Solar Materials 22.10.2025, Magdeburg For truly sustainable solar energy, it is not enough to generate electricity cleanly — the end-of-life stage of solar modules must also be taken into account. The company SOLAR MATERIALS makes a significant contribution to the circular economy.SOLAR MATERIALS uses a patented process that achieves an exceptionally high recovery rate of …
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Guest Lectures: David Brüll
David Brüll – „Electric Society“ 14.10.2025, Halle (Saale) / Berlin David Brüll’s lecture on the “Electric Society” envisions a future where energy is not only produced but intelligently distributed, stored, and experienced. Instead of installing charging stations everywhere, the focus lies on integrating them into a dynamic, data-driven system. A market-friendly station charges when electricity …
Guest Lectures: Matthias Futterlieb
Matthias Futterlieb – Umweltbundesamt 21.10.2025, Halle (Saale) On Tuesday, October 21 2025, we welcomed Matthias Futterlieb, who gave a lecture on plug-in solar modules and their contribution to the energy transition.It became clear how low-threshold technologies, exemplified by plug-in solar devices, enable participation in the energy transition.Although these devices do not make a major contribution …
Guest Lectures: Marco Mehringer
Marco Mehringer – Mining Noise 21.10.2025, Halle (Saale) Marco Mehringer’s master’s project, ‘Mining Noise,’ explores ways to reuse electronic waste, particularly defective small appliances, in new products. Based on the growing amount of electronic waste, limited recycling options, and the resulting destruction of valuable resources, Mehringer attempts to identify new ways to reuse these materials. …
Guest Lectures: Rupert Wronski
Rupert Wronski – Deutsche Umwelthilfe 21.10.2026, Halle (Saale) On Tuesday, we gained an insight into the practices of the German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe). Climate protection as a fundamental right for all is their central guiding principle. They organize information events, workshops, and engage in political advocacy. In addition, they provide legal support in climate-related …
Guest Lectures: Josua Roters
Josua Roters – Über das Machen, Lernen und die Freude am Gestalten 20.10.2025, Halle (Saale) On October 20, 2025, designer Josua Roters visited the Design Campus of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle to talk about his work, his path through his studies, and what good design means to him. Open and approachable, …
Excursion: Visit of Circular Berlin
Excursion: Visit of Circular Berlin 7.10.2024 Circular Berlin e.V. is a non-profit organization working to develop Berlin into a circular-oriented city within the framework of the sustainability goals adopted by the city, by generating knowledge, building networks, and realizing implementation-oriented projects. Their activities include workshops for companies or educational institutions, regular events, and digital tools …
Excursion: Visit of PCH Innovations
Excursion: Visit of PCH Innovations 7.10.2024 After our visit at Circular Berlin, we went on to PCH Innovations, a studio working at the intersection of technology and design. Moritz Koch, who also studied industrial design at Burg Giebichenstein and now works in the field of robotic hardware, and Gabriella Seeman, Head of Design at the …
Excursion: Visit of toolbot
Excursion: Visit of toolbot 7.10.2024 The idea behind Toolbot arose from the observation that many people buy expensive tools that they only use infrequently. So why pay high purchase costs and sacrifice valuable space for tools that are only used occasionally? Borrowing tools from a DIY store is often associated with long distances, adherence to …
Excursion: Lecture by Melanie Jäger-Erben
Excursion: Lecture by Melanie Jäger-Erben 8.10.2024 How can objects promote sustainable consumption? This question marks the beginning of Jaeger-Erben’s lecture. Melanie Jaeger-Erben is a sociologist and transformation researcher and professor of technology and environmental sociology in Cottbus. In her work, she deals with topics such as circular economy and other economic concepts like degrowth or …