Ressource am Limit - Wie nutzen wir den Boden - Enter Science - Der Zukunftstalk

In the organizer's words:

Talk series Enter Science

On 02.04.2025 at 7 pm in the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

Fields, roads, living space, energy supply - everything takes up space. Agriculture has to supply us with food. The expansion of roads, railways and cycle paths makes us mobile. Renewable energies need space, for example for solar parks and wind turbines. And more and more people need more and more living space. But sealed soils and intensive agriculture have dramatic consequences.

Scientists around the world estimate that 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost every year. The reasons are manifold, the consequences drastic: soils that lose their functions such as carbon storage or water retention exacerbate climate change and food crises.

Land use and soil consumption not only affect environmental concerns, but are also a socially controversial issue. These different demands lead to complex land use conflicts that need to be negotiated politically and socially. The initial situation is serious: almost 40 percent of soils are already considered "degraded" - due to overuse, urbanization and the extraction of mineral resources.

According to the UN Biodiversity Conference, 30 percent of the world's land should be protected by 2030 in order to preserve biodiversity. But how can this be achieved if, at the same time, land is needed for the cultivation of food, renewable energies or the expansion of cities?

The question is: Who is allowed to use the "resource land" and to what extent? This discussion is bringing Enter Science into the public eye, because it affects us all - not just science and politics, but also the everyday lives of each and every one of us. Our use of land resources and the way we distribute land will determine the future of our planet.

Our guests:
- Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung, Professor of General Soil Science and Soil Ecology at the University of Bonn, researches how soil loss can be stopped and sustainable land use concepts established.

- Prof. Dr. Silke Hüttel, Professor of Management of the Agricultural and Food Industry at the University of Göttingen, conducts research into sustainable agricultural and land systems. This includes the integration of new technologies in agriculture as well as the analysis of soil as a production factor and its political effects.

- David Baier, Head of the Bonn Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery, is an expert in environmental and urban green management. After training as a landscape gardener, he studied landscape conservation, nature conservation and urban planning and worked as an engineer and landscape architect in planning and administration.

Moderation

Christina Sartori

Talking, asking questions, discussing - as a science journalist and presenter, Christina Sartori does this with passion. On the radio for WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandfunk Nova, on stage at events, which she presents in German or English, and as an interviewer on television. After studying biology at the Free University of Berlin, in the USA and France, she studied science journalism - and has never regretted the switch from the pipette to the microphone. At Enter Science, she is the main presenter on stage.

Tobias Altehenger

Tobi Altehenger prefers to ask the right questions. As a presenter on WDR 2, he reaches a wide audience; the pop wave of Westdeutscher Rundfunk is Germany's most successful single station. The Cologne native also works as a presenter and editor for Deutschlandfunk and as a podcast host for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. As a lecturer at the University of Cologne, he regularly gives seminars on radio journalism. He studied German language and literature in Cologne and Copenhagen. At Enter Science, he is responsible for the audience moderation.

Registration

Pupils and students have free admission after prior registration at: buchung (at) bundeskunsthalle.de

Here you will find further information and the possibility to register on the Bundeskunsthalle website.

Price information:

Participation free of charge for students and pupils with prior registration at buchung@bundeskunsthalle.de!! Participation ticket 10,-€ Participation ticket reduced 5,00 € Enter Science + Save Land 13,00 € Enter Science + Save Land reduced 6,50 €