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Universität Stuttgart/IGVP
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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
Impregnating outdoor textiles sustainably
The textile chemicals company Rudolf GmbH receives funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment for the construction of a manufacturing plant for an impregnating agent based on renewable raw materials.
Creating new food additives from hemp
The start-up Becanex wants to extract cannabidiol from industrial hemp. The Berlin-based company has now successfully acquired funding from the Central Innovation Program for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM).
Literature as inspiration for nutrition concepts
In search of new concepts for tomorrow's nutrition, the joint project Food4Future wants to analyze science fiction novels together with students from the University of Potsdam.
ERC funding for pioneering plant research
Molecular biologist Philip Wigge and biochemist Gert Bange have been awarded the highly endowed ERC Advanced Grants by the European Research Council for their innovative projects in plant research.
Interviews
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.
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13.04.2021 Maria von Korff Schmising
"Perennial grain crops are a resource-saving alternative"
Plant researcher Maria von Korff Schmising wants to make food production more sustainable by breeding perennial cereal crops.
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
Trash bag
A staggering 79% of the 6.3 billion tons of plastic waste produced ends up in the environment, creating a major problem for the climate and nature.
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Widplastic GmbH
What percentage of plastic is used only once before being thrown away?
That's incorrect.
That's correct!
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.
Events
18.05.2021 bis 20.05.2021 +++ online +++
Renewable Materials Conference 2021
25.05.2021 bis 26.05.2021 +++ online +++
Biofabrik – Wie Bioraffinerien und biobasierte Produkte die Wirtschaft transformieren
09.06.2021 bis 10.06.2021 +++ online +++