Independent Institute for UfU Independent Institute forEnvironmental Issues Independent Institute for Annual Report Environmental Issues Greifswalder Strasse 4, 10405 Berlin Environmental Issues UfU in media p +49.30 42 84 99 30 (selection) f +49.30 42 80 04 85 2015 / 2016 [email protected] Print www.ufu.de/en Environmental Research 05.03.2015 www.facebook.com/ufu.institut Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Saalekurier Grüne sind im Grünen fleißig (Greens work diligently Citizen Friendly in the green)
26.03.2015 Westfälischer Anzeiger Pläne lesen und verstehen können. Dr. Michael Zschiesche zum Umweltrecht (Being able to read and understand plans. Dr. Michael Zschiesche on environmental law)
15.07.2016 Umwelt Aktuell Die Möglichkeiten, gegen Umweltrechtsverstöße vorzugehen, werden sich revolutionär verändern (The possibilities to take action against environmental law violations will change radically)
20.07.2016 Wochenspiegel (for Jüterbog, Luckenwalde, Dahme, Trebbin) Energie & Klima: Global – Lokal (Energy & Climate: Global – Local)
03.11.2016 Der Rabe Ralf, Oktober/November 2016 Windräder mitten in Berlin? Eine 8. Klasse erlebt Windenergie live in der Gartenarbeitsschule Wilmersdorf (Raven Ralf, October/November 2016 – Wind turbines in the middle of Berlin? An up close experience with wind energy of an 8th grade at the Gartenarbeitsschule Wilmersdorf)
1 Projects 2 Output 3 People 4 UfU Intern 1 Projects 2 Output 3 People 4 UfU Intern UfU in media UfU in media (selection) (selection)
TV & Radio Online
02.09.2015, Radiointerview – Fabian Stolpe und Patrick 02.04.2015, Wissenschaftsjahr Zukunftsstadt – Litera- Konopatzki von UfU zum „Aktionstag Bodenschutz Ur- turtipps zu Bildungsmaterialien des UfU zu den The- ban“ am 05.09.2015 in Berlin, Flux FM (Radio interview men „Klimahelden erobern die Stadt“, „Fair-Future – – Fabian Stolpe and Patrick Konopatzki of UfU e.V. on der ökologische Fußabdruck“ oder „Klima im Kleinen“ “Day of action for urban soil protection”) www.wissenschaftsjahr-zukunftsstadt.de (Science Year of the future city – a selection of educa- 29.10.2015, Fernsehinterview – Beitrag des gagausi- tional material by UfU on „Climate heroes seize the schen Staatsfernsehens „GRT“ in den Abendnachrich- city“, „Fair-Future – The ecological footprint“ or „Cli- ten mit Interviews mit Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-Tiras und mate in the small“) Karl Stracke, UfU e.V. zur „Bürgerbeteiligung im Um- weltschutz in der Republik Moldau“ (ab Minute 6:30 ) 25.11.2015, So schön kann Sinnvolles sein – Unsere (TV interview – A segment in the evening news of the Druckerei (Oktoberdruck Berlin) macht Werbung mit Gagauz state television “GRT”, including interviews und für die UfU-Zeitschrift (Heft 73/74) with Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-Tiras and Karl Stracke, UfU www.oktoberdruck.de e.V., on “Civic participation in environmental protecti- (The beauty of something useful – Our printing com- on in the Republic of Moldavia”) pany (Oktoberdruck Berlin) does advertisement with and for the UfU-magazine) 07.06.2016, Fernsehbeitrag – Bericht über Riesen-Bä- renklau und KORINA (ein Projekt des UfU), MDR um 10.07.2016, Neophyten. Invasion der Pflanzen – Podcast 4 (Minute 8:19 bis 11:06) (TV segment – A report on SciKom003, 00:56:21 min giant hogweed and KORINA (a UfU project), MDR at 4) www.sciencekompass.de (Neophytes. Invasion of the plants) 08.07.2016, Radiobeitrag – Marlies Bock von UfU über die Verleihung des Energiesparmeisters 2016, in den 25.06.2016, Dem Verkehr hinterher – Jugendforum Stadt- Kindernachrichten „kakadu“ auf Deutschlandradio entwicklung im Blog der Jugendpresse Deutschland Kultur (Radio segment – Marlies Bock, UfU e.V., on e.V. the awards for Energy Savers 2016, in the kids news blog.politikorange.de „kakadu“ at Deutschlandradio Kultur) (Chasing after traffic – Youth forum on city develop- ment in the blog of the Jugendpresse Deutschland e.V.) 14.11.2016, Fernsehbeitrag – Florian Kliche von UfU berichtet über die fifty/fifty-Projekte in Rumänien, Ru- 18.11.2016, Energiepflanzenanbau in Vietnam – Inter- mänischer Nationalsender TVR (Minute 4:00 bis 4:40) view mit Dr. Michael Zschiesche vom UfU (TV segment – Florian Kliche, UfU e.V., on the fifty/fif- www.international-climate-initiative.com ty-projects in Romania, Romanian national television (Energy plant cultivation in Vietnam – Interview with “TVR”) Dr. Michael Zschiesche of UfU e.V.)
Annual Report 2015 / 2016
Independent Institute for Environmental Issues 2015/2016 Content
2 Editorial Projects
4 UfU projects
7 Climate Protection & Environmental Education
15 Environmental Law & Participation
21 Resource Management & Environmental Communication Output
27 Publications
30 Presentations
33 Moderations
34 Bachelor and Master theses
35 Advanced training courses People
37 Staff
40 Student assistants / Fellows / Voluntary ecological year
41 Managing Board
41 Scientific Advisory Council UfU Intern
43 Membership
44 Visitors to UfU
46 Statistics
47 Imprint 2015/2016 2015/2016– Editorial Editorial
Dear readers,
The brochure you have in your hands is the the new “Department for Climate Protection and since summer 2016, Mr. Thiago Garcia from Brazil standard we have achieved and expand it step 2015/2016 report of the Independent Institute for Transformative Education” as two equal partners. has been working at UfU with the help of a schol- by step. The membership of UfU in the Ecornet Environmental Issues (UfU). Like previous reports, The years 2015 and 2016 again saw a large arship from the German Federal Chancellor to network, which combines the forces of eight lead- it sums up what UfU and its approx. 30 employees number of UfU publications being issued, for promote the implementation of a multilevel climate ing extramural social/ecological environmental have been working on in the course of those two example three new UfU papers on the subjects protection policy. This report also tells you where institutes (www.ecornet.eu), remains an incentive years, what we have published and what else we of environmental courts and tribunals, regional else we were able to make a difference (see “Pro- and an obligation for us. have been doing to achieve our aims. In 2015 and energy concepts or citizen energy and public jects”) and which international guests we had the 2016, UfU employees worked with great dedication participation in Germany’s energy transition; a privilege of welcoming (see “Inside UfU”). Finally, I wish you an enjoyable and informative read. on over 60 projects, some paid and some unpaid. large number of teaching and project materials on be sure to take a look at the statistics, in which True to our motto “citizen-friendly environmental topics such as wind energy and LED lighting were sales, members and employees are compared for Yours sincerely, research”, we have been dealing with issues such also published. Our office in Halle contributed to different periods. In terms of quantity, too, 2015 and as the conservation of the climate and the environ- our extensive output with a number of publications 2016 have been two very good years for UfU. ment, environmental justice and public participa- on the increasingly important subject of invasive Our aim in the years to come is to consolidate the tion as well as environmental education in all of neophytes. The “Output” section gives you an over- these areas for over 25 years now. view of all of our publications of the last two years. 2015 gave us a good reason to celebrate: the In addition to presentations and moderations by Dr. Michael Zschiesche, 25th anniversary of the founding of UfU was on 10 UfU employees at a wide range of different events, Chairman of the Board March 2015. In March 1990, at the time of the tran- we should stress the series of talks on the subject of sition in the GDR, more than 200 people from East municipal climate protection taking place in Halle: and West Germany, including many environmental Dr. Götz Meister and Dr. Peter Günther organized scientists, gathered in Karlshorst, Berlin, to estab- twelve events on an honorary basis in 2015 and lish an independent East German environmental 2016, giving impulses for climate protection in Halle institute. A letter from Federal Chancellor Angela and beyond. Merkel, who was then a member of the “Demokra- We are also happy to report that UfU was tischer Aufbruch” party and, like UfU, was active able to continue making the experience it has at the “House of Democracy” in Friedrichstrasse in gathered in the conservation of the climate and Berlin, congratulated UfU on its 25th anniversary the environment, environmental legislation, public as follows: “An environmentally just and sustaina- participation and environmental education more ble development can only be achieved if scientific widely known and more accessible both inside and and technical innovations interact with social outside of Germany in 2015 and 2016. For exam- ones. I am glad to see that your institute has been ple, it demonstrated in 16 European countries how successfully conducting research at this important energy saving can be combined with education interface for 25 years now and is enriching the for climate protection; the newest partners are interdisciplinary discussion with new and inno- from Rumania, Bulgaria and the Ukraine. We are vative solutions.” On 16 June 2015, we celebrated now active in Vietnam with four projects which are our anniversary in a fitting way at the “House of mainly from the fields of climate protection as well Democracy” in Berlin in the presence of many as environmental legislation and governance. In founding members, former companions, prominent the Republic of Moldova, we continued our long (environmental) politicians and friends. years of cooperation in the field of public participa- 2016 also brought a few structural changes tion and environmental legislation on the subject in the “Department for Climate Protection and En- of water protection. A total of four members of UfU vironmental Education”: in response to a proposal are now also active members of the Environmental made by the management, the subject was split Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW). between the new “Department for Energy Efficien- Our activities in other countries also includ- cy and Energy Transition” and the “Department for ed support for three fellows of the Alexander von Climate Protection and Transformative Education” Humboldt Foundation: two holders of a scholarship in July of that year. Florian Kliche and his deputy in climate protection, Mrs. Lekha Sridhar from 1 Dr. Michael Zschiesche, chairman of the board 2 Malte Schmidthals , managing board Marlies Bock then took charge of the “Department India and Mrs. Binh Minh from Vietnam, spent one 3 Almuth Tharan, managing board 4 Verena Gaida, office management for Energy Efficiency and Energy Transition”, year each conducting research on climate change 5 Karin Hix, office administration 6 Ricarda Schröder, office administration whereas Ulrike Koch and Dr. Dino Laufer headed and topics connected with the energy transition;
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UfU projects wide” (ELAW) in Berlin and Lenzen in September 2014, which UfU held in Germany for the first time, Journal of the institute (only in german) lawyers and environmental activists as well as UfU themen und informationen students of Hamburg University for Applied (UfU topics and information) Sciences and Karl Stracke from UfU worked togeth- No. 76/77 No. 2/2014+1/2015 er to relate the history of court cases in the form of 25 years of UfU. East Germany as a frame of refer- comics. Various stories published in two brochures ence? in spring 2017 were the result.
No. 78 No. 2/2015 ► Contact: [email protected] Cultures of debate. Public participation today ● Term: 10/2014 – 4/2017 No. 79 No. 1/2016 ■ In conjunction with: Alexandra Kardinar, Evaluations. What good are they? Reinhard Schulz-Schaeffer, Hamburg University of No. 80 No. 2/2016 Applied Sciences Climate protection lawsuits. New ways to protect — the climate ► Contact: [email protected] Event “Political utopias in the GDR” ● Term: continuous, four issues in 2015 und 2016 This one-day discussion event took place under — the heading “Political utopias in the GDR. Great transformation and critique of capitalism today” in UIG lawsuit for the publication of the House of Democracy and Human Rights in Ber- environmental information lin on 7 October 2015. The event opened with two In 2015 and 2016, UfU filed a lawsuit to demand the presentations, one entitled “The utopian idea and publication of environmental information in con- system critique in the GDR” and the other “The uto- nection with the arbitration proceedings Federal pian idea and the critique of capitalism in the civil Republic of Germany versus Vattenfall: at a court society movement of today”. This laid the founda- of arbitration in Washington, the Swedish energy tion for the ensuing group discussions, which dealt group is taking legal action against the Federal with utopian theories (the great transformation on Republic of Germany due to lost profits to the tune the social plane) and utopian practice (alternative of approx. 4.7 billion euros as a result of the 2011 life plans and radical politics).
decision to phase out atomic energy. This lawsuit is ► Contact: [email protected] taking place without being perceived and ac- ● Term: 10/2015 companied by the public, even though the conse- — quences for all taxpayers in the Federal Republic of Germany are dramatic. With its demand for the “Climate protection in schools” publication of the data, UfU has made it clear to the conference 2016 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy The 2016 conference took place on 11 October 2016 that this is in the public interest. In October 2016, with the focus on “Resource protection in schools”. the litigants at least made the oral proceedings in Various workshops presented projects and meth- Washington public in the form of a live stream in ods for different age groups dealing with topics the Internet for the first time in the history of this including “coffee-to-go” paper cups, water saving court of arbitration. The oral proceedings in the and the use of resources for computers and mobile UfU lawsuit took place in Berlin on 3 November phones. About 70 actors from the fields of educa- 2016; the lawsuit was rejected and an appeal was tion, further training and administration took part permitted. – We have published the details in two in the conference.
press releases: see online www.ufu.de – About Us/ ► Contact: [email protected] Press ● Term: 9/2016 – 10/2016
► Contact: [email protected], — [email protected] ● Term: 2/2015 – 11/2016 Continuation of the Halle series of talks — on climate change The long-standing series of talks on climate change Comic on worldwide court proceedings in Halle was continued in 2015 and 2016 too. For developed in cooperation with Ham- example, an excursion made to the energy quarter burg University of Applied Sciences Lutherviertel in Halle in September 2016 allowed As a follow-up to the global conference of the the participants to obtain first-hand information 1 UfU projects 2 Climate Protection & Environmental Education 3 Environmental Law & Participation network “Environmental Law Alliance World- regarding an integrated concept for an entire 4 Resource Management & Environmental Communication
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neighbourhood. As early as August 2016, Prof. Dr. energy quarter”: en route to an energy-efficient Reimund Schwarze from the Helmholtz Centre for and environmental energy supply for 1000 residen- Environmental Research (UFZ) had reported on the tial units” – a presentation by Guido Schwarzen- Paris agreement and its significance for the munic- dahl, manager of the Bauverein Halle & Leuna ipal level too. Here is an overview: 16.11.2016 – The UFZ research project “Urban trans- 29.04.2015 – Regenerative energy uses in the Halle formations”, presentation by Prof. Dr. Dieter Rink, region (II): The Delitz biogas plant Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) 27.05.2015 – “More distance – more acceptance for
wind energy plants?”, presentation by Dr. Johannes ► Contact: [email protected] Pohl, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg ● Term: continuous, twelve events in 2015 and 2016 ■ In conjunction with: Service Centre for Climate Protection 11.06.2015 – Workshop of the City of Halle (Saale) of the City of Halle (Stadt Halle, Dienstleistungszentrum on municipal climate protection in the integrated Klimaschutz) urban development concept ISEK Halle 2025 —
16.09.2015 – Excursion: research on climate change Internet platform: environmental in the Halle district - the Global Change Experi- information mental Facility of the Helmholtz Centre for Environ- An Internet platform on the use of environmental mental Research (UFZ) information rights presents verdicts, background information and options for participation under the 14.10.2015 – District heating in Halle: an effective motto “Demanding! Your new right to environmen- contribution to municipal climate protection! tal information”.
Presentation by Hans-Ulrich Thiel, Area Manager ► Homepage: www.umweltinformationsrecht.de
for Central Generation, energy supplier EVH ► Contact: [email protected] (Energieversorgung Halle) ● Term: continuous — 18.11.2015 – “Are extremes of weather becoming normality?” Presentation by Dr. Jürgen Döring, Internet platform: implementation of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg the Aarhus Convention Internet platform: implementation of the Aarhus 20.04.2016 – The climate analysis for Saxony-An- Convention halt: a presentation by Klaus Rehda, president of An Internet platform for the implementation of 1 Wolfram Wehrmann 2 Ricardo Reibsch 3 Marlies Bock 4 Ulrike Koch 5 Dorothea Carl 6 Almuth Tharan the Regional Bureau for Environmental Protection the Aarhus Convention (an agreement on envi- 7 Florian Kliche 8 Heike Müller 9 Hoai Nguyen 10 Schirin Shahed 11 Dr. Dino Laufer 12 Malte Schmidthals Saxony-Anhalt ronmental information, participation in approval procedures and access to courts) in Germany 15.06.2016 – Excursion to the port of Halle: provides information on content and background Climate Protection presentation of the new demonstration wind en- of the Convention as well as papers and studies on ergy plant of regstrom Halle e.V., presentation by the subject. & Environmental Martin Winkler, EVH ► Homepage: www.aarhus-konvention.de ► Contact: [email protected] Education 31.08.2016 – “Results of the 21st UN Climate Con- ● Term: continuous ference in Paris” – a presentation by Prof. Dr. — UfU has been working in four departments since vironment was continued successfully in 2015 and Reimund Schwarze, Helmholtz Centre for Environ- July 2016: on the recommendation of the manage- 2016: in the school year 2014/2015, three booklets mental Research (UFZ), also “The guiding principle Internet platform: saving energy in ment, the “Department for Climate Protection and for young reporters were published in cooperation behind the energy and climate policy of the city of schools Environmental Education” was split into the new with the journalist Ulrike Finck (rbb). These sum Halle” – a presentation by Daniel Zwick, director This platform includes teaching materials, counsel- “Department for Energy Efficiency and Energy up practical tips for everyday journalism and are of the Service Centre for Climate Protection of the ling and background information on energy saving Transition” and the “Department for Climate conveniently pocket-sized. One Berlin winner of City of Halle (Saale) in schools and on the fifty/fifty system of financial Protection and Transformative Education”. For the the international Young Reporters competition incentives, information on UfU projects in this field, following projects conducted in the report period was awarded the privilege of reporting from the 21.09.2016 – Excursion: the project “The Luthervier- the energy-saving “school of the month” and infor- 2015 and 2016, the previous classification is still international closing event of the UNESCO Decade tel as an energy quarter” of the Bauverein Halle & mation on events as well as examples of projects. adhered to. of Education for Sustainable Development, which
Leuna e.G. ► Homepage: www.fifty-fifty.eu/ took place in Nagoya (Japan). In the school year
► Contact: [email protected] Young Reporters for the Environment 2015/2016, the programme was conducted as a 19.10.2016 – The project “The Lutherviertel as an ● Term: continuous The programme of the Young Reporters for the En- Litter Less campaign in which pupils were asked to —
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engage themselves with the subject of waste and subject of saving energy. UfU is active in numerous via the Teltow-Fläming district and sponsored by taking part. The energy saving project continued at waste prevention. The jury came together in April towns and districts on behalf of various education- the National Climate Protection Initiative of the all schools in the school year 2015/16. In 2016/2017, 2016 to assess the contributions. The international al authorities, partly with funding by the National BMUB. Since 2016, the project has continued in a the programme went into its third and (for the time competition then took place in May. It was possible Climate Protection Initiative (NKI) of the Federal more modest form and been funded by the dis- being) last year. Plans for this school year include to gain the Berlin media portal for young people Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, trict itself. The schools now receive an update of an exchange of experience between caretakers, JUP (https://jup.berlin/) as a media partner in 2016; Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). Besides the the energy saving projects and are supported for further follow-up support for the schools and a the contributions have been published there. The larger projects mentioned below, energy saving three more years. Frau Werina Neumann from the grand closing event.
“Young Reporters for the Environment” campaign projects have taken place, and are still doing so, at environmental office of the district and a long-year ► Contact: [email protected] was conducted as a Litter Less campaign in the schools in Neustrelitz, Ahrensfelde and Beeskow, companion of the energy saving project at schools ● Term: school years 2014/2015 – 2016/2017 school year 2016/17 too. All other information is Frankfurt/Oder, Leipzig, Havelland and Velten. in Teltow-Fläming presented the achievements of ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Havelland district, Federal available online. Also, we supported the “Fair School” project of the project at a conference held in Brasov (Roma- Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,
► Homepage: www.facebook.com/jungereporter, EPIZ for the first time. This offers modules on ener- nia) in April. Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) as part of the
www.junge-reporter.org gy saving for schools. ► Contact: [email protected] National Climate Protection Initiative (NKI)
► Contact: [email protected] ► Homepage: www.fifty-fifty.eu ● Term: since 2012, continuous —
● Term: since 01/2010, continuous ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Teltow-Fläming district, ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Foundation for ● Term: since 2000, continuous Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Energy saving at schools in Chemnitz Environmental Education (FEE); Wrigley Foundation ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) The energy saving projects at schools in Chemnitz — Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) for as part of the National Climate Protection Initiative (NKI) started afresh under the name “CVH Checker”. the Teltow-Fläming district, Hanover and the Beeskow — Here, too, UfU with its combination of educational Competition “Berlin Climate Schools” region work, measurements and recommendations for 2014/2015 ▲ Commissioned by: Berlin districts of Mitte, Steglitz- Energy saving project in the Berlin organizational and technical improvements had Pupils from 40 Berlin schools took part in the Zehlendorf, Reinickendorf, Treptow-Köpenick; district of Reinickendorf been commissioned to conduct the climate pro- competition “Berlin Climate Schools 2014/15“, and contractors; municipality of Ahrensfelde; This project is an old favourite and is now running tection programme. A total of five schools were 43 contributions were submitted. The number of Solarverein Neustrelitz, Frankfurt/Oder for the sixth year in succession. The aim here is to supported throughout the three school years. schools taking part and the number of contribu- — reduce energy costs permanently by ten percent in ► Contact: [email protected] tions submitted were considerably higher than all schools taking part. In the school year 2014/15, ● Term: school years 2014/2015 – 2016/2017 in the previous year. The main prize went to the Energy saving at schools in Hanover 14 schools in Reinickendorf participated in the ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: City of Chemnitz; Brillat Savarin School, which occupied itself in a In the school years 2014/2015 as well as 2015/2016 energy saving programme; 14 schools from Rein- GMH – Energiemanagement striking way with a wide range of climate-relevant and 2016/2017, UfU was once again commissioned ickendorf took part in the school year 2015/16 too. — aspects in the hospitality sector, from cycling for to support schools as part of the GSE programme Schoolchildren at the Paul Löbe School addition- guests and uniforms for hotel staff to an online for internal energy management at schools in the ally participated in an exchange meeting as part Energy saving at schools in Saxony exchange platform for local vegetable gardeners. regional capital Hanover. In this project, the energy of our energy saving project for Romanian schools The energy saving project is new in Saxony: here The competition is part of the “Climate Protection in saving potential of the school in each case was and presented their project there. In the school UfU was commissioned by the Saxony energy Schools” programme of the Senate Administration examined and suggestions for improvement were year 2016/17, 15 schools from Reinickendorf took agency SAENA to carry out energy savings pro- for Education, Youth and Science. developed together. The project in Hanover was part in the energy saving programme. jects at five schools. The schools involved are in ► Homepage: www.berliner-klimaschulen.de supported by UfU for the eighth time in 2015/2016; a ► Contact: [email protected] Flöha, Zwickau, Oelsnitz, Bad Düben and Lim- ► Contact: [email protected] total of 26 Hanover schools took part. In 2016/2017, ● Term: since 2008, continuous bach. The projects also include several exchanges ● Term: 10/2011 – 7/2015 we went to 27 schools in Hanover. ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Berlin district of of experience for caretakers which took place in
▲ Commissioned by: Berlin Senate Administration for ► Contact: [email protected] Reinickendorf November 2016. Education, Youth and Science, Berlin Senate ● Term: since 2008, continuous — ► Contact: [email protected] Administration for Urban Development and the ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: City of Hanover ● Term: school years 2016/2017 – 2018/2019 Environment (Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, — Schools in Havelland are saving ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Sächsische Jugend und Wissenschaft sowie Stadtentwicklung und energy too Energieagentur SAENA GmbH Umwelt), GASAG und BUND Berlin Energy saving project in the Fifty-fifty projects started at eleven schools in the — ■ Project partner: löwenholz agency Teltow-Fläming district Havelland district at the beginning of the school — From 2012 to 2015, UfU was commissioned with the year 2014/15. Besides the pedagogical work and Schoolchildren’s University on “Introduction and continuation of energy saving the measurements made at the schools, this 3-year Sustainability and Climate Protection Saving energy at schools in Berlin and models in schools in the Teltow-Fläming district”. project included caretaker training courses and (SchülerUni Nachhaltig + Klimaschutz) elsewhere Besides equipping them with a materials package annual closing events. On 21 April 2015, at the The Schoolchildren’s University on Sustainability UfU conducted energy saving projects at schools and measuring devices, the counselling included official closing event for the school year 2014/15, and Climate Protection is an extramural educa- again in the school years 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and pedagogical and technical support for the schools. the schools taking part were honoured for the tional offer for Berlin school classes. Twice a year, it 2016/2017; its support for energy saving projects In close cooperation with the environmental office dedication they showed in the energy saving pro- offers 10- to 13-year-old schoolchildren interactive has increased considerably in the last few years. and the building authorities of the district, good re- ject. The schools presented themselves and their workshops and presentations on the subject of To support the schools and educational authori- sults were achieved in the schools involved; in the projects, after which the chief administrative officer sustainability and climate protection at six different ties, the www.fifty-fifty.eu portal was expanded to last few years, it was possible to achieve savings of of the Havelland district, Dr. Burkhard Schröder, learning sites in the Freie Universität. As a unique allow it to disseminate information concerning the on average ten percent. The project was founded presented them with a bonus of € 1,000 each for point, teachers are offered further training courses
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which support the further treatment and consolida- ic it focused on was the Berlin energy and climate for reducing them with the CO2 school calcula- by working with the procedures and materials tion of the subjects in tuition. The Schoolchildren’s protection programme (BEK). The purpose of this tor, which is free of charge, or of networking with developed by UfU for projects of this kind. The University on Sustainability and Climate Protection programme is to contribute towards making Berlin other schools dedicated to protecting the climate. purpose of Euronet fifty/fifty Max was to encourage was developed in 2005 as part of “education for climate-neutral by the year 2050. What this means – UfU developed the KSSA in 2009 as part of the more schools and municipal administrations to sustainable development” at the Environmental for schools - and how schools can contribute to “Making renewable energies visible!” project and take part in the European network Euronet. A total Policy Research Centre (FFU) of the Freie Uni- achieving this aim - was discussed in a wide range has supported it in terms of editorial content ever of over 500 schools and 48 other public buildings versität Berlin. 2500 schoolchildren and 120 to 140 of presentations, workshops and discussion rounds. since. The school atlas for climate protection was dealt with the subject of energy saving. 90,000 teachers take part in the programmes each year. ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] modernized in the year 2015. Since the relaunch, schoolchildren and 6,000 teachers were reached UfU has been involved as a project partner since ● Term: since 1998, continuous it has been presented in a new design and with in the Euronet fifty/fifty Max project. Teaching and 2008 and is part of the interdisciplinary and trans- ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Berlin Senate Adminis- expanded functions allowing it to be accessed from project materials on energy saving in schools and disciplinary knowledge and education network. tration for Urban Development and the Environment all terminal devices. More than 3500 educational public buildings are now available in the languag- – In 2015, the Schoolchildren’s University took place (Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und institutions present their climate protection activ- es of the project partners.
from 9 to 13 March and from 21 to 25 September. Umwelt), Senate Administration for Education, Youth ities in profiles of their own and make use of this ► Contact: [email protected] In 2016, the Schoolchildren’s University was at the and the Family (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend opportunity for inspiration and networking. ● Term: 4/2013 – 3/2016 FU from 20 February to 4 March and from 10 to 14 und Familie) and GASAG ► Homepage: www.klimaschutzschulenatlas.de ▲ Commissioned by: European Union as part of the October; UfU contributed schoolchildren’s work- ■ Project partners/cooperation partners: EPIZ; ► Contact: [email protected] Intelligent Energy Europe programme with partners shops on solar energy, an interactive exhibition Berliner Wasserbetriebe ● Term: since 2009, continuous from 13 countries of the EU on the energy transition, a presentation on the — ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for — question “What is energy?” and a workshop on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and climate-friendly nutrition to the programme. Children of the Sun Nuclear Safety (BMUB) as part of the National Climate Energy saving project in kindergartens ► Karola Braun-Wanke, FFU The Children of the Sun was a traditional Berlin Protection Initiative (NKI) of Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH ► Homepage: www.fu-berlin.de/schueleruni project. The project was developed in the year 2004 ■ Cooperation partner: löwenholz agency, Berlin By changing user behaviour, it is possible to save ► Contact: [email protected] and was sponsored continuously from 2007 up to — a lot of energy in kindergartens every day. As ● Term: since 2012, continuous (and including) 2015. A total of 193 institutions took energy detectives, the kindergartens of Pfefferw- ▲ Commissioned by: Environmental Policy Research part, mainly kindergartens, but also vocational Interactive exhibition “Changing erk Stadtkultur gGmbH wanted to show how this Centre of the Freie Universität Berlin (Forschungsstelle schools and universities of applied sciences in Ber- energy together” is done, and UfU supported them in this regard. Umweltpolitik der Freien Universität Berlin) lin. Solar energy has now become an “everyday The interactive exhibition “CHANGING ENER- The kindergartens tried out how the interaction — project” for Berlin children! UfU took the suitcase GY TOGETHER” shows what it means when we between users and technology can work in the with the well-known doll’s house furniture and change our energy supply from fossil energies to direction of climate protection. Energy walks made Energy saving at schools in the other materials for playing and conducting experi- renewable ones. In learning stations and on the it possible to find out where potential savings can atmosfair project ments to the Children of the Sun kindergartens and energy transition carpet, pupils in the 5th and 6th be made: examples of this are an incorrectly set Atmosfair compensates for greenhouse gases (with acquainted the children with the subject of renew- years carry out activities, games and experiments nightly heating reduction, but also windows which the focus on flying) by means of international pro- able energies in an enjoyable way. In addition, kin- on various aspects of the energy transition. The are permanently open. Team workshops developed jects on renewable energies. In Germany, atmos- dergarten teachers were given further instruction interactive exhibition toured schools in Mecklen- catalogues of measures which included behaviour- fair supports energy saving projects at schools, and on the subject of solar energy. Since the beginning burg-Vorpommern in 2013. In the year 2014, the al aspects as well as technical options. The subject these projects are coordinated by UfU. In the school of its 2004 period, the project has become very well- energy transition became concrete at schools was dealt with pedagogically too: an advanced year 2014/15, energy saving projects were carried known – not just in Berlin but elsewhere too. Unfor- in Thuringia; the exhibition toured schools in training course showed kindergarten teachers how out with the support of atmosfair at schools in Neu- tunately, the project has no longer been sponsored Brandenburg in 2015. In August 2015, it could be enjoyable it can be to conduct research into the strelitz, Willen, Frankfurt/Oder and other places; in by the Senate Administration since 2016. seen at the open day of the Federal Ministry for subject of energy with children.
the school year 2015/16, schools in Wittmund, Berlin ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), and at the ► Contact: [email protected] and Neustrelitz were able to conduct energy sav- ● Term: 4/2007 – 12/2015 “Schoolchildren’s University on Sustainability and ● Term: 10/2013 – 12/2015 ing projects assisted by atmosfair; and in the school ▲ Commissioned by: Berlin Senate Administration for Climate Protection” (SchülerUni Nachhaltig + Kli- ♦ Commissioned by: Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH year 2016/17, it supported energy saving projects in Urban Development and the Environment (Berliner maschutz) of the Freie Universität Berlin in Septem- — schools in Berlin, Neustrelitz, Mölln and Bremen. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt) ber. The exhibition focused on Saxony-Anhalt in ► Homepage: https://www.atmosfair.de/umweltbildung/ — 2016, and it will be visiting schools in the province Educational materials on LED lighting energiesparen_an_schulen of Saxony in 2017. More and more schools are undergoing ener- ► Contact: [email protected] School atlas on climate protection ► Contact: [email protected] gy-based refurbishment, and this often entails the ● Term: since 2007, continuous (KSSA) ● Term: since 2012, continuous installation of LED lighting. As part of a research ▲ Commissioned by: atmosfair Many educational institutions have started using ▲ Commissioned by: 50Hertz project implemented in the field of energy efficien- — the new design possibilities of the KSSA to update — cy, UfU has developed educational materials on content and presentation of their profiles. The the subject of LED lighting. The material deals with “Climate protection in schools” category “Up-to-date”, where a regular mention Euronet fifty/fifty Max four groups of subjects: the physical and techni- conference 2015 is made of exciting competitions and other things, In the Euronet fifty/fifty project, 16 partners from cal fundamentals and the resource consumption On 13 October 2015, the “Climate protection in is now being accessed more and more frequent- 13 countries of the EU implemented energy saving of LED technology, the effects of light on human schools” conference took place in the auditorium of ly. Many schools also make use of the option of projects in primary and secondary schools and beings, visual perception and the effects of light the Max Taut School in Lichtenberg, Berlin; the top- calculating their CO2 emissions and the potentials public buildings. In particular the schools did this and a practically oriented module for when it is
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planned to convert a school to LED. The materials were developed and a questionnaire was com- ► Contact: [email protected] several boxes were produced for lending out to are available for download from the UfU website piled with which users of the school buildings were ● Term: 09/2015, 02/2016, 11/2016 schools in Bavaria.
(see Service). In addition, there is a small print run interviewed. In addition, initial measurements ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Goethe Institute Kiev, ► Contact: [email protected] and a do-it-yourself kit for making a light box. were made in the buildings and existing measured Society for International Cooperation (Gesellschaft für ● Term: 2/2016 – 12/2016 ► Contact: [email protected] data was evaluated. The main aim in 2016 was to Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ) ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Institute for Ecological ● Term: 12/2014 – 6/2015 evaluate the totality of all measurements, interview — Energy of the Bavarian Regional Office for the ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Institute for Resource results and other analyses. The development of Environment (Ökoenergie-Institut des Bayrischen Efficiency on Energy Issues (Institut für Ressourcen- teaching modules for the 4th/5th or 9th/10th year Energy saving at schools in Romania Landesamts für Umwelt) effizienz und Energiefragen GmbH IREES) has advanced so far that a number of modules are and Bulgaria — ■ Cooperation partner: Department of Light Technology, now ready for practical testing. The next step will UfU supported Romanian schools in cooperation Technical University Darmstadt be to compile a “Good Practice” brochure. with the “Environ Association”: the aim here was Youth Forum for Urban Development — ► Contact: [email protected] to take the concept of fifty/fifty schools which has (Jugendforum Stadtentwicklung) ● Term: 1/2015 – 12/2017 been so successful in Germany and transfer it UfU was commissioned to carry out the Youth Fo- School for Renewable Energies ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the to Romania. A total of five schools took part in rum for Urban Development from 2015 to 2017. The The purpose of this project was to optimize the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear the project and showed that fifty/fifty is all set to events run for four days each and take place twice educational use and public visibility of renewable Safety (BMUB) as part of the National Climate become a success in Romania too. The closing con- a year. Over two and a half days, young people energy plants in educational institutions. For this Protection Initiative (NKI) ference took place in Brasov ín April 2016, and be- discuss a topical subject from the field of urban de- purpose, results achieved in the educational use of ■ Project partners/cooperation partners: e&u energiebüro sides high-ranking representatives of the Romani- velopment and develop positions and suggestions school photovoltaic systems up to now were evalu- gmbh, Bielefeld; Werk-statt-Schule e.V., Hanover an Ministry for the Environment, representatives of of their own. At the ensuing Youth Forum, the State ated and transferred to other RE plants, in particu- — the BMUB and the German Embassy also took part; Secretary for Construction of the Federal Ministry lar small-scale wind turbines. As part of a feasibil- the German delegation was completed by school- for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building ity study, the project partner analysed the use of children from Berlin and a representative of the and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) talked to the young small-scale wind turbines at educational institu- Teltow-Fläming district. In October 2016, Romanian people about their ideas and suggestions. tions, and in particular the technical conditions, representatives came to Berlin for an exchange A Youth Forum on the subject of “Affordable living” approval requirements and practical requirements of experience. The energy projects at Romanian took place in June 2015, and one on the subject of of constructing and operating plants of this kind. At schools then started, and UfU employees went to “Refugees in cities” was held in December 2015. four educational institutions which already have Romania to provide support in situ. Building on the A further event on the subject of “City and mo- small-scale wind turbines, educational pilot pro- project in Romania, UfU will support Romanian bility” took place in June 2016; in November 2016, jects were realized and evaluated. The results con- schools in cooperation with the “Environ Associa- the subject of “Perspectives for small towns and sisted of practical teaching suggestions for various tion” and Bulgarian schools with the National Trust villages” was discussed and presented. The results subjects concerning the use of renewable energies Ecofund from 2016 to 2018. The support for Roma- of the work were then presented to the BMUB. UfU with the focus on small-scale wind turbines as well nian schools is to continue. The Bulgarian partners will go on organizing the Youth Forum on Urban as a manual for the use and integration of wind came to Germany for the first time as observers in Development until the end of 2017.
energy and other renewable energy resources at November 2016. ► Contact: [email protected]
schools and educational institutions; these can be ► Contact: [email protected] ● Term: 5/2015 – 12/2017 ordered free of charge from the UfU on payment of ● Term: 7/2015 – 4/2016 ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Institute for the costs of postage and packing. ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Development (Bundesinstitut für Bau, Stadt und ● Term: 10/2014 – 11/2016 Energy saving and energy Nuclear Safety (BMUB); counselling aid programme Raumordnung BBSR) ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and education at schools in the Ukraine of the Federal Environmental Agency — Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie) The experience UfU has had with energy saving ■ Project partners/cooperation partners: Environ Associa- on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag at schools in connection with education on the tion (Romania); National Trust Ecofund (Bulgaria) Environmental profile of the ■ Project partner: Reiner Lemoine Institute, Berlin subjects of climate protection and energy as well — municipality – cooperation project — as the contents of the Box Primary experiment box Slovakia-Germany from the Powerado project met with much interest Energy box for lend As an environmental education project, the “En- Passive house schools become active in the Ukraine too. Following workshops conduct- As part of this project, UfU developed a lenda- vironmental profile of the municipality” project The “Passive house schools become active” project ed in Kiev und Ivano-Frankivs’k in the autumn of ble box containing ideas for school lessons and has mainly pedagogical aims, which it connects develops informative, educational and technical 2015, a three-day workshop took place in Lviv in experiments as well as suggestions for activities with local environmental and climate protection measures intended to solve the problems existing February 2016. This was attended by teachers from and projects allowing young people to obtain the policies. In addition, a network of “green” munici- in energy-saving school buildings. The purpose of 25 schools in all parts of the country and six energy qualifications necessary for taking an active part palities aiming at the countrywide registration of this is to ensure that efficiency is not considered as experts who started with school energy saving pro- in the energy transition. The box is to motivate environmental indicators is now being built up in being in opposition to good educational work. In jects before March was out. In November 2016, 90 teachers of the school years 7 to 10 to explain the Slovakia; in Germany, the focus is on the devel- the project “Passive house schools become ac- teachers learned at the 1st all-Ukrainian German 3-phase Bavarian energy procedure (1. Reduce opment and testing of a teaching unit in which tive”, schools suitable for the project (i.e. extremely Teachers’ Forum how subjects such as renewable energy requirements, 2. Increase energy efficiency, schoolchildren can develop/concretize, survey and energy-efficient school buildings) and with an energies, energy saving and participation in the 3. Expand renewable energies) to their pupils. UfU analyse indicators of environmental soundness interest in taking part were contacted in a first step community can be connected with learning the developed a total of 46 modules for this box and put and sustainability for their municipality. The pupils as of early 2015. Materials for the PR work (flyers) German language. a prototype of the box together. At the end of 2016, involved presented the results to the responsible
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actors in the municipalities affected in the form of ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Berlin Foundation for exhibitions, discussion events, press articles etc. Environmental Protection (Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin)/ Various materials were created as part of the pro- Förderfonds Trenntstadt Berlin ject: for teachers, a guide to the use of indicators, ■ Project partner/cooperation partner: Innowego Forum teaching materials, worksheets etc. was developed. for Education and Sustainability (Innowego-Forum The materials produced for young people included Bildung und Nachhaltigkeit) a guide to the use of indicators and a guide to (and — examples of) the subject of communication and participation in the municipalities as well as web “Participation and effect” applications providing information on the individu- This project started in September 2016 and al environmental indicators. deals with the surveying and analysis of tar-
► Contact: [email protected] get-group-specific methods and the measurement ● Term: 10/2015 – 10/2017 of their effects in environmental education. As part ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: German Foundation for of whole-day interactive workshops, the first step the Environment (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) is to find out what children and young people of ■ Project partner/cooperation partner: Strom Zivota, INAK different ages and social or regional origins expect — from environmental education, which subjects they want to deal with and which didactical methods Hot on the heels of palm oil in the re- they intend to use. In a second step, the aim is to tail trade examine which models and methods are suitable In the network of the Innowego Forum for Educa- for measuring the effects of target-group-specific tion and Sustainability, of which UfU has been a environmental education projects or how existing member for several years now, a simulation game processes can be modified accordingly. on the subject of palm oil was developed and ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] tested. The purpose of the simulation game is to ● Term: 09/2016 – 7/2018 inform pupils at business training colleges about ▲ Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Environ- the advantages and disadvantages of the product ment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety 1 Dr. Silke Domasch 2 Fabian Stolpe 3 Thui Nguyen 4 Sebastian Weiland 5 Sarah Kovac 6 Ricarda Schröder “palm oil” and sensitize them for the ecological (BMUB) as part of the UFOplan 7 Franziska Sperfeld 8 Han 9 Karl Stracke 10 Dr. Michael Zschiesche problems caused by the mass cultivation of oil ■ Subcontractor: University of Bayreuth, Centre for Math palms in remote regions of the world. & Science Education (Z-MNU); Institute for Future Stud- ies and Technology Assessment (Institut für Zukunfts- ► Contact: [email protected] Environmental Law ● Term: 12/2015 – 6/2016 studien und Technologiebewertung), Heide Kolling ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Cooperative “Innowego — & Participation Forum for Education and Sustainability” (Innowego-Forum Bildung und Nachhaltigkeit) KLAK – Climate Action Cinema Bio-energy crops on contaminated ■ Project partner/cooperation partner: Wissenschafts- Ten short films are now being produced as a result sites in Vietnam laden Bonn of the competition for script ideas for short films on A new three-year pilot project was started in were examined. As part of the annual delegation — the climate produced by young people in cooper- mid-July 2015. It implements the results of the trips, the State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for ation with professional media and film creators. A potential study of the same name being conducted the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building Trendy children’s birthday parties 2018 countrywide bicycle cinema tour is the high on disused mining sites in Vietnam. The aim of this and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) went to the region in UfU as a member of the cooperative “Innowego point of the project. A bicycle cinema is installed comprehensive and ambitious model project is to December 2016, partly to gather information on the Forum for Education and Sustainability” (Innowe- at four selected youth hostels for six months and demonstrate the feasibility of cultivating energy progress made in the energy crop project.
go-Forum Bildung und Nachhaltigkeit) has devel- integrated into the range they offer. The project crops on contaminated mining sites in Vietnam. ► Contact: [email protected], oped a concept for presenting children’s birthday provides a platform for bicycle cinema initiatives The pilot project focuses on the implementation of [email protected], [email protected], parties in which the participants deal with the and aims at encouraging an exchange of ideas. adapted energy crop systems at three mining sites [email protected] subject of waste prevention and waste separation The project is to be concluded with a bicycle cine- in Vietnam. The kick-off workshop took place on ● Term: 7/2015 – 6/2018 in a playful and fun way. The result is the board ma symposium. 19 November 2015 in the presence of high-ranking ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, game “TRENNOMANIA - schlag den Reststoffel”; ► Homepage: www.fahrradkino.org, www.facebook.com/ representatives of both ministries and of numerous Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety the events are carried out by environmental edu- fahrradkino scientific institutions from Vietnam and Germany. (BMUB) as part of the International Climate cators, can be booked via the Berlin Foundation for ► Contact: [email protected] In March 2016, it was possible to start planting an Initiative (IKI) Environmental Protection and are free of charge ● Term: 5/2016 – 4/2019 area with acacias, sugar millet and a Vietnamese ■ Cooperation partners: Ruhr University Bochum; for low-income families. ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the breed of hybrid grass. After harvesting, a mass MSP Bochum; Vietnam Environmental Administration
► Contact: [email protected] Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and energy balance for the production of bioethanol (VEA); Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture ● Term: 2/2016 – 8/2016 Nuclear Safety (BMUB) as part of the National Climate from the sorghum was drawn up by the Hanoi and Forestry Protection Initiative Institute. In addition, different routes to local biogas — ■ Project partner/cooperation partner: Solare Zukunft e.V. production based on the harvest of the testing plot —
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ProgRess II, participation process on from speakers from six member countries of the procedures with the help of the portal. In addition, and was accompanied by an action programme. the resource efficiency program of the EU were presented and discussed in terms of a a few technical enhancements are being imple- The finissage took place in Cologne in September German government comparison of legislation. Thematically, the con- mented in order to facilitate the work of the coordi- 2016 with a day of action on urban soil protection. On behalf of the dialog agency Zebralog GmbH tribution focused in particular on access to courts nating centres in the German federal provinces. – The exhibition could be seen once more as part
(Berlin), it was UfU’s job to ensure that the popula- for environmental organizations, the requirements ► Homepage: www.umwelt-beteiligung.de of the conference on communicating the subject of
tion is involved in the resource efficiency program for becoming recognized as an environmental ► Contact: [email protected] the soil entitled “Let’s talk! For the love of the soil” of the German government (ProgRess II). In five organization, the depth of analysis in court and ● Term: 11/2013 – 7/2015 and 8/2016 – 7/2017 held at the Bundespresseamt in the winter of 2016.
one-day citizens’ workshops, persons selected at preclusion regulations. The Federal Ministry for ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the ► Homepage: www.bodenschutz-urban.de
random came together in all parts of Germany to the Environment included the results of the pro- Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and ► Contact: [email protected], assess the existing sections of the revised strategy ject in the current legislative procedure for the Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Environmental [email protected] and elaborate suggestions for further qualification; amendment of the Environmental Appeals Act. The Agency (UBA) as part of the sponsorship of ● Term: 4/2015 – 2/2017 Federal Minister of the Environment Dr. Barbara project was concluded when the final report was organizations ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Hendricks paid a visit to the citizens’ workshop filed. – Besides other experts such as Prof. Dr. Remo ■ Cooperation partners: Zebralog GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin; Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety in Düsseldorf in 2015. In parallel, other interested Klinger or Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlacke, Dr. Michael Regional Bureau of Officially Recognized Nature (BMUB) and Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) persons participated in an online discourse on the Zschiesche was also invited to attend an expert Conservation Organizations in Brandenburg as part of the sponsorship of organizations subject of the sparing use of resources. After the hearing on the amendment of the Environmental (Landesbüro anerkannter Naturschutzverbände in — evaluation of both formats in summer 2015, so- Appeals Act which took place in the German Bun- Brandenburg); Berlin Regional Workgroup for Nature called citizens’ ambassadors discussed and final- destag in September 2016 and in which the experts Conservation (Berliner Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Public participation in the search for ized the results in the form of a citizens’ proposal at were available for 90 minutes of questioning by the Naturschutz BLN); Lower Saxony Regional Bureau for a final repository site for highly a workshop in September 2015; this is the central Environmental Committee on the draft of the Act. Nature Conservation (Landesbüro Naturschutz radioactive substances
resulting document, and it formulates the twelve ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] Niedersachsen GbR LABÜN) The search for, and selection and construction of, a principal proposals for action made by the citizens ● Term: 11/2014 – 10/2016 — final storage site as required by the Repository Site involved. It was handed over to the Federal Min- ♦ Sponsor: Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) as Selection Act are unique in terms of the long time ister for the Environment in early November 2015 part of the UFOPlan 2014 of the Federal Ministry for the periods and large structural dimensions involved. and can be found in the appendix of the ProgRess Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and This is also true for public participation, as the II program. A concluding brochure was produced Nuclear Safety (BMUB) “public of today” will largely be different to the one in 2016; it documents and reflects the entire process ■ Partners: Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt, Bernburg which is to be involved, for example as part of over- and formulates recommendations for successful University of Applied Sciences; Prof. Dr. Bernhard ground prospecting. Against this background, UfU public participation in follow-up processes. Wegener, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen (FAU) surveys, analyses and evaluates existing national
► Homepage: www.gespraechstoff-ressourcen.de — and international public participation measures
► Contact: [email protected] and derives proposals for the practical organiza- ● Term: 10/2014 – 1/2017 Participation of environmental tion of public participation in the search for a final ♦ Sponsor: Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) as associations 2.0 and 3.0 repository site in Germany from them. In a first part of the UFOPlan 2014 of the Federal Ministry for the This two-year project for the better anchoring of step, interviews were carried out on the basis of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear online participation for recognized environmental published guide, and the final report of the Com- Safety (BMUB) organizations begun in November 2013 continued mission for the Final Storage of Highly Radioactive ■ Partner: zebralog GmbH und Co. KG, Berlin in the form of several workshops in 2015. The aim Waste was evaluated with regard to the proposals — of the project was to implement concrete models of Urban soil protection for public participation; the 1st interim report is online participation. In a competition, Brandenburg On the occasion of the Year of the Soil 2015 pro- now available. – In an additional task carried out Group legal action in the European and Berlin were chosen as the regions in which the claimed by the UN General Meeting, the urban in autumn 2016, the proposals of the Commission comparison model project on online participation was carried soil protection project aimed at making the public, for public participation were analysed in terms of The research project “Legal action of environmen- out. The platform www.umwelt-beteiligung.de was local decision-makers and the expert audience the role and the responsibilities of the Federal Bu- tal associations in the debate on legal policy. A successfully designed, programmed and tested. more aware of the importance of soil protection in reau for Nuclear Waste Disposal Safety (BfE), and scientific discussion of arguments and positions Now all those interested can go to the Internet por- built-up areas. Existing trends within the urban the relevant implementation requirements were on appeals filed by environmental associations, tal for information on possibilities of participation, population which encourage taking care of the formulated.
simultaneously a contribution to comparative law in the Berlin and Brandenburg regions at first; the soil on free spaces and waste land within built-up ► Contact: [email protected], for the further discussion of legal protection for two regional portals, which are maintained by the areas are to be made visible for the public at large [email protected] associations in the environmental field” started in alliances of the regional environmental and nature by the project. This aim was realized in the form ● Term: 1/2016 – 10/2017 November 2014. The first high point of the two-year conservation associations active there, are now in of two days of action on the subject of soil protec- ▲ Commissioned by: Federal Bureau for Nuclear Waste project was the July 2015 conference on current regular operation. – In the follow-up project, the tion in built-up areas and the itinerant exhibition Disposal Safety (Bundesamt für kerntechnische trends in the field of legal action by environmental province of Lower Saxony and the Regional Bu- “Urban Soil Protection”: the itinerant exhibition was Entsorgungssicherheit BfE) associations with its more than 80 participants from reau for Nature Conservation working there were opened with a day of activity in the “Princess Gar- ■ Cooperation partner: Dr. Cornelia Ziehm, lawyer all over Germany. An English-language sympo- included in the platform. Here, public relations dens” (Prinzessinnengärten) in Kreuzberg, Berlin — sium with the title “Comparative view on access work, training courses and an interactive guide in September 2015. The interactive exhibition was to justice in environmental matters“ took place in are to make it attractive for more people to compile shown in the urban gardens in Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin in March 2016: in it, 14 different contributions statements on environmentally relevant planning Munich and Cologne in spring and summer 2016
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Expert’s reports for workgroup 2 jects of renewable energies, waste recycling and ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the quo of research on the cooperation schemes and (Evaluation) of the final repository site sustainable mobility. It has also provided services Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and examine them in particular in terms of their effects commission making it easier to try out sustainable lifestyles and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) as part of the International of reducing the strain on the environment. This is From October 2015 to June 2016, the department become routined in maintaining them. The ser- Climate Initiative (IKI) achieved by several work packages in which liter- edited an expert’s report for workgroup 2 (Evalu- vices provided were geared to the demand and ■ Project partners/cooperation partners: Goethe Institute ature is viewed, interviews and specialist talks are ation) of the Commission for the Final Storage of were easy to put into practice. Vietnam; Vietnamese-German Centre of the Hanoi conducted, case studies are analysed and recom-
Highly Radioactive Waste of the German Bunde- ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] University of Science and Technology mendations for action are developed. stag. This dealt with the compilation of reports on ● Term: 5/2013 – 6/2015 — ► Contact: [email protected] the topics of legal protection, public participation, ♦ Sponsor: German Foundation for the Environment ● Term: 8/2016 – 9/2017 the structure of authorities, export bans and bans (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) EIA portal of the German federal ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the on change; significant opinion-forming processes, ■ Partner: Zelena Akcija, Croatian section of Friends government Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and argumentations and results were systematically of the Earth Electronic access to documents used in environ- Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Environmental accessed, prepared and displayed for individual — mental impact assessments (EIAs) is to be improved Agency as part of the UFOPlan thematic focuses. In June 2016, the Commission in the future. To this end, the German government ■ Cooperation partners: Institute for Ecological Economy submitted a report which examines the Repository CapReg training seminars – renewable intends to set up and operate a central government Research, Berlin (IÖW); UPJ (Network Corporate Social Site Selection Act and aims at preparing for the energies in Vietnam EIA portal for which the Federal Environmental Responsibility und Corporate Citizenship), Berlin final storage of radioactive waste in Germany. On behalf of Renac Berlin, UfU held several train- Agency is responsible. The principal aim of this —
► Contact: [email protected], ing seminars on renewable energies in Hanoi in portal is to provide the relevant information from [email protected] 2015; in May 2016, another training seminar on EIA proceedings carried out by federal authori- Evaluation of the Environmental Infor- ● Term: 10/2015 – 6/2016 renewable energies was organized there. The ties for the purpose of public scrutiny. The Federal mation Act ▲ Commissioned by: German Bundestag, Commission three-day seminar was designed for high-ranking Environmental Agency has now commissioned a The purpose of this research project is to carry out for the Final Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste employees from authorities, think tanks and state- consortium led by the management of the Techni- a comprehensive evaluation of the Environmental (Kommission Lagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfallstoffe) owned companies such as the energy supplier cal University Berlin (Ecology and Environmental Information Act of the German government. The — EVN. At the end of the seminar, each participant Planning program), UfU and Zebralog to develop a evaluation examines whether the legal aims of the was given a certificate of attendance; the series of concept for a portal as well as creating and testing Act to allow free access to environmental informa- Exchange of experience with Russia on seminars continued in October 2016. a prototype. Besides providing information on tion from authorities obliged to provide information
public participation regarding the final ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] EIA proceedings, it is also to serve as an archive, (passive access) and to ensure the active dissem- storage of radioactive waste ● Term: 10/2014 – 9/2016 and thus as a source of data for mandatory EU ination of environmental information are being While the basic conditions for the search for a ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature reporting and for scientific purposes. In addition achieved in practice and which further conse- final repository site are being debated and decid- Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) as to minimum legal requirements, organizational, quences the Act has. The validity of the results is to ed on in Germany, other European countries are part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI); Renac staff-related and financial requirements as well as be ensured by means of a comprehensive survey carrying out a parallel search for a solution to the — technical hardware and software requirements carried out among those involved in the demand problem of a final repository site for radioactive for construction and operation are currently in the for access to environmental information according waste. From March to December 2016, UfU was Environmental education competition process of being defined. to the Environmental Information Act. The eval- part of a project of the Russian environmental or- in Nam Dinh and exhibition project ► Contact: [email protected] uation will pursue a social sciences and a legal ganization Bellona, which aims at summing up this UfU carried out a competition project in the prov- ● Term: 8/2016 – 4/2017 sciences approach. The implementation guide of experience and making it useful for the imminent ince of Nam Dinh on behalf of the Federal Ministry ▲ Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, the German government as well as existing guides proceedings in Russia. To this end, UfU organized for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and are to be updated and revised on the basis of the a study trip for the Russian colleagues to Germany and Nuclear Safety (BMUB): schoolchildren from Federal Environmental Agency, as part of the UFOPlan results of the project. The project is to be brought to (see also “Inside UfU” under “Visits”). Nam Dinh were able to submit their contributions ■ Cooperation partners: Technical University Berlin the attention of the public with a national confer- (Ecology and Environmental Planning program); ► Contact: [email protected] in the fields of photography, literature and paint- ence and an international experts’ workshop. ● Term: 3/2016 – 12/2016 ing. The award ceremony took place in Nam Dinh Zebralog GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] ♦ Sponsors: European Commission; EU-Russia in November 2015 before 250 schoolchildren in the — ● Term: 10/2016 – 5/2019 Civil Society Forum presence of Karsten Möring, member of the Bundes- ▲ Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the Environ- ■ Project partner: Bellona Foundation, St. Petersburg tag and member of the Environmental Commit- Effects of cooperation between ment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety — tee. – As a follow-up activity to the environmental environmental organizations and (BMUB) and Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) education competition held at schools in Nam Dinh, companies ■ Cooperation partners: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus, Do-It-Yourself! Tools for a sustainable the works were shown as part of an exhibition Cooperation schemes between environmental Leuphana University Lüneburg; Prof. Dr. Christian future in Croatia held at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi in November NGOs and companies have always been viewed Schrader, Fulda University of Applied Sciences; The aim of the project sponsored was to make a and December 2016, at the University of Hanoi and especially critical: the one side criticizes them Dr. Kerstin Tews, Environmental Policy Research Centre contribution to sustainable development in Cro- again for a longer period in Nam Dinh in January harshly, seeing them as a betrayal of their values (FFU), Free University Berlin atia by means of awareness-raising and a direct 2017; State Secretary Gunther Adler opened the and as greenwashing, whereas the other side — transfer of knowledge. The project has achieved its exhibition in Hanoi. praises them highly for their pragmatism and
purpose by making numerous results and services ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] their potential effects. UfU in conjunction with the available to the population: it has concentrated a ● Term: 11/2015 – 12/2016 Institute for Ecological Economy Research and UPJ large number of measures concerning the sub- in Berlin was commissioned to compile the status
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Participation of the public in environ- Capacity formation for water manage- mental conservation in the Republic of ment in the Republic of Moldova Moldova II In particular the smaller river units in the Republic As of June 2013, a project with a term of two years of Moldova are highly polluted and are frequently designed to improve the standing of the Aarhus in a bad ecological condition as a result of an- Convention in the Republic of Moldava was fund- thropogenic changes. The aim of this project is to ed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, sustainably strengthen the local authorities as well Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as civil society in the field of water management (BMUB). To this end, a guide to public participation and thus contribute to a long-term reduction of the was published and a workshop was carried out. strain on the environment in the Republic of Moldo- The Federal Environmental Agency extended the va. Experts from public administration and NGOs project up to the end of 2015 and increased the who supported the implementation of the EU Water funding, allowing further workshops to be con- Framework Directive in Germany are to speak in ducted in the Republic of Moldova. UfU hopes that the Republic of Moldova on the experience they this project has been able to provide impulses for have gathered. The different groups of actors in the further democratization and the development of Republic of Moldova will cooperate on the elabora- civil society in the Republic of Moldova in the field tion of guidelines for implementing the regulations of environmental conservation. with regard to water legislation. A guide for local ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] authorities and environmental organizations as ● Term: 6/2013 – 12/2015 well as information material for the general public ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the on the ecological condition of the minor rivers in Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and the Republic of Moldova was also produced. By Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Environmental way of an example, a water management council Agency (UBA) for the river Baltata is to be set up and supported ■ Cooperation partner: ECOtiras once it starts with its activities. In addition, work- — shops for the further training of representatives of local authorities and environmental organizations Environmental analytics in Vietnam are held. 1 Katrin Schneider 2 Karin Hix 3 Katrin Giese 4 Annabell Hormann 5 Dr. Antje Birger Under the title “Environmental analytics in Viet- ► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] nam: capacity building and demonstration meas- ● Term: 8/2016 – 11/2018 ures for handling contaminated sites (AnaViet)“, ▲ Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for the the second half of 2016 saw the execution of a Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Resource Management project that makes a contribution towards opening Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Environmental up areas for potential new uses and renaturation Agency (UBA) & Environmental schemes. Technology transfer using mobile ana- ■ Cooperation partner: ECOtiras lytics and measuring technology for the detection — Communication of heavy metals makes it possible to examine sites for pollutants relatively quickly and cheaply on KORINA site. Using flanking capacity-building measures, Since 2010, the Coordination Centre for Invasive ny and Turkey investigated invasive plants and authorities were informed on location how to Neophytes in Protected Areas in Saxony-Anhalt researched questions of their own. In three work- handle contaminated sites and were given con- (KORINA) has been working within the framework shops, 50 young people from Saxony-Anhalt and crete training in methods of analysis. In addition, a of the project “Early warning system and the de- Ankara conducted research a number of experi- study was carried out which gives information on velopment of measures against invasive neophytes ments. – Due to the interruption of the EU funding the potential for a transfer to Vietnam of German in protected areas in Saxony-Anhalt”. In the years period, KORINA was supported with funds of the environmental technology used in the reclamation 2014/15, the focus was on the registration and region of Saxony-Anhalt up until December 2015; of contaminated sites. assessment of invasive neophytes as well as on a continuation of KORINA has been in operation
► Contact: [email protected], [email protected] educational work in schools. In addition, a KORINA since February 2017. ● Term: 7/2016 – 12/2016 smartphone app was developed and the regis- ► Homepage: www.korina.info ♦ Sponsor: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature tration of various neophytes was tested using the ► Contact: [email protected] Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) analysis of aerial images and/or satellite data. The ● Term: 6/2010 – 9/2015 und 10/2015 – 12/2015 ■ Cooperation partners: MSP, Bochum; Dr. Kerth + Lampe educational work continued in the KORINA project ♦ Sponsors: European Agricultural Fund for the Devel- Geo-Infometric GmbH, Detmold; Prof. Dr. Tim Mansfeldt, in the summer and fall of 2015 with numerous opment of Rural Areas, Saxony-Anhalt (Europäischer University Of Cologne, Department for Geosciences activities. For example, the project was involved Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des — in a summer school of the University of Halle. In ländlichen Raumes (ELER) Sachsen-Anhalt); the science camp of the Martin Luther-University resources of the Saxony-Anhalt region Halle-Wittenberg, young people from Germa- —
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25th anniversary of UfU, on 16 June 2015 in Berlin ENVISAGE Measures for the better control of Her- Early June 2016 saw the beginning of the project acleum mantegazzianum (giant hog- for the “Registration and management of invasive weed) in the Eisleben region neophytes on agricultural land to safeguard the In the spring of 2015, a project for curbing the production conditions” (ENVISAGE). Here, methods spread of giant hogweed was started using funds and algorithms for monitoring via remote sensing of the Nature Foundation David. Giant hogweed is were developed and tested for nine selected agri- an invasive neophyte that harms natural ecosys- culturally relevant invasive neophytes. At the same tems and endangers human health as burns can time, integrated regulation methods were elaborat- be the result when the skin comes into contact with ed, tested and summed up in the form of recom- the sap of the plant. The measures taken included mendations for action with the aim of monitoring mapping as well as registering and evaluating all these species on agricultural surfaces and grass- measures taken to control the giant hogweed in the lands within the framework of agricultural use. A last three years. In addition, the inhabitants of Eis- network of agricultural authorities, associations leben were informed by means of flyers and news- and other actors was built up in which information paper articles how to recognize giant hogweed on the species examined and on control measures and, in the best case, eliminate it correctly. Also, a can be exchanged. UfU brings its long years of cooperation scheme with the Martin Luther High experience in environmental communication and School in Eisleben was initiated in which school- the coordination of the management of invasive children learned to recognize giant hogweed out in neophytes to this project and will be involved to a the open and map it there using the KORINA app. considerable degree in the networking and public ► Contact: [email protected] relations work; using a Web portal developed by ● Term: 5/2015 – 9/2015 UfU, the contents and results of the project will con- ♦ Sponsor/Commissioned by: Nature Foundation David tinuously be made available to all those interested. (Naturstiftung David)
► Homepage: http://neophyten-in-der-landwirtschaft.de —
► Contact: [email protected] ● Term: 5/2016 – 4/2019 first row, left to right: Bärbel Höhn (chairwoman of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety), Dr. Christof ♦ Sponsor: Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Tannert (founding member of UfU), Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl and Prof. Wilfried Endlicher (both: members of the UfU Scientific Advisory Council) ■ Partners: Landscape Protection Association “Green Environment” (Landschaftspflegeverband “Grüne Umwelt“ e.V.), Schwaneberg; Environmental Data and Geodata Management (Umwelt- und Geodatenmanage- ment GbR), Halle; Julius Kühn Institute, Braunschweig —
Brochure on the subject of “Invasive neophytes in water management in Saxony-Anhalt” A brochure on the above subject was compiled for Saxony-Anhalt. In an easy-to-understand way, the twelve-page brochure explains all you need Gunther Adler (state secretary of the Federal Ministry for Environment, r) Dr. Michael Zschiesche (right) in a conversation to know about invasive neophytes, legal arrange- in conversation with Klaus Mindrup (Member of the German Bundestag, l) with the brothers Kaasch ments and measures for handling them.
► Download: http://korina.info/sites/default/files/LHW% 202016%20Gemeinsam%20handeln.pdf
► Contact: [email protected] ● Term: 11/2015 – 12/2015 ▲ Commissioned by: Saxony-Anhalt State Agency for Flood Defence and Water Management (Landesbetrieb für Hochwasserschutz und Wasserwirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalt) ■ Project partner: Saxony-Anhalt Regional Bureau for Environmental Protection (Landesamt für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt) — Reinhard Piechocki, a founding member of UfU, Verena Gaida in conversation with guests at UfU’s 25th anniversary during the anniversary speech © all images: Dagmar Heene
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Active against invasive species, Halle 2015 © Katrin Giese
Field study as part of the AnaViet-Project, Hanoi 2016 © Sarah Kovac Seminar on management of invasive plants in Saxony-Anhalt, Halle 2015 © Katrin Schneider
Exhibition on „Bodenschutz Urban“ (Urban Soil Protection) in the Federal Minister for the Environment Dr. Barbara Hendricks at the New Year‘s reception at UfU in Halle, Halle 2016 © Katrin Schneider Prinzessinengarten, Berlin 2015 © Annabelle Graf workshop “GesprächStoff – Ressourcenschonend leben” (GesprächStoff – Living resource efficient), Düsseldorf 2015 © Jörg Farys
Terrain-quiz on invasive species in the Petersberg Zoo, Workshop on public participation in Moldavia, Chisinau 2015 Exhibition on environmental education at the Goethe-Institute Hanoi, UfU-stall at the Environment Day, Halle 2015 © Katrin Schneider Petersberg 2015 © Katrin Schneider © Ilya Trombitsky Hanoi 2016 © Son Pham
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Welcoming the German fifty-fifty-delegation in Bulgaria, Fahrradkino (Bicycle Cinema) as part of the KLAK-Project, Sofia 2016 © Hoai Nguyen Freiburg i. Br. 2016 © Nicole Wozny
Measurements for the Mitmach-Ausstellung (Hands-on exhibition), Meeting partners and workshop for „Passivhaus-Schulen“ Grüntal 2015 © Heike Müller (Passive House Schools), Hannover 2016 © Dorothea Carl
1 Publications 2 Presentations 3 Moderations 4 Bachelor and Master theses 5 Advanced training courses
Publications
You can obtain most of our publications via the Brochures UfU publication shop (webshop.ufu.de), but some Landesenergieagentur Sachsen Anhalt (ed.) are only available from bookshops. (2015): Handbuch Energiesparprojekte für Schu- If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please len in Sachsen-Anhalt. Author: Florian Kliche. contact [email protected] Thank you very much. Magdeburg, 138 p.
Studies Shahed, Schirin et al. (2015): LED-Beleuchtung Bechtel, Sebastian (2016): Umweltgerichte und – Funktionsweise – Wirkung – Wahrnehmung. -tribunale. Eine institutionelle Revolution im Teaching resources, 7th to 10th grade. Berlin, 118p. Umweltschutz. UfU-Paper 1-2016, Berlin: UfU-Eigenverlag, 36 p. UfU e.V. (2015): Klimaschutz an Schulen 2015. Klimaneutrales Berlin 2050. Was können wir tun. Gawron, Thomas (2016): Regionale Energie- Accompanying documentation of 20th Symposi- konzepte. UfU-Paper 3-2016 Berlin: UfU-Eigen- um „Klimaschutz an Schulen“. Berlin, 18 p. verlag, 104 p. Laufer, Dino; Koch, Ulrike; Reetz, Philipp (2016): EE Sridhar, Lekha (2016): Citizen Energy and Public Schule! Wind- und Sonnenenergie an Schulen Participation in Germany’s Energiewende. Les- und Bildungseinrichtungen. Teaching resources. sons for developing countries. UfU-Paper 2-2016, Berlin, 44 p. Berlin: UfU-Eigenverlag, 20 p. Experiments on the solar-powered training ship, Werbellinsee 2016 © Heike Müller
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Landesbetrieb für Hochwasserschutz und Wasser- dels: Ergebnisse aus der Modellregion Mans- chung der Schlussanträge vom 21.05.2015 in der blob/433666/a55a1dd228285cbec4cff27ca15a1d98/ wirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalt (ed.) (2016): feld-Südharz und der Stadt Sangerhausen. Rs. C-127/14. In: Recht der Natur-Schnellbrief kmat_66-data.pdf [01.03.2017] Gemeinsam handeln: Neophyten in der Gewäs- Aachen, pp. 89-103. (RdN) 190, pp. 30-32. serunterhaltung in Sachsen-Anhalt. Co-author: Stracke, Karl; Lacore, Marie-Berenice (2016): Mehr Sperfeld, Franziska; Niebert, Kai; Klostermeyer, Katrin Schneider, together with Landesamt für Sperfeld, Franziska; Bolschakova, Anna (2015): Klimaschutz durch Umweltklagen. In: UfU the- Theresa; Ebert, Hauke (2016): Winning the Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt. Magdeburg/ Zerreißprobe auf Russisch. Beteiligung in Um- men und Informationen, issue 80, pp. 4-7. Campaign but losing the Planet. Stärken und Halle, 11 p. weltfragen in der Russischen Föderation. In: UfU Schwächen der Umweltbewegung auf dem Weg themen und informationen, issue 78, pp. 20-25. Tharan, Almuth (2015): Soko Klima – Stadt gestalt- in eine erwachsene Gesellschaft. In: Degrowth Sperfeld, Franziska; Niebert, Kai; Ebert, Hauke en mit Plan. In: Difu; Service & Kompetenz- in Bewegungen, 13 p, under: https://www.de- (2016): Kampagne gewonnen – Planet verloren? zentrum Kommunaler Klimaschutz (eds.): growth.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DIB_Um- Wachstum, die große Herausforderung für die Klimaschutz & Partizipation. Berlin, pp. 88-99. weltbewegung.pdf [01.03.2017] Umweltbewegung. In: politische ökologie 147. Sperfeld, Franziska; Niebert, Kai; Klostermeyer, München, pp. 148-151. Zschiesche, Michael (2015): Umweltunfälle, Theresa; Ebert, Hauke (2016): Schrumpfen ist Havarien und Katastrophen in der DDR. Versuch kein Ziel. Ein Standpunkt. under: http://www. Stolpe, Fabian (2015): Feasibility of the Cultivation einer vorläufigen Bilanz. In: UfU themen und klimaretter.info/meinungen/standpunkte/21823- of Bioenergy Crops on Contaminated Sites in informationen, issue 76/77, pp. 22-34. schrumpfen-ist-kein-ziel [01.03.2017] Vietnam. In: Proceedings of the International Zschiesche, Michael; Mark, Harald (2016): Vietnams Conference on Livelihood Development and Altlasten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme. In: Geogra- Zschiesche, Michael (2015): Dokumentation für die Sustainable Environmental Management in phische Rundschau 2/2016, pp. 46-51. Endlager-Kommission des Deutschen Bunde- the Context of Climate Change (LDEM). Thai Zschiesche, Michael; Brömme, Katrin; Mark Harald stages zum Thema „Behördenstruktur“, unter Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, (2016): A first evaluation of the potential for Mitarbeit von Franziska Sperfeld, K-Drs. 152, Vietnam. Agriculture Publishing House, pp. 142- bioenergy from energy crops grown on mar- Berlin. 16 p, under: http://www.bundestag.de/ Articles in books and journals 148. ginal land in Vietnam. In: Tagungsband der blob/399684/0c430a8d018bb8a02fca8fa7b9b48863/ Adriaens, Tim; Schneider, Katrin et al. (2015): Stolpe, Fabian (2015): Internationales Ressourcen- internationalen Tagung vom 17.11.2016 in Hanoi drs_152-data.pdf [01.03.2017] Trying to engage the crowd in recording schutzrecht: Umweltgerechter Rohstoffabbau ist “Vietnam Biomass Development – Situation & Zschiesche, Michael (2015): Neues zur invasive alien species in Europe: experiences machbar. In: Umwelt Aktuell 3/2015, pp. 2-3. Solution”, Hanoi, pp. 16-22. Umsetzung der Aarhus-Konvention in from two smartphone applications in northwest Stolpe, Fabian (2016): Degradierte und kontami- Zschiesche, Michael (2016): Die Evaluation eines Deutschland. In: BBE-Newsletter für Engage- Europe. Management of Biological Invasions. nierte Böden in Vietnam. Alternative Flächen für Gesetzes am Beispiel des Umweltinformations- ment und Partizipation in Europa, 11/2015, 4 p, Special Issue: Alien species related information den Anbau von Energiepflanzen“. In: politische gesetzes, UfU themen und Informationen, issue under: http://www.b-b-e.de/fileadmin/inhalte/ systems and information management Vol 6, ökologie 146, Bodenschutzpolitik - Impulse. 79, pp. 4-14. aktuelles/2015/11/enl-11-zschiesche-gastbeitrag. Issue 2, pp. 215-225. München, pp. 111-112. pdf [01.03.2017] Zwicker; Julian; Sperfeld, Franziska (2015): Zschiesche, Michael; Sperfeld, Franziska (2015): Bock, Marlies (2016): Passivhaus-Schulen werden Stracke, Karl (2015): Klagebefugnis von anerkannt- Participation of environmental associations Dokumentation für die Endlager-Kommission aktiv. Ein technisches Schulprojekt über die en Naturschutzvereinen gegen Landschafts- in the context of nature conservation law in des Deutschen Bundestages zum Thema „Ex- Funktionalität energieeffizienter Gebäude und schutzverordnungen. Besprechung des Urteils Germany. In: Lohse, Eva; Poto, Margherita portverbot“, K-Drs. 155, Berlin. 9 p, under: http:// die Zufriedenheit der Nutzer. In: Technikfolgen- des OVG Lüneburg vom 19.11.2014 - Az. 4 KN (Eds.): Participatory Rights in the Environmental www.bundestag.de/blob/399690/64820452bad- abschätzung Theorie und Praxis (TATuP), issue 251/11. In: Recht der Natur-Schnellbrief (RdN) Decision-Making Process and the Implementa- 33144ba391ca69d124416/drs_155-data.pdf 3/2016, pp. 61-64. 188, p. 9. tion of the Aarhus Convention: a Comparative [01.03.2017] Stracke, Karl (2015): Tagungsbesprechung: Der Perspective. Berlin, § 8. Zschiesche, Michael (2016): Der Pariser Klima- Koch, Ulrike; Laufer, Dino (2016): Evaluation von Rechtsschutz im Umweltrecht in der Praxis. In: vertrag. Rechte haben und Rechte durch- Bildungsprojekten im Kontext der Erneuerbaren Recht der Natur-Schnellbrief (RdN) 191, pp. 44- Online-Publications setzen. In: BBE-Newsletter für Engagement Energien. In: UfU themen und informationen, 45. Domasch, Silke (2015): Bericht für die End- und Partizipation in Deutschland, 4/2016, 6 p, issue 79, pp. 16-23. Stracke, Karl (2016): Der Compliance-Ausschuss lager-Kommission des Deutschen Bundestag- under: http://www.b-b-e.de/fileadmin/inhalte/ des Aarhus-Übereinkommens. In: Recht der es zum Thema „Veränderungssperre Gorle- aktuelles/2016/02/newsletter-04-zschiesche.pdf Mark, Harald; Zschiesche, Michael; Hoang, Natur-Schnellbrief (RdN) 196, pp. 34-35. ben“, unter Mitarbeit von Franziska Sperfeld, [01.03.2017] Thi Binh Minh (2015): Agent Orange. Eine Stracke, Karl (2016): Mehr Rechte für Anwälte der K-Drs. 153, Berlin. 14 p, under: http://www. folgenschwere Altlast des Vietnamkrieges. In: Umwelt. In: Umwelt Aktuell, 2/2016, pp. 2-3. bundestag.de/blob/399686/935bec2cfe566d- Reviews Altlastenspektrum 1/2015, pp. 15-21. Stracke, Karl; Laufer, Dino (2015): „Was ist denn das e083e5719945136cb4/drs_153-data.pdf [01.03.2017] Carl, Dorothea (2016): Review of Anneliese Bunk/ für eine Waldorf-Scheiße?“ Bericht über ein Domasch, Silke; Sperfeld, Franziska; Stracke, Nadine Schubert: Besser leben ohne Plastik. Schneider, Katrin (2016): Die Erfassung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgerinformationsverfahren Karl; Zschiesche, Michael (2016): Atomrechtliche Tipps und Rezepte, die zeigen, wie es anders invasiven Neophyten auf Stichprobeflächen zum Bau einer Gleichstromtrasse in Thüringen. Fragestellungen - im Spannungsfeld zwischen geht. München: oekom, 2016. In: UfU themen im Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz. Ein erster In: UfU themen und informationen, issue 78, pp. neuen Ansätzen zur Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung und informationen, issue 80, p. 47. Schritt zur Beobachtung der Auswirkungen 26-31. und bestmöglicher Entsorgung radioaktiver Ab- des Klimawandels auf pflanzliche Invasionen. Stracke, Karl; Tessmer, Dirk (2015): Generalanwalt fälle. Gutachten im Auftrag der Endlager-Kom- Domasch, Silke (2015): Review of Friedrich In: Heilmann, Andrea et al. (eds.): Kommunale hält deutsche Schutznormtheorie und Präklu- mission des Deutschen Bundestages, K-MAT 66, Schmidt-Bleek: Grüne Lügen. Nichts für die Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawan- sionsvorschriften für EU-rechtswidrig. Bespre- Berlin. 110 p, under: http://www.bundestag.de/ Umwelt, alles fürs Geschäft. Wie Politik und
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Wirtschaft die Umwelt zugrunde richten. “Why climate protection should be at the top of “Management of invasive neophytes in protected München: Verlag Ludwig, 2014. In: UfU themen the agenda in kindergartens and schools”, areas in Saxony-Anhalt”, Saxony Anhalt Ad- und informationen, issue 76/77, p. 84/85. dialog discussion for municipal decision-makers ministration Office, large staff meeting, Halle, Domasch, Silke (2015): Review of Udo E. Simonis et as part of the 7th Elbe-Elster Energy Conference, 03.06.2015 al. (eds.): Jahrbuch Ökologie 2015. Re-Naturie- Uebigau-Wahrenbrück, 06.07.2016 “Mapping neophytes in the Selke Valley”, Sax- rung. Gesellschaft im Einklang mit der Natur. Dr. Dino Laufer ony-Anhalt State Agency for Flood Defence and Stuttgart: Hirzel, 2014. In: UfU themen und infor- “Euronet fifty/fifty: climate protection through Water Management, River Development Section mationen, issue 76/77, p. 87. Presentations improved energy user behaviour in European Halberstadt, Halberstadt, 25.06.2015 Domasch, Silke (2016): Review of Sophia schools and public buildings”, closing event “Intruders in gardens – causes and consequences Alcántara / Nicolas Bach / Rainer Kuhn / Peter Dr. Antje Birger of the National Trust Ecofund on the subject of plant invasions”, Long Night of the Sciences, Ullrich: Demokratietheorie und Partizipations- “Results of the analysis of the effects of selected “Climate change action – from awareness to Environmental Research Centre, Halle, praxis. Analyse und Anwendungspotenziale invasive and potentially invasive neophytes behaviour“, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 15.12.2015 03.07.2015 deliberativer Verfahren. Wiesbaden: Springer Part 1“, 4th seminar on neophyte management “Climate and justice: renewable energies in “Invasive neophytes – why are they so problemat- VS, 2016 and Patrizia Nanz / Claus Leggewie: in protected areas in Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, developing countries” at the closing event with ic?”, general meeting of the municipal associa- Die Konsultative. Mehr Demokratie durch Bür- 19.02.2015 the subject “Energy and climate: global – local” tion of the GREENS, Halle, 09.09.2015 gerbeteiligung. Berlin: Wagenbach, 2016. In: UfU of the energy-saving project at the Goethe-Schil- “Intruders in gardens – causes and consequences themen und informationen, issue 80, pp. 43-47. Dr. Silke Domasch ler-Gymnasium, Jüterbog, 05.07.2016 of plant invasions”, regulars’ table of the Rosen- “Public participation in ProgRess II. Overview of garten residents’ association, Halle, 21.09.2015 Koch, Ulrike (2015): Review of Niko Paech: methods and results” as part of the workshop Heike Müller “The perennial ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) Befreiung vom Überfluss. Auf dem Weg in die for compiling the citizens’ proposal for the “Energy detectives at Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur on the inland dune at Gerwisch”, with Philipp Postwachstumsökonomie. München: oekom, continuation of ProgRess II “Food for talk – re- gGmbH” as part of the Berlin Energy Confer- Brade, Autumn conference of the Saxony-Anhalt 2012. In: UfU themen und informationen, issue source-friendly living”, Berlin, 26.09.2015 ence, Berlin, 29.04.2015 Botanical Association, Halle, 31.10.2015 78, pp. 62-63. “Participation rally – presentation of five “The future begins today”, sustainability at AWO- “The registering of invasive neophytes on random participation formats”, presentation at the promensch. AWO-promensch Conference, Ber- sample areas in the Mansfeld-Südharz district. Müller, Heike (2016): Review of Youthinkgreen – “Festival of the Future”, 30 years of the Federal lin, 05.06.2015 A first step towards the observation of the effects jugend denkt um.welt e.V. (eds.): Tree of Hope. Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conserva- of climate change on plant invasions”, closing Wie wir die Welt verändern können. Handbuch tion, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Berlin, Malte Schmidthals event of the Klimpass-Aktiv project, Werni- für globales Denken und lokales Handeln. Bre- 11.09.2016 “Education and public participation in the energy gerode, 25.05.2016 men: Kellner Verlag, 2015. In: UfU themen und Citizens’ conference, World Café and online refurbishment of buildings”, as part of the “Observing neophytes using remote sensing and informationen, issue 79, p. 47. dialogs. A comparison of dialog processes”, technical talks of the SPD parliamentary group citizen science“, Long Night of the Sciences, En- presentation as part of the seminar “Participa- “Thermal energy transition and changeover in vironmental Research Centre, Halle, 01.07.2016 Schneider, Katrin (2016): Review of Fred Pearce: tive methods as an instrument of public relations the building sector – funding framework and op- “Intruders in gardens – causes and consequences Die Neuen Wilden. Wie es mit fremden Pflan- work?“, Free University Berlin, 15.12.2016 tions for further development”, Berlin, 30.09.2015 of plant invasions”, 24th Day of the Countryside, zen und Tieren gelingt, die Natur zu retten. “Energy transition in Berlin and Pankow – how can Magdeburg, 22.10.2016 München: oekom 2016. In: UfU themen und Katrin Giese citizens participate?“, general meeting of PINIE “Neophytes in the Harz district – how to detect, informationen, issue 79, pp. 44-45. Little green men in the classroom: KORINA e.V., Berlin, 22.10.2015 report and control them”, nature conservation educational work”, 4th seminar on neophyte conference of the Harz district, Halberstadt, Sperfeld, Franziska (2016): Review of Kathrin management in protected areas in Saxony- Katrin Schneider 07.12.2016 Hartmann: Aus Kontrolliertem Raubbau. Wie Anhalt, Halle, 19.02.2015 “Evaluation of botanical mappings for the Politik und Wirtschaft das Klima anheizen, Natur “Invasive neophytes – app mapping with learn- management of neophytes. Part 1: The neophyte Franziska Sperfeld vernichten und Armut produzieren. München: ers”, 1st Middle Germany MINT Teachers’ Con- problem, action program and mapping meth- “Soko Climate”- project for the involvement of Karl Blessing, 2015. In: UfU themen und informa- gress, Leipzig, 12.09.2015 ods”, presentation on ecological data analysis, children and young people in climate-relevant tionen, issue 79, p. 46. Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen, planning procedures, German-Russian Environ- Sperfeld, Franziska (2015): Review of Hans- Annabell Hormann 20.01.2015 mental Days, Kaliningrad, Russia, 22.10.2015 Liudger Dienel / Kerstin Franzel / Raban D. “The black list of invasive neophytes in Saxony- “Management of invasive neophytes in Sax- Fuhrmann / Hans J. Lietzmann / Antoine Vergne Anhalt – an update”, 4th seminar on neophytes ony-Anhalt“, environmental committee of the Fabian Stolpe (eds.): Die Qualität von Bürgerbeteiligungsver- in protected areas in Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle, Landtag Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, 21.01.2015 “Participation of associations 2.0: e-participation fahren. Evaluation und Sicherung von Stand- 19.02.2015 “Evaluation of botanical mappings for the manage- of associations”, closing conference “Participa- ards am Beispiel von Planungszellen und “Neophytes – your unknown neighbours? Causes ment of neophytes. Part 2: Databases and neo- tion in environmental matters – the Internet-as- Bürgergutachten. München: oekom, 2014. In: UfU and consequences of plant invasions”, Kurpark phyte management”, lecture on the analysis of sisted participation of environmental associa- themen und informationen, issue 78, pp. 60/61. Schönebeck-Bad Salzelmen, 05.09.2015 ecological data, Anhalt University of Applied tions”, Independent Institute for Environmental Sciences, Köthen, 27.01.2015 Issues (UfU), Berlin, 28.05.2015 Stracke, Karl (2016): Review of Wolfgang Kaleck / Florian Kliche “Crowd sourcing in mobile (geo-)data acquisition. “Feasibility of the cultivation of bioenergy crops on Miriam Saage-Maaß: Unternehmen vor Gericht. “Energy saving at schools in Spandau”, event on From app development to the activation of the contaminated sites in Vietnam“, International Globale Kämpfe für Menschenrechte. Berlin: the subject of fifty/fifty in cooperation with Ener- actors – Part 2”, Netzwerk GIS meeting, An- Conference on Livelihood Development and Wagenbach, 2016. In: UfU themen und informa- gie-Tisch Spandau, Berlin, 06.09.2016 halt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Sustainable Environmental Management in the tionen, issue 80, pp. 42/43. 20.05.2015
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context of climate change (LDEM), Thai Nguyen Almuth Tharan Appeals Act”, 33rd German Nature Conserva- Whole-day moderation of the ANU Brandenburg University of Agriculture and Forestry, Thai Internal project monitoring in the Soko Climate tion Conference, Magdeburg, 15.09.2016 conference “Perspective change – educational Nguyen, Vietnam, 14.11.2015 project – designing cities systematically”, NKI “Public participation in the search for a final work at the interface between global learning “Harvest methods and utilization of bioenergy networking meeting, Berlin, 02.03.2016 repository site for radioactive substances”, and environmental education” and general crops in Vietnam”, workshop “Cultivation of bio- “How do public participation and local politics presentation at the conference of the Scientific meeting, Eberswalde, 02.10.2015 energy crops on a waste rock dump from tung- work in Germany?“ in the Club Dialogue of the Advisory Board of UfU, Berlin, 23.09.2016 sten mining in Thai Nguyen (Nui Phao Mining)”, House for Russian Culture and Science, Berlin, “Legislative proposal on the Environmental Franziska Sperfeld Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, 17.03.2016 02.12.2016 Appeals Act”, statement and discussion, expert Three-day plenary and group moderation of the hearing of the Committee on the Environment in Youth Forum for Urban Development on the Karl Stracke Dr. Michael Zschiesche the German Bundestag, Berlin, 26.09.2016 subject of “Refugees in the city”, Berlin, 04.- “Rights of environmental associations to legal “Some aspects of using access to environmental “Potential for bioenergy from energy crops grown 06.12.2015 action and participation”, seminar on “Participa- information law in Germany” at the Public on marginal land in Vietnam”, in conjunction Two-day seminar on the subject of “Education for tion of associations and requirements for effec- Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), with Dr. Katrin Brömme, University of Bochum, sustainable development and environmental tive legal action”, Regional Bureau of Officially University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, 07.03.2015 status conference “Biomass energy development information. From theory to practice” as part of Recognized Nature Conservation Organizations “The citizen is the expert – experience and success in Vietnam. Situation and solution”, Hanoi, Viet- the 12th German-Russian Environmental Days in Brandenburg, Potsdam, 12.02.2015 with organized (critical) public participation in nam, 17.11.2016 in the Kaliningrad region, Kaliningrad, Russia, “New developments in Aarhus topics on the Euro- environmental planning decisions”, conference 22.-23.10.2015 pean Level”, presentation at the workshop of “Public participation in environmental plan- Working group on the subject of nature conser- NGO representatives, Chisinau, Republic of ning”, Hamm, 26.03.2015 vation legislation as part of the “EU-Russia legal Moldova, 18.05.2015 “The importance of a basic political framework for dialogues”, Berlin, 30.05.2016 “Public participation in Germany – how kids and the energy transition” at the workshop “The Three-day plenary and group moderation of the young adults can participate“, presentation as energy transition in the social context”, Fed- Youth Forum for Urban Development on the sub- part of a workshop/simulation on participation eral Agency for Nature Conservation, Leipzig, ject of “Urban traffic”, Berlin, 24.-26.6.2016 during the Ecotiras summer camp, Chisinau, 16.04.2015 Panel discussion “Reclaiming urban soils – Republic of Moldova, 15.07.2015 “How do you make environmental organizations fit possibilities for action to protect urban soils” as “The EU policy on water: an example for chances for the future? Challenges and visions for part of the day of action “Urban climate protec- of the Moldovan-European association agree- the work of associations in the next century”, tion”, Cologne, 10.09.2016 ment”, presentation at the workshop of NGO conference of the BUND regional association Moderations Three-day plenary and group moderation of the representatives and employees of local authori- Baden-Württemberg on the future of BUND, Bad Youth Forum for Urban Development on the ties in Belz, Republic of Moldova, 27.10.2015, and Boll, 24.04.2015 Dr. Silke Domasch subject of “The future of small towns”, Berlin, in Comrat, Republic of Moldova, 29.10.2015 “Successful participation and factors for success”, Whole-day plenary moderations, four citizens’ 11.-13.11.2016 “International cooperation in water policy: the workshop “Transdisciplinary approaches for the workshops as part of the continuation of Prog example of the river Rhine”, lecture at the work- energy transition”, Schader Stiftung Darmstadt Ress II “Food for talk – resource-friendly living”, Fabian Stolpe shop of NGO representatives and employees of and Plattform Forschungswende, 21.10.2015 Berlin, 26.04.2015, Jena, 09.05.2015, Heubach, Moderation of the workshop “Cultivation of bio- local authorities in Bender, Moldovan Republic “Energy crops on mining sites - the idea of a pilot 13.06.2015, Düsseldorf, 27.06.2015 energy crops on a waste rock dump from tung- of Transnistria, 31.10.2015 project in Vietnam”, kick-off workshop of the IKI Moderation of the workshop “Elaboration of the sten mining in Thai Nguyen (Nui Phao Mining)”, “Rights of legal action and participation rights of project “Energy crops on contaminated mining citizens’ proposal” as part of the continuation Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, 17.03.2016 environmental associations”, seminar “Partici- sites”, Hanoi, Vietnam, 18.11.2015 of ProgRess II “Food for talk – resource-friendly Table moderation “Citizen-friendliness and effi- pation of associations and requirements for “Energy crops on mining sites – the idea of a pilot living”, Berlin, 26.09.2015 cient planning” at the conference of the Com- effective legal action”, BUND Thuringia, Erfurt, project in Vietnam”, workshop, Ha Long City, Group moderation at the Youth Forum for Urban mission for Soil Protection at the Federal Envi- 28.11.2015 Vietnam, 07.01.2016 Development (Jugendforum Stadtentwick- ronmental Agency (UBA) “Preparing the soil for “The Case Saul vs. RWE (Huaraz)”, presentation “Participation rally – presentation of five partici- lung) on the subject of “Urban traffic”, Berlin, tomorrow – the urban soil in the future”, Berlin, at the conference “Meeting of the three networks pation formats”, presentation at the “Festival of 25.06.2016 06.12.2016 Guta, ELAW, J§E: The state of the environment – the Future”, 30 years of the Federal Ministry for challenges and cooperation for environmental the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building Heike Müller Karl Stracke protection”, Zhdenijevo, Ukraine, 10.06.2016 and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Berlin, 11.09.2016 Moderation of World Café at the EPIZ conference Plenary moderation of the international sympo- “German experience in the application of the “Taking violations of environmental and nature “En route to the kindergarten teacher training of sium “Comparative view on access to justice in WFDR on a local level and the development of conservation law to court – the Environmental the future”, Berlin, 09.07.2015 environmental matters”, Berlin, 09.03.2016 consultative documents for small river manage- Moderation of the workshop “Accompanying ment in the Republic of Moldova”, presentation practical activity: counselling, further training, Almuth Tharan at the workshop of NGO representatives and networking” as part of the workshop dialogue Whole-day plenary moderation, citizens’ workshop employees of local authorities, Chisinau, Repub- “Education for sustainable development makes as part of the continuation of ProgRess II “Food lic of Moldova, 06.10.2016 kindergartens stronger” of the Bündnis Zukunfts- for talk – resource-friendly living”, Hameln, Bildung, Berlin, 16.09.2015 30.05.2015
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Three-day training “Energy saving in schools, Advanced training 04.09.2015, advanced training workshop for young energy box and youth participation”, Kiev, people in vocational training on the subject of Ukraine, 21.-23.09.2015 courses (in chronological order) “Energy and sustainability” on behalf of the Haus Workshop “Learning German, protecting the Kreisau in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Dr. Dino Laufer, environment, saving energy”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, 05.02.2015, multiplicator training and advanced Florian Kliche Ukraine, 25.09.2015 training course “Train the trainer” at the Bensheim Workshop “Participation in your own home nature conservation centre, Dr. Dino Laufer 14.10.2015, Caretaker training in the Havelland town”, MitOst-Festival, Ivano-Frankivs’k, district as part of the energy saving programme, Ukraine, 25.09.2015 21.04.2015,”Invasive neophytes in the Mittelelbe Heike Müller, Florian Kliche Workshop “Environmental conservation in German biosphere reservation”, training course by the tuition”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine, 26.09.2015 employees of the Mittelelbe biosphere reservation 15.10.2015, Caretaker training for the caretakers Workshop “Energy saving and renewable ener- in Dessau, Katrin Schneider of the kindergartens of Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gies in schools”, Kiev, Ukraine, 27.09.2015 gGmbH, Berlin, Heike Müller, Florian Kliche Two-day workshop “Environmental mediation and Bachelor- and 29.04.2015, workshop for teachers on “Anchoring public participation in Germany” for represen- the energy transition in school education” as part 04.11.2015, advanced training course for begin- tatives of environmental authorities and envi- Master theses of the educational forum “The global energy transi- ners “The energy detectives go out into nature” for ronmental NGOs from Brazil (for the German tion as a field of learning: schools are active” at the kindergarten teachers of Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)), Bad Katrin Schneider Klimahaus Bremerhaven, Dr. Dino Laufer gGmbH Berlin, Heike Müller Honnef, 02.-03.11.2015, Martin Ohm: Measurement of results of measures Three-day plenary and group moderation of the to curb the spread of the invasive species Hera- 11.05.2015, certificate course for training BNE mul- 06.11.2015, advanced training course for advanced Youth Forum for Urban Development on the cleum mantegazzianum. Bachelor thesis, Anhalt tiplicators at the Landesinstitut für Pädagogik und learners “The energy detectives go out into nature” subject of “Refugees in the city”, Berlin, 04.- University of Applied Sciences, 2015 Medien Saarbrücken, Dr. Dino Laufer for kindergarten teachers of Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur 06.12.2015 gGmbH Berlin, Heike Müller Three-day plenary and group moderation of the Katrin Schneider 13.05.2015, advanced training course for future Youth Forum for Urban Development on the sub- Teresa van Aken: Environmental education and kindergarten teachers at the Ruth Cohn School on 20.11.2015, advanced team training on “Sustaina- ject of “Urban traffic”, Berlin, 24.-26.6.2016 neophyte management using the example of con- the subject of “Sustainability”, Florian Kliche bility in the kindergarten” for the bilingual kinder- Local area exploration workshop with young peo- trolling Heracleum mantegazzianum (giant hog- garten Berlin Kids International, Heike Müller ple in an international public participation weed) in the Eisleben region. Master thesis, Martin 22.05.2015, advanced training course “The Children project held in the district of Verkatili, Tbilisi, Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 2015 of the Sun” for kindergarten teachers in Berlin, 27.11.2015, advanced training for kindergarten Georgia, 05.-06.11.2016 Ricardo Reibsch heads “Sustainability in the kindergarten” for the Three-day plenary and group moderation of Katrin Schneider foundation SozDia-Stiftung Berlin, Heike Müller the Youth Forum for Urban Development on the Matthias Haase: Studies on small-area measures 27.05.2015, advanced teacher training course “An- subject of “The future of small towns”, Berlin, to combat Impatiens glandulifera ROYLE. Master choring renewable energies in teacher training” 13.01.2016, advanced teacher training “Education 11.-13.11.2016 thesis, TU Dresden, 2015 with the thematic focus “Experiments in specialized for sustainable development in the kindergarten teaching” on behalf of Cologne District Council at – Part 2“ for the team of the consultation kindergar- Dr. Michael Zschiesche Dr. Dino Laufer, Florian Kliche the Integrierte Gesamtschule Holweide in Cologne, ten “Löwenzahn” in Berlin, Heike Müller Closing workshop of the project “Participation of Lea Rebecca Hildebrandt: School as an organiza- Dr. Dino Laufer environmental associations 2.0”, Berlin, tion capable of learning? On the implementation of 21.01.2016, future workshop with schoolchildren 28.05.2015 education for sustainable development, the great 29.05.2015, advanced training course “Climate at the Oberstufenzentrum Technische Informatik, Countrywide conference “Legal protection in transformation and educational projects in schools. protection implemented sustainably” for secondary Industrieelektronik, Energiemanagement in Span- environmental legislation in practice”, Berlin, A qualitative study using the example of the pro- school German teachers in Breslau, Heike Müller dau, Berlin, Dr. Dino Laufer 09.-10.07.2015 ject “Young reporters for the environment”, Master Strategy conference of SPD-Kreisverband Pankow, thesis, Eberswalde University for Sustain- 28.07.2015, advanced training course for climate 16.02.2016, advanced training course for kinder- Berlin, 19.09.2015 able Development, 2016 protection managers on the Soko Climate methods garten teachers in Beeskow as part of the energy Workshop “Political utopias in the GDR. Great suitcase in Arnsberg, Schirin Shahed saving project “I am a Child of the Sun – energy transformation and critique of capitalism today”, and energy saving in the kindergarten” – Part I, Berlin, 07.10.2015 02.09.2015, advanced training course “Education Marlies Bock “Comparative view on access to justice in environ- for sustainable development in the kindergarten” mental matters”, international English-language for the kindergarten team of the consultation kin- 19.02.2016, caretaker training course in Ahrens- colloquium, Berlin, 22.03.2016 dergarten “Löwenzahn” in Berlin, Heike Müller felde as part of the energy saving project, Heike Workshop “Handling heavy metal contamination in Müller, Marlies Bock Vietnam”, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10.11.2016 04.09.2015, advanced training course “Energy and Moderation of the session of the “Round table climate protection right from the start” for kinder- 22.-24.02.2016, three-day training course with on migration, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin“, Berlin, garten teachers of the municipality of Ahrensfelde, energy counsellors and teachers for energy saving 21.11.2016 Heike Müller projects at schools in Lviv, Ukraine, Almuth Tharan
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13.04.2016, advanced training course for teachers in Speyer on “LED lighting”, Schirin Shahed
31.08.2016, training course for custodians of energy saving projects in Berlin and Brandenburg, Marlies Bock, Florian Kliche, Hoai Nguyen
12.09.2016, advanced training workshop for young people in vocational training on the subject of “Energy and sustainability” on behalf of the Haus 23.11.2016, caretaker training in Beeskow as part of Kreisau in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Florian Kliche the energy saving project, Marlies Bock
16.09.2016, training for custodians of energy saving 25.-26.11.2016, two training workshops “Experiment- projects in Hanover, Marlies Bock ing, becoming active for the environment, learning German”, All-Ukrainian German Teachers’ Forum 22.09.2016, advanced training course for kinder- in Kiev, Ukraine, Almuth Tharan garten teachers in Beeskow as part of the energy saving project “I am a Child of the Sun – energy 26.-27.11.2016, two-day training course for lan- and energy saving in the kindergarten” – Part II, guage assistants and their mentors on “Participa- Marlies Bock, Wolfram Wehrmann tion, renewable energies and environmental pro- tection – conducting a project in German tuition” in 22.09.2016, advanced training course for teachers Kiev, Ukraine, Almuth Tharan in Limburg on “LED lighting”, Schirin Shahed 29.11.2016, caretaker training course in Flöha 05.10.2016, Workshop as part of the project meeting (Saxony) as part of the energy saving project, Ute “Environment-Energy-Responsibility” at the Ober- Niezel, Florian Kliche stufenzentrum Technische Informatik, Industrieelek- tronik, Energiemanagement in Spandau, Berlin, Dr. 2016, seven training courses on “Invasive neo- Dino Laufer, Ulrike Koch phytes in watercourse management” at the Lower Saxony State Agency for Flood Defence and Water 1 Staff 2 Student assistants / Fellows / Voluntary ecological year 3 Managing Board 4 Scientific Advisory Council 02.11.2016, caretaker training course in Havelland Management, Katrin Schneider (Nauen) as part of the energy saving project, Mar- lies Bock, Wolfram Wehrmann Staff (in alphabetical order) 03.11.2016, HIGRADE course: introduction to biodi- versity research: biodiversity, humans and global Dr. Antje Birger, 04/2015 up to 09/2015 Project manager in the Department for Energy change, Environmental Research Centre, Halle, Degree in Biology Efficiency and Energy Transition Katrin Schneider Research assistant in the Department for Re- Focus: conception and preparation of education- source Management and Environmental Com- al material, planning and execution of Education 07.11.2016, caretaker training in Reinickendorf munication for Sustainable Development projects with a (Berlin) as part of the energy saving project, Hoai Focus: mapping of sample areas for KORINA focus on school education Nguyen, Florian Kliche Marlies Bock, since 07/2014 Dr. Silke Domasch, again since 02/2015 15.11.2016, advanced training course on teaching Degree in Industrial Engineering, Environmental Dr. phil.; M.A. in Linguistic Science materials developed on the subject of the passive Engineering Project manager in the Department for Environ- house school project, Dorothea Carl, Marlies Bock Project manager, since 07/2016 deputy manag- mental Law and Participation er in the Department for Energy Efficiency and Public relations and communication 17.11.2016, caretaker training in Zwickau (Saxony) Energy Transition Focus: participation concept, conception and as part of the energy saving project, Ute Niezel, Focus: energy saving projects in schools and moderation of informal public participation, edi- Heiner Giersch kindergartens, planning and execution of spe- tor of the UfU magazine cialist events, energy-efficient buildings, training 22.11.2016, caretaker training in Moritzburg (Saxo- courses for teachers and multiplicators Verena Gaida, since 08/1993 ny) as part of the energy saving project, Ute Niezel, Plastics Processing Engineer Florian Kliche Dorothea Carl, since 02/2016 Office manager of UfU e.V. Degree in Politics, Business Administrator in Focus: accountancy, controlling, office and Audio-Visual Material personnel administration
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Karin Hix, since 07/2010 Dr. Dino Laufer, again since 12/2011 Project Manager in the Department for Resource Department for Climate Protection and Environ- Food Technology Engineer Dr. phil.; Degree in Political Science Management and Environmental Communica- mental Education Project assistant in the Department for Resource Project manager, since 07/2017 project manager tion Managing director of UfU e.V. Management and Environmental Communica- in the Department for Climate Protection and Focus: early warning system and conception of Focus: climate protection competition of Berlin tion Environmental Education measures against invasive neophytes in Saxo- schools, EURONET fifty/fifty, energy saving in Focus: project administration, financial support, Focus: projects on energy-saving user behavior, ny-Anhalt, botany, river and lake protection schools, youth forum supervision and accounting for KORINA energy counselling, school supervision, realiza- tion of information meetings on the energy tran- Ricarda Schröder, since 09/2015 Wolfram Wehrmann, since 10/2016 Katrin Giese, again since 01/2015 up to 09/2015 sition, student teacher activity in teacher training M.Sc. in Sustainability Science, B.A. in Business M.Sc. in Regional Development and Conserva- Degree in Education Studies on the energy transition Administration tion, specialization: Sustainable Development; Educational assistant in the Department for Re- Research assistant in the Department for Envi- B.Sc in International Forestry and Ecosystem source Management and Environmental Com- Heike Müller, up to 12/2016 ronmental Law and Participation Management munication Degree in Engineering, Technical Environmental Administrative assistant Research assistant in the Department for Energy Focus: educational and extracurricular projects Protection Focus: bioeconomy, NGOs and biodiversity ne- Efficiency and Energy Transition on invasive neophytes, KORINA Project manager in the Department for Climate gotiations; project controlling and accountancy Focus: fifty/fifty, pedagogical realization, report- Protection and Environmental Education ing Annabell Hormann, since 07/2010 up to 09/2015 Focus: education for sustainable development, Schirin Shahed, since 01/2012 Degree in Geoecology the drafting of educational materials in the fields Degree in Geography Sebastian Weiland, since 08/2015 Research assistant in the Department for Re- of energy, Education for Sustainable Develop- Project Manager in the Department for Climate B.Sc. Process Engineering source Management and Environmental Com- ment in elementary education, energy-saving Protection and Environmental Education Research assistant in the Department for Envi- munication user behavior Focus: KlimaAktionsKino (Climate Action Cine- ronmental Law and Participation Focus: project “Early warning system and con- ma), LED lightning, SoKo Climate – shaping the Focus: IKI-projects in Vietnam, bioenergy pro- ception of measures against invasive neophytes Thuy Thi Nguyen, since 10/2013 city systematically duction, capacity building in Saxony-Anhalt”, botany, nature protection Journalist, Technologist Research assistant in the Department for Envi- Franziska Sperfeld, since 12/2006 Dr. Michael Zschiesche, since 03/1991 Florian Kliche, since 03/2008 ronmental Law and Participation Degree in Environmental Science Dr. rer. pol.; Degree in Economics, Jurist Degree in Industrial Engineering, specialization: Focus: energy plants in Vietnam, management of Project manager, deputy manager in the Depart- Head of the Department for Environmental Law Environment Hanoi office ment for Environmental Law and Participation and Participation; also managing director of UfU Project manager, since 07/2016 deputy manager Focus: public participation and civil rights in e.V. and spokesman of the board in the Department for Climate Protection and Hoai Nguyen, since 09/2015 environmental protection, in particular envi- Focus: head of national and international envi- Environmental Education B.A. in Communication and Media Management ronmental information law, expert exchange of ronmental projects, general environmental law, Focus: climate and energy education with spe- Project manager in the Department for Energy experience with partners in Central and Eastern public participation and civil rights in environ- cialization in education for sustainable devel- Efficiency and Energy Transition Europe mental protection, environmental information opment, development of educational materials Focus: energy savings at schools in Berlin and law, organizational development, environmental on various topics, holding of teacher training Hannover Fabian Stolpe, since 08/2011 history, editor of UfU magazine courses and multiplicator training, energy sav- M.Sc. in Environmental Planning; B.Sc. in Geog- ing projects in schools Ricardo Reibsch, 02/2016 up to 08/2016 raphy Electrical Engineer Project manager in the Department for Environ- Freelance staff Ulrike Koch, since 11/2008 Research assistant in the Department for Climate mental Law and Participation M.A. in Education Studies, Musicology and Reli- Protection and Environmental Education Focus: public participation and civil rights in en- Dr. Ngoc Han Pham, Environmental Law and gious Studies Focus: EE sichtbar machen! 2 (Making renew- vironmental protection, soil protection, resource Participation Project manager, since 07/2017 project manager able energies visible 2), Mitmach-Ausstellung protection, bioenergy crops in Vietnam, Envi- Dr. in Production Engineering in the Department for Climate Protection and (Hands-on exhibition) ronmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/Strategic Focus: technology transfer, soil protection and Environmental Education Environmental Assessment (SUP) contamination, project management, projects in Focus: school counselling, network activities in Malte Schmidthals, since 05/1992 Vietnam the Brandenburg region and all over Germany, Degree in Environmental Engineering Karl Stracke, since 09/2014 planning and realization of specialist events Head of the Department for Climate Protection Fully qualified jurist (Ass.jur.) Thomas Gawron, Environmental Law and and Environmental Education; also treasurer of Project manager in the Department for Environ- Participation Sarah Kovac, since 07/2016 UfU e.V. mental Law and Participation Jurist and Sociologist M. Sc. Technology and Resource Management Focus: concepts and projects on energy-saving Focus: general environmental law, public partic- Focus: planning and energy legislation in the (Sub-) Tropics; B.A. International Political user behavior, education for renewable energies ipation and civil rights in environmental protec- Management and municipal climate protection, energy educa- tion, environmental information law Heiner Giersch, Climate Protection and Environ- Research assistant in the Department for Envi- tion advisor to the EU Commission mental Education ronmental Law and Participation Almuth Tharan, since 08/2008 M.A. in Environmental Education, Degree in Focus: international environmental projects, re- Katrin Schneider, since 06/2010 Degree in Interpreting for English and Hindi Geography source protection, participation, capacity building Degree in Biology Project manager and deputy manager of the Focus: climate protection and energy saving projects
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in kindergartens and schools, multiplicator for the ed- Patrick Konopatzki, since 04/2015 Lehka Sridhar (New Delhi, India), 03/2015 up to an employee representative part of the Managing ucation in sustainable development in Saxony-Anhalt Student, Urban Ecosystem Sciences, TU Berlin 02/2016 Board of UfU. Environmental Law and Participation: urban soil Fellow, International Climate Protection Fellow- Bernadette Kern, Climate Protection and Environ- protection, energy crops on contaminated soil in ship for Young Climate Experts from Developing mental Education Vietnam Countries Managing Board Degree in Physics The legal environment for energy cooperatives in Dr. Michael Zschiesche (jurist and economist), Focus: energy management at schools in Berlin Marianne Kühn, since 11/2016 Germany and India chairman and spokesman of the board Student, Nature Protection, Hochschule Eberswal- Dagmar Moldehn, Climate Protection and Envi- de Thiago Garcia (Belo Horizonte, Brasil), since Adrian Jost (biologist), first deputy chairman of the ronmental Protection Climate Protection and Transformative Educa- 11/2016 board and deputy managing director Biologist, Geographer, Environmental Educator tion: Young Reporters for the Environment, Mit- Fellow, The German Chancellor Fellowship for Focus: counselling, process supervision, training mach-Ausstellung (Hands-on exhibition), youth Tomorrow’s Leaders Almuth Tharan (linguist), second deputy chair- courses and seminars on Education for Sustaina- forum Governance structures at the local level for munici- woman of the board ble Development and climate protection pal climate protection targets Charlotte Luckau, 04/2016 up to 12/2016 Malte Schmidthals (environmental engineer), Felicia Petersen, Environmental Law and Partic- Student, B.A. Culture and Technic, BTU Cottbus; Binh Minh (Hue, Vietnam), since 03/2016 treasurer ipation M.A. Sociocultural Studies, Viadrina Frankfurt/ Fellow, International Climate Protection Fellow- Jurist and Mediator (M.A.) Oder ship for Young Climate Experts from Developing Committee members Focus: studies, expert opinions and statements, Climate Protection and Environmental Education: Countries Dr. Silke Domasch (linguist), since 2015 inactive moderation of events in the field of environmen- Mitmach-Ausstellung (Hands-on exhibition), teach- Energy plants on dioxin-contaminated soils in due to employment at UfU tal legislation, participation and mediation ing resources on Energiewende for Bavaria Vietnam Dr. Bianca Schemel (educational and cultural stud- Dr. Bianca Schemel, Climate Protection and Envi- Anne Oeschger, since 10/2016 Gosia Kotkowicz (Warsaw, Poland), 03/2015 up to ies, freelance collaborator UfU) ronmental Education Student, Environmental Planning and Geographi- 08/2015 M.A. in Educational and Cultural Studies, Dr. cal Development Research, TU Berlin Fellow, MOE-Scholarship Exchange Program of the Karen Thormeyer (landscape planner, Director of phil. Climate Protection and Transformative Education: German Federal Environmental Foundation Grüne Liga, regional association Berlin) Focus: conception and preparation of education- Mitmach-Ausstellung (Hands-on exhibition), pro- Public participation formats and environmental al materials, realization of training courses and ject “Beteiligung und Wirkung” (“Participation and mediations at federal level Dr. Reinhard Klenke (biologist, project leader at workshops Impact”) the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Soumiya Bouchikhi (Casablanca, Marocco), (UFZ) Leipzig-Halle)) Phillip Reetz, 09/2015 up to 09/2016 09/2015 up to 12/2015 Student, Regenerative Energies, TU Berlin Fellow, CrossCulture Programm (CCP) Student assistants / Climate Protection and Environmental Education: Opportunities for the development auf renewable Employee Representative Committee renewable energies in schools, fiftiy/fifty Romania energies in North Africa There was no employee representative part of the Fellows / Voluntary board after the departure of Christian Vömel in Oc- Arne Selig, since 09/2015 Fabian Untze, 09/2014 up to 08/2015 tober 2014: from 02/2016 up to 10/2016 Ulrike Koch ecological year Student, Urban and Regional Planning, TU Berlin Voluntary ecological year (deputy Dr. Dino Laufer) Energy Efficiency and Energy Transition: Pas- Focus: support of educational work, office organi- since 10/2016 Schirin Shahed (deputy Dorothea Maik Birnbach, up to 03/2016 sivhausSchulen (passive house schools) zation Carl) after re-elections due to personnel changes Student of Technical Environmental Protection, TU and new responsibilities Berlin Nicole Wozny, since 10/2016 Amanda Beser, 09/2015 up to 08/2016 Climate Protection and Environmental Education: Student, Sociological Technology Studies, Master Voluntary ecological year EE sichtbar machen! 2 (Makeing renewable ener- Student of Integrated Natural Resource Manage- Focus: support of educational work, office organi- gies visible! 2), renewable energies in schools ment, HU Berlin zation Scientific Advisory Climate Protection and Transformative Education: Lisa Häfner, 04/2015 up to 03/2016 KLAK-project, Mitmach-Ausstellung (Hands-on Council Student, Environmental Engineering, TU Berlin exhibition) Climate Protection and Environmental Education: Managing Board The UfU Scientific Advisory Council came together school and kindergarten supervision with regard to Julian Zwicker, 08/2014 up to 11/2015, 03/2016 up to in September 2016. Some of the members attended „Energy saving“ 08/2016 The acting Managing Board, which was appoint- the meeting in its usual two-year rotation after 2014 Student of Applied Environmental Sciences, Uni- ed at the general meeting in Mai 2014 according (see UfU themen und informationen 80, p. 36). This Ria Hoffmann, since 09/2016 versity of Koblenz-Landau to the normal procedure (see UfU themen und year’s focus was the public participation as well as Student of Law, HU Berlin Environmental Law and Participation: dialogue informationen 75, p. 42), also managed UfU in the educational and evaluation research at UfU. Environmental Law and Participation: Evaluation conference “Legal Remedies for Resource Equity” 2015 and 2016. The board, which consists of eight The discussion concerning the mission statement of the Environmental Information Act (UIG) and and participation of associations 2.0 members, will be working until spring 2017, when was also continued at this council meeting. NGO business partnerings new elections will be taking place. There is also
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The Scientific Council of UfU currently consists of Prof. Dr. Konrad Ott: philosopher, professor for phi- 20 members; in the period reported on, it was able losophy and ethics of environment at the University to win the services of Prof. Dr. Eveline Wittmann of Kiel, member of the Advisory Council on the (see below): Environment of the German federal government from 2000 to 2008 Rosemarie Benndorf: meteorologist, former mem- ber of working group for protecting the earth’s Dr. Reinhard Piechocki: biologist, former employee atmosphere; founding member of UfU e.V. of the International Academy for Nature Conserva- tion on the Island of Vilm (INA), founding chairman Prof. Dr. John Bonine: jurist, professor for envi- of UfU e.V. ronmental law, University of Eugene, Oregon USA; founder of the Environmental Law Alliance Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ronald Plath: high voltage engineer; Worldwide high voltage engineering, Institute of Energy and Automation Technology, TU Berlin Prof. Dr. Edmund Brandt: jurist, political scientist and administrative scientist; chair for public and Prof. Dr. Holger Rogall: economist and business administrative law, as well as administrative sci- teacher, professor of environmental economics at ence; also director of the institute for Legal Studies, the Berlin School of Economics and Law; chairman Braunschweig University of Technology of the Society for Sustainability e.V., founding mem- ber of UfU e.V. Univ.-Prof. a.D. Dr. Wilfried Endlicher: geographer, senior professor for climatology and climatological Prof. Dr. Alexander Schmidt: jurist, professor of environmental research at the Humboldt University environmental and planning law, Anhalt Universi- of Berlin ty of Applied Sciences in Bernburg
Dr. Arnold Fuchs: geologist, head of the Depart- Prof. Dr. Christian Schrader: jurist, professor for ment for Crafts, Vocational Education, Emission constitutional, environmental and technological Control, Waste Management of the Ministry of law, Fulda University of Applied Sciences Economics, Labour and Technology of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Udo E. Simonis: former re- search professor for environmental policy at Berlin Prof. em. Dr. Hartmut Graßl: professor for gen- Social Science Center (WZB); 1992-1996: member of 1 Membership 2 Visitors to UfU 3 Statistics 4 Imprint eral meteorology (1989 to 1994 and 1999 to 2005) the German Advisory Council on Global Change at the University of Hamburg, also director at the (WBGU); 1992-2016 editor and co-editor of the “Ecol- Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, in the mean- ogy Yearbook” Membership time director of the UN World Climate Research Program in Geneva Dr. Christof Tannert: biologist, Lic.theol., former Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung viour with regard to the theoretical and practical chairman of the research group for bioethics at the (ANU) handling of energy in as many German schools as Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan: educational scientist Max Delbrück-center for Molecular Medicine, Ber- The National Working Group for Nature and En- possible. and sociologist, director of the Institute for Future lin; member of the European Parliament from 1994 vironmental Education is an association of German Studies in Education Studies at the FU Berlin to 1999; founding chairman of UfU e.V. educational institutions for nature and environmen- Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizi- tal education and of individual persons involved enz (DENEFF) Prof. Dr. Hermann Körndle: psychologist, senior Prof. Dr. Eveline Wittmann: business teacher, pro- in environmental education. Ten regional asso- DENEFF is an independent cross-sectoral network professor for the Psychology of Teaching and fessor for vocational education, Technical Universi- ciations are currently active besides the national of pioneering energy efficiency companies that Learning at Dresden University of Technology ty of Munich association. works towards establishing an ambitious and ef- fective energy efficiency policy. Its main goals are Prof. Dr. Rolf Kreibich: physicist and sociologist, PD Dr. Heike Zimmermann-Timm: biologist; Berlin 21 e.V. a maximum reduction of the energy consumption director and managing director of the Secretariat lecturer for ecology, evolution and diversity in the Berlin 21 e.V. forms the interface between politics, through efficiency, neutrality with regard to the for Future Research (SFZ), FU Department of Biology at the Goethe University economics and civil society in Berlin in the field of specific technology used and the creation of the Frankfurt; deputy chairwoman of the Earth System sustainability. It is an umbrella organization for all basic conditions necessary for efficiency services. Prof. Dr. Heike Molitor: cultural scientist, professor Science Board of the Austrian Academy of Science; projects and initiatives working in the field of sus- for environmental education/education for sus- consultant in the field of scientific organization tainable development in and around Berlin. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Umwelterziehung tainable development, Eberswalde University for development (DGU) Sustainable Development Bundesverband Schule, Energie, Bildung e.V. The DGU promotes environmental education as (BUSEB) educationally and scientifically based interaction This association works to establish sensible beha- with the natural, social and built-up environment.
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It pursues the same aims on the national level as Justice and Environment (J&E) 21.10.2015, Almuth Tharan 21.10.2016, Dr. Michael Zschiesche the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), J&E is an European network of environmental Representatives of environmental agencies and Judge Liu Huihui from China’s constitutional court, which in particular supports the use of existing justice organizations which deals with environ- environmental NGOs from Brazil; overview of “Cli- environment and resources branch; expert talks environmental education facilities and initiatives mental legislation in various countries as their sole mate and environmental protection in the educa- held on environmentally relevant group legal designed to disseminate them. activity or as one of their activities. tional projects of UfU” actions, environmental protection through judicial decisions in general and activities of environmen- Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR) Klima-Allianz Deutschland 09. – 13.11.2015, Hoai Nguyen, Florian Kliche, tal associations in Germany DNR is the umbrella organization of German In view of the huge challenge which climate chan- Philipp Reetz associations active in the field of nature conserva- ge means for nature and society, over 110 organi- Delegation from the Romanian NGO Environ as 27.10.2016, Almuth Tharan tion and environmental protection. It was founded zations have joined forces in the Climate Alliance part of the project “Climate protection through NGO-representatives from Russia, Ukraine and by 15 associations in 1950 and now comprises 96 Germany, where they work together to promote the energy efficiency – Energy saving at Romanian Belarus were invited by the German-Russian Exch- member associations. creation of the basic political conditions necessary schools”; visit of a school together with the project’s ange program; an exchange of expertise on the for achieving a dramatic reduction of greenhouse direct school coordinator in Berlin; Train-the-Trai- subject of “Youth participation, energy saving and Ecological Research Network (Ecornet) gases in Germany. ner workshops including an exchange of experien- climate protection education in schools” Eight pioneering institutes in the field of sustaina- ces with active members of the local community bility research have joined forces in the “Ecological 07.11.2016, Franziska Sperfeld Research Network” (Ecornet), a network of non-uni- 19.11.2015, Almuth Tharan NGO representatives from China; expert talks held versity, non-profit-making environmental and South Korean delegation from the Environmental on the access to judicial courts and participation sustainability research institutes in Germany. Justice Institute (EJI); overview of “Citizen participa- rights of environmental associations in Germany tion and environmental education in UfU projects” Foundation for Environmental Education (associ- 14. – 18.11.2016, Hoai Nguyen, Florian Kliche ated member) (FEE) 01.12.2015, Almuth Tharan Members of the Bulgarian partner organization The FEE is a non-governmental non-profit-making Mayors of Guatemala, the winner of the GIZ mu- NTEF, representative of the municipalities Liulin organization for promoting sustainable develop- nicipal environmental competition; information on and Samokov, educators of the four pilot schools; ment in Europe. The organization realizes this aim “Environmental education and youth participation” delegation trip as part of the project “Climate by means of various education programmes. protection through energy efficiency – an introduc- 19.04.2016, Franziska Sperfeld, Karl Stracke tion to and further development of energy saving Grüne Liga e.V. Visit of Prof. Zhou Ke of the People’s University of projects at Romanian and Bulgarian schools”; visit The Grüne Liga is a network of ecological mo- Beijing; expert talks on food security, animal welfa- of a school together with the project’s direct school vements and an environmental association acting re, climate change and deliberative democracy in coordinator in Berlin, Train-the-Trainer workshops on the national level. It has its roots in the en- Germany including an exchange of experiences with the vironmental and peace movement of the German actors of the local community Democratic Republic (GDR) and its aims are the 10.08.2016, Almuth Tharan support and technical coordination of autonomous Ribhu Vohra (WasteLessIndia) and Georg Stollen- environmental groups and initiatives. Visitors to UfU werk (Auroville International Deutschland e.V.); (in chronological order) overview of “Environmental and climate protection Verein Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte in the educational work of UfU” Over fifty associations, initiatives and NGOs have 13.01.2015, Almuth Tharan found a place to work in the “House of Democracy Young people and educators from Kolomyja, 19. – 24.09.2016, Fabian Stolpe, Dr. Michael and Human Rights” in Berlin. This is a think tank Chmelnyzkyj, Isym and Poltawa; commissioned by Zschiesche and a place for dialogue and endeavour aiming at the Goethe Institute Kiev; workshop “The best ener- Vietnamese delegation as part of the CPEP-Pro- more participation of the public in the decision-ma- gy is the one that is not consumed” (in Russian) ject, representatives of the Vietnam Environmental king processes of modern society. Administration (VEA) and members of the mining 29. 05.2015, Florian Kliche company VINACOMIN; subject: “Bioenergy cultiva- Innowego, Forum Bildung & Nachhaltigkeit eG Visit by the American journalist Catherine Rampell tion on former mining areas and the use of bioe- Innowego is a nationwide network of partners, (Washington Post); expert discussion on “Energy nergy in Germany” which emerged out of the project “Leuchtpol – saving at schools” Experiencing Energy and the Environment anew”. 26. – 27.09.2016, Franziska Sperfeld The interdisciplinary team of Innowego has a net- 16.10.2015, Almuth Tharan NGO representatives and members of the Russian work spanning throughout Germany and consists Young NGO-representatives from Russia, Ukraine state-owned RosAtom; a delegation on the subject of experts for children, youth and adult, as well as and Belarus were invited by the German-Russian of “Participation in the search for a repository for for nature and environmental education. Exchange program; workshop on “Energy saving highly radioactive material” with a visit to the Bun- and climate protection at schools” destag; meeting with German NGO representa- tions, including an excursion to the nuclear waste repository Asse
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1 2005 2006 2013 2014 2015 2016 521.000 € 615.000 € 1.796.000 € 1.843.000 € 2 194 1.866.000 €* 1.325.000 €* 187 2006 184 181 181 2005 2014 177 2013 2015 2016
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UfU, Independent Institute for Environmental Issus Greifswalder Str. 4, 10405 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 4284 9930 1 Budget 2 Members 3 Employees** Legend: long-term comparison Fax: +49 30 4280 0485 [email protected], www.ufu.de/en, www.facebook.com/ufu.institut * adjusted in comparison to the Annual Report 2013/2014 short-term comparison ** number of employees per year in each case current period under review Berlin, May 2017
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TV & Radio Online
02.09.2015, Radiointerview – Fabian Stolpe und Patrick 02.04.2015, Wissenschaftsjahr Zukunftsstadt – Litera- Konopatzki von UfU zum „Aktionstag Bodenschutz Ur- turtipps zu Bildungsmaterialien des UfU zu den The- ban“ am 05.09.2015 in Berlin, Flux FM (Radio interview men „Klimahelden erobern die Stadt“, „Fair-Future – – Fabian Stolpe and Patrick Konopatzki of UfU e.V. on der ökologische Fußabdruck“ oder „Klima im Kleinen“ “Day of action for urban soil protection”) www.wissenschaftsjahr-zukunftsstadt.de (Science Year of the future city – a selection of educa- 29.10.2015, Fernsehinterview – Beitrag des gagausi- tional material by UfU on „Climate heroes seize the schen Staatsfernsehens „GRT“ in den Abendnachrich- city“, „Fair-Future – The ecological footprint“ or „Cli- ten mit Interviews mit Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-Tiras und mate in the small“) Karl Stracke, UfU e.V. zur „Bürgerbeteiligung im Um- weltschutz in der Republik Moldau“ (ab Minute 6:30 ) 25.11.2015, So schön kann Sinnvolles sein – Unsere (TV interview – A segment in the evening news of the Druckerei (Oktoberdruck Berlin) macht Werbung mit Gagauz state television “GRT”, including interviews und für die UfU-Zeitschrift (Heft 73/74) with Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-Tiras and Karl Stracke, UfU www.oktoberdruck.de e.V., on “Civic participation in environmental protecti- (The beauty of something useful – Our printing com- on in the Republic of Moldavia”) pany (Oktoberdruck Berlin) does advertisement with and for the UfU-magazine) 07.06.2016, Fernsehbeitrag – Bericht über Riesen-Bä- renklau und KORINA (ein Projekt des UfU), MDR um 10.07.2016, Neophyten. Invasion der Pflanzen – Podcast 4 (Minute 8:19 bis 11:06) (TV segment – A report on SciKom003, 00:56:21 min giant hogweed and KORINA (a UfU project), MDR at 4) www.sciencekompass.de (Neophytes. Invasion of the plants) 08.07.2016, Radiobeitrag – Marlies Bock von UfU über die Verleihung des Energiesparmeisters 2016, in den 25.06.2016, Dem Verkehr hinterher – Jugendforum Stadt- Kindernachrichten „kakadu“ auf Deutschlandradio entwicklung im Blog der Jugendpresse Deutschland Kultur (Radio segment – Marlies Bock, UfU e.V., on e.V. the awards for Energy Savers 2016, in the kids news blog.politikorange.de „kakadu“ at Deutschlandradio Kultur) (Chasing after traffic – Youth forum on city develop- ment in the blog of the Jugendpresse Deutschland e.V.) 14.11.2016, Fernsehbeitrag – Florian Kliche von UfU berichtet über die fifty/fifty-Projekte in Rumänien, Ru- 18.11.2016, Energiepflanzenanbau in Vietnam – Inter- mänischer Nationalsender TVR (Minute 4:00 bis 4:40) view mit Dr. Michael Zschiesche vom UfU (TV segment – Florian Kliche, UfU e.V., on the fifty/fif- www.international-climate-initiative.com ty-projects in Romania, Romanian national television (Energy plant cultivation in Vietnam – Interview with “TVR”) Dr. Michael Zschiesche of UfU e.V.)
Annual Report 2015 / 2016
Independent Institute for Environmental Issues Independent Institute for UfU Independent Institute forEnvironmental Issues Independent Institute for Annual Report Environmental Issues Greifswalder Strasse 4, 10405 Berlin Environmental Issues UfU in media p +49.30 42 84 99 30 (selection) f +49.30 42 80 04 85 2015 / 2016 [email protected] Print www.ufu.de/en Environmental Research 05.03.2015 www.facebook.com/ufu.institut Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Saalekurier Grüne sind im Grünen fleißig (Greens work diligently Citizen Friendly in the green)
26.03.2015 Westfälischer Anzeiger Pläne lesen und verstehen können. Dr. Michael Zschiesche zum Umweltrecht (Being able to read and understand plans. Dr. Michael Zschiesche on environmental law)
15.07.2016 Umwelt Aktuell Die Möglichkeiten, gegen Umweltrechtsverstöße vorzugehen, werden sich revolutionär verändern (The possibilities to take action against environmental law violations will change radically)
20.07.2016 Wochenspiegel (for Jüterbog, Luckenwalde, Dahme, Trebbin) Energie & Klima: Global – Lokal (Energy & Climate: Global – Local)
03.11.2016 Der Rabe Ralf, Oktober/November 2016 Windräder mitten in Berlin? Eine 8. Klasse erlebt Windenergie live in der Gartenarbeitsschule Wilmersdorf (Raven Ralf, October/November 2016 – Wind turbines in the middle of Berlin? An up close experience with wind energy of an 8th grade at the Gartenarbeitsschule Wilmersdorf)
1 Projects 2 Output 3 People 4 UfU Intern 1 Projects 2 Output 3 People 4 UfU Intern