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Rede zum Klimastreik am 14.2.25 in Freiburg – Speech given at the climate demonstration in Freiburg, Feb. 14, 2025
[for an English translation, see below] Hallo Klimademo! Die Mechanismen des Klimawandels und seine Folgen […]
Socio-Economic Metabolism – An Overview
Materials are at the basis of human society [1]. Urbanization, industrialization and growing consumption drive […]
From knowledge to action – climate protection in everyday life
Veggie burgers, cargo bikes, packaging-free living – there are plenty of ideas and products to […]
Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality, January 26, 2024 @Uni Freiburg & online
Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality The topics of sufficiency (reduction in consumption) and […]
Research travel-related GHG emissions of our group
Industrial Ecology Freiburg is an international research group with collaborations across many countries and several […]
Major update of the industrial ecology data commons
The industrial ecology data commons (iedc) is a prototype for an industrial ecology community database. […]
How much materials are needed to provide a decent living for all?
Alongside climate change, eradicating poverty and hunger, reducing inequalities, and increasing access to basic needs, […]
How will a sustainable circular economy look like?
Sustainability, with its environmental, social, and economic dimension, needs to be made tangible and operational […]
Seminar on Sustainable Development Beyond Green Growth
We know that a ‘greening’ of current economic practices will not suffice to achieve global […]
A dialogue with ChatGPT on stocks and flows
Describing phenomena in a system definition is a basic step for understanding, assessing, and modelling […]
Globale Verantwortung für lokale Risiken
Nicht nur beim Klima sondern auch beim Kupfer Das insgesamt recht bescheidene Ergebnis der über […]
Material Footprint Implications of Low-Carbon Technologies
Energy scarcity and material abundance characterize the current global economy. Demand for energy services in […]
Uni Freiburg: Tiefgreifende Nachhaltigkeitstransformation nötig
Vom 20.6. bis zum 27.6. besetzte das Kollektiv von Studierenden „Transformations-Universität 2.0“ den Hörsaal 1010, […]
Scientists Urge to Integrate Energy-Metal Nexus into Carbon Neutrality Pledges
Carbon neutrality requires systematic transformations and revolutions of both energy and metal systems. Countries, cities, […]
Sustainability and Transitions Research: Taking the High Road
In a recent opinion paper, [1] Julian Kirchherr complains about that “up to 50% of […]
Chancen und Grenzen der Ressourceneffizienz
Der Lebensstil der Mittelklasse in den reichen Industrienationen ist mit derzeitigen Konsummustern und industriellen Technologien […]
Material flow accounting and material footprints: System definition and data sources
Material flow accounting (MFA) (Fischer-Kowalski et al. 2011) is a method to systematically compile data […]
Studie zu Materialverbrauch, Energiebedarf und Klimaauswirkungen des geplanten Stadtteils „Dietenbach“ in Freiburg
Klimawandel und Wohnungsmangel machen die Untersuchung der Klimaauswirkungen von Neubauprojekten zu einem wichtigen Thema. Der […]
Tech tips for live-streaming classroom lectures and seminars
After one and a half year into the Corona pandemic, at many German universities, videoconferencing […]