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Bioeconomy Exhibition
The bioeconomy has rapidly developed in recent years. What has been accomplished in the last five years alone is truly impressive: Many bioeconomy products have become bestsellers. Bio-based start-ups have grown into medium-sized companies. And established, traditional industrial companies are integrating bio-based production steps into their existing structures.
Success story
High performance without oxygen
Bioelectrochemistry enables economically attractive microbial biofactories. In the future, the proteobacterium Shewanella oneidensis could be used in this way for acetoin production.
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Interview
"Bioeconomy is the core of sustainability policy"
Sustainability researcher Dirk Messner has been President of the Federal Environment Agency since January of this year. In an interview he talks about the opportunities and challenges on the way to a bio-based economy, the corona pandemic and the value of global networking.
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Studies and statistics
Leibniz-IZW (2021): How the loss of forest fauna undermines the achievement of the SDGs
A study by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) looks at the link between increasingly animal-less tropical forests and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Beer
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
The latest from the bioeconomy
Premiere for pavilion made of flax fibers
Inspired by nature and built with natural fibers: the pavilion in the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg shows what sustainable building can look like.
Smart farming cooperation clears antitrust hurdles
Bosch and BASF develop Smart Spraying solution to automatically detect and control weeds.
BASF: New biopolymers for skin care products
BASF has developed a new biopolymer from the konjac plant tuber to replace synthetic ingredients in cosmetic products.
Biobased wound dressing awarded a prize
A Fraunhofer IMWS research team has been awarded the Halle IQ Innovation Prize for the development of a wound dressing made of natural elastin.
Interviews
27.05.2021 Nico Eisenhauer
"Soil organisms are important ecosystem engineers"
The effects of climate change on soil biodiversity are the research focus of Leibniz Prize winner Nico Eisenhauer.
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Universität Stuttgart/IGVP
07.05.2021 Linus Stegbauer
"Microalgae on building facades can green the city"
Linus Stegbauer wants to use microalgae to improve the urban climate by developing facade elements for buildings that are coated with a special biofilm of living microalgae.
Worldwide strategies
The bioeconomy is gaining ground all over the world. A large number of countries have now adopted bioeconomy strategies - with various focus areas. You can find them in the following overview.
In the spotlight
About the bioeconomy
Bioeconomy - this refers to a modern and sustainable form of economic activity based on the efficient use of biological resources such as plants, animals and microorganisms. All industries that produce, process or use biological resources in any form contribute to the biobased economy.
Empa (2020): Life cycle assessment of corona masks
We wear masks to protect others and ourselves. Empa researchers asked themselves what the environmental balance of this mass-produced product looks like and examined the environmental impact using the example of cotton and disposable masks by means of life cycle assessment analyses.
Bioeconomy inside
Beer
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
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Knärzje GmbH
How many beer brands are there in Germany according to the German Brewers Association?
That's wrong.
That's right
Meat substitute
When it comes to producing healthy and sustainable meat substitutes, there are no limits to creativity: Research is currently being conducted to develop an alternative made from apple residues.
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In Germany, people like to eat sausage.
How many kilograms of sausage does every German eat on average per year?
It is a lot more.
That's right!
Insulated packaging
As a sustainable alternative to the conventional insulation packaging made of polystyrene, straw enables to put an end to packaging waste in the parcel industry.
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Landpack
Food delivery is rising in popularity, especially since the Corona crisis, making sustainable packaging more important than ever.
Since when do delivery services bring groceries to the doorstep?
Unfortunately, that's wrong.
That's right!
Underwear
Our skin has to withstand quite a lot - heat and sun, cold and dryness, stress and wrong or no care. All too often, the right protection is neglected. Instead of body lotion, nourishing clothing made from seaweed is now supposed to help.
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GREY Fashion
Besides producing sustainable clothing, what else can components of the algae Ascophyllum nodosum be used for?
Unfortunately this is wrong.
Correct.
Plant pot
Finally, the time has come. The days are getting longer, the sunbeams warmer. Spring has arrived and the garden season begins. However, only a few plants are sown directly into the open field.
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Evolutio UG
How many plastic planters are produced daily in the EU?
Unfortunately, that's wrong.
That's correct.
Events
29.07.2021 bis 29.07.2021 Berlin
Wissenschaftsvarieté: Berlin und die Spree
15.08.2021 bis 18.08.2021 Bad Herrenalb
Summer School Biotransformations 2020
26.08.2021 bis 26.08.2021 Berlin