Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

Passed Events

2016
Date
Presentator - Presentation Title

Thursday

June 16th

at 6:00 p.m.

Hans Dieter Temp, Sao Paulo, Brazil, founder of NGO Cidade sem Fome, will be back for the 2nd part of his presentation on Cities without hunger. "Eine Stadt ohne Hunger? Kommerzielle Konzepte für Urbane Landwirtschaft in der Megacity São Paulo".

The venue this time is Hörsaal 7 (HS 7) at Invalidenstr. 42.

Dienstag

14. Juni

10:00

Andreas Otto, MdA - "Von Haushalt bis Wohnungsbau: Wie viel Nachhaltigkeit ist in der Berliner Landespolitik?"

Friday

June 10th

2 p.m

Anne Girault - Director of Agence Parisienne du Climat will speak about "How to accelerate the urban transformation in the context of climate change. From Paris Climate Plan Strategy to implementation – the role of Paris Climate Agency".
The venue this time will be the Tieranatomisches Theater on Campus Nord.

Thursday

June 2nd

5 p.m.

Maitê B. Pinheiro, who comes from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and is at Humboldt Universität on a project of Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP will present on

"The Role of Plants in Green Infrastructure in situ Management of Urban Water: The Experience of the City of Berlin, Germany and the Perspective for the City of São Paulo, Brazil"

Thursday

April 28th

at 6:00 p.m.

Gerlinde Kurzbach - Author and former Chief Training Officer at MONUC/MONUSCO - United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spoke on 'Training in UN-Peacekeeping missions a capacity building for a future civic society. Experiences from Africa'.

Thursday

March 3rd

at 6:00 p.m.

 

Hans Dieter Temp, Sao Paulo, Brazil, founder of NGO Cidade sem Fome, spoke about Urban agriculture and social inclusion: Why and how the NGO CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER creates income generating community gardens. The lecture will continue on June 16th.

Die NGO STÄDTE OHNE HUNGER baut in der Stadt São Paulo und der ländlichen Umgebung nachhaltige Agrarprojekte auf Basis der ökologischen Landwirtschaft auf. Ziel ist es, Menschen in prekären Lebenssituationen in die Lage zu versetzen, durch die Projektteilnahme ein eigenes Einkommen zu erwirtschaften und die Ernährungssituation von Erwachsenen und Kindern zu verbessern. Hans Dieter Temp, der Gründer der Organisation, berichtet von seiner Motivation und der Arbeit in den Projektgärten.

Monday,

February 1st

at 3:00 p.m.

Ms Jasmin Sepahzad delivered a presentation on "Urban community gardening as a potential tool for change? Experiences from São Paulo, Brazil".
During the research for her bachelor thesis ("The Impact of Urban Community Gardening on Pro-Environmental Behaviour") Jasmin Sepahzad gathered, as one of the first exchange-students from Albrecht-Thaer-Institute in São Paulo, quantitative and qualitative data in the growing Urban Gardening scene of the Brazilian metropole.

Thursday,

January 28th

at 2:00 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Osvaldo Romero who comes to us from the Universidad de Sancti Spiritus José Martí Pérez, Kuba, and is currently a visiting professor at the Berlin Technical University spoke about "The concept of sustainability, critical analysis and an example of contribution from the university".

Thursday,

January 21st

at 3:00 p.m.

we welcomed Ms. Ren Xin, Vice director of the Exhibition Department, International Cooperation Department, People's Republic of China, member of a delegation of representatives of local and provincial governments, marketing organisations, businesses of ecological agriculture and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.

Wednesday,

January 20th

at 3:30 p.m.

Mrs. Nasreen Akhter, Additional Sekretary, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Bangladesh. Mrs. Akhter presented on "Collaboration between the Government and local authorities for a sustainable development".

2015

 

Date
Presentator - Presentation Title

Tuesday,

December 8th

at 10:00 a.m.

Dr. Jochen Hinkel, of the HU Ressource Economy Group delivered a presentation on "Causal loop diagrams for analysing social-ecological systems".

Thursday

December 3rd

at 6:00 p.m.

Professors Hanna Illola, Pekka Kalli and Pirjo Jaakkola of Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland were visiting our unit. We learned about teacher's training in Finalnd and discussed systems of vocational teacher's training in Finland and Germany.

Saturday

November 14th at 2:00 p.m.

Our group welcomed Prof. Dr. Shelley Feldmann, Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University, Ithaka, NY, and Director of the Polson Institute for Global Development for the inaugural presentation of our new seminar series.