, production and disposal of phones and the handyaktion can be found on the website of the Handyaktion Bayern.

Boxes for collection are located in the

• groud floor of the administration building (VW),
• copy room (NK 226) in the Nikolakloster (NK),
• counter of the Zentralbibliothek (ZB),
• counter of the library of the Wirtschaftswissenschaften building (Wiwi).

You can also send your old phones via internal post to Referat IX/1. In case of questions, please contact Angie Schüppel.

On 20 June, 2023 from 11:00am to 3:00pm you get the chance to bring in your ideas and ask questions on how to climUP the campus!

Come by the Mensa building!

To make sustainability and climate action more visible on campus, the Sustainability-Hub invites you to engage and act. We are founding the "Round Table Sustainability", a networking opportunity for the entire family of the University - especially the science support staff and students. We will meet regularly to exchange on the efforts and activities on campus.

The first meeting takes place on 20 June, 2023 from 4pm to 5.30pm: Topics include the newly set up positions for sustainability and the corresponding tasks, activity areas of interest to everyone and the way forward of the round table, e.g. the frequency of meetings. 

Please register on StudIP (Search RTN) or via Email to angie.schueppel@uni-passau.de.

We look forward to discussing climate action and sustainability with you!

Together for the climate - with 2zero and the Passauer Klimathon!

From 12 June to 23 July, 2023, interested inhabitants of Passau can compete in a six week long competition (42,125 days as a reference to a marathon) by themselves or in a team. in six areas (living, nutrition, mobility, leisure, shopping, digital life), you can calculate your carbon footprint and master challenges to reduce it. 

The University of Passau aims to participate as a team. To join us, you download the free app „2Zero - Der CO2-Rechner“ (Unfortunately, it is only available in German.), register in the Community "Passauer Klimathon" and make a profil including your carbon footprint. Weekly challenges help you collect climate points and reduce the footpring. The tab "Community" allows you to join the University's team to collect and reduce together.

More information is available on 3. Passauer Klimathon – Gemeinsam für das Klima | PASSAU.

The Sustainability Hub forms the organisational centre of the sustainable campus. Tasks of the hub include supporting the sustainable operation and the climate action management (with the division "Facility Management"), supporting and coordinating the student-led sustainable activities and the Research Forum. As delegate of the University's leadership for system accreditation, internal networking and sustainability, Prof. Dr. Werner Gamerith heads the Sustainability Hub, while Stefan Schröder is its CEO.

The Research Forum within the Hub serves the internal linkage of researchers interested in interdisciplinary research in sustainability. The Research Hub connects researchers and supports them in the search and development of research topics and projects. Interested researchers can join the Forum.

Save engery at work: 

Turn on the energy saving more on your laptop/PC and turn off the monitors when you do not use your devices for a longer period of time (15 minutes and more). On average, this saves one-sixth to one-eighth of the energy. If possible, turn off your devices at the end of your work day to save even more energy. 

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.

V.i.S.d.P.: Universität Passau, Innstraße 41, 94032 Passau
Tel.: 0851/509-4116
In case of questions contact: angie.schueppel@uni-passau.de