Protecting water as the elixir of life
On Monday, 4 November 2024, the third Straubing Sustainability Talks will take place at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) – a joint format of Hochschulstadt Straubing e.V. and the TUM Campus. This time, the colloquium will focus on water. With the event, in which the Bavarian Minister of the Environment, Thorsten Glauber (Free Voters), will also take part, the organisers want to highlight the dangers to which the elixir of life, water, is exposed and how this valuable resource can be sustainably protected.
An outstanding materials scientist
The Straubing campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is gaining high-level expertise in the field of materials science: Prof. Dr. Wenwen Fang (35) has been teaching and conducting research in biotechnology and sustainability at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) since the beginning of September. Prof. Fang heads the professorship for particle and fiber technology for bio-based materials there. The young scientist has already received prestigious EU start-up funding for her research.
A global problem
Every year, people throw away about a third of the food produced worldwide – a fact that has serious ecological, economic and social consequences. Food waste contributes significantly to climate change. At the same time, one billion people worldwide suffer from malnutrition. In this context, reducing food waste is a central step towards a more sustainable and fairer world. In line with the Global Food Waste Challenge Week, leading scientists from the US, Asia and Europe, along with representatives from the retail sector, have now developed strategies to reduce food waste at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS).