NaWiKo Workshop

Sustainable Nutrition Systems and Sustainable Nutrition Culture – Action approaches for transformative processes and practices

Event: Workshop
Date: 26 September 2018
Location: Berlin, Germany

The topic of sustainable nutrition is increasingly relevant in political, scientific and media debates. In this context, there are different perspectives and motivations surrounding the topic. Within the project "Wissenschaftliche Koordination der Fördermaßnahme Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften" (NaWiKo), Ecologic Institute will organize a workshop on "Sustainable nutrition systems and sustainable nutrition culture – Action approaches for transformative processes and practices" on 26 September 2018 in Berlin.

Sustainable nutrition cannot be considered without looking at the underlying nutrition systems and nutrition practices. The processes, starting from the primary raw material production and ending with the disposal, need to be thought of in the context of global value chains. With a growing world population, scarce natural resources and changes in nutrition practices, nutrition systems are under increasing stress. Therefore, a systematic approach to sustainable nutrition is imperative and needs to include a cultural dimension.

The aim of the workshop will be to present policy-relevant conclusions from six research projects on the subject of sustainable nutrition and to discuss options for action and implementation for promoting sustainable food systems in Germany. The six research projects are part of the BMBF funding measure "Sustainable Management" within the Social-Ecological Research SÖF and work on various aspects of sustainable food systems.

Circular economy und Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen

Forschungsergebnisse mit der Praxis diskutieren

Year 2020

Publication:Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

If science provides the right impulses, completely new ideas can emerge in practice. The last episode of the environmental podcast "Knowledge for Future" dealt with the importance of transdisciplinary research, in particular with the synergies and challenges that can arise when research and companies work together. This episode focuses on two concrete examples of such synergetic cooperations: sustainability within the food and fashion industry.

Forschung trifft auf Praxis: Und was kommt dabei raus?

8th episode of "Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast"

Year 2020

Publication:Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

The seventh episode of the environmental podcast "Knowledge for Future" is about transdisciplinary research. The focus is primarily on cooperation between research and private sector companies. What does this cooperation look like in practice? What advantages can be gained and what challenges need to be overcome?

Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Und in der Praxis?

7th episode of "Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast"

Year 2020

Publication:Infographic

What can consumers, citizens, companies and local decision-makers do to make our economies more sustainable? 30 research projects were funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) to research this and other aspects of a transition to a more sustainable economy. Practical ideas from these projects on how to act more sustainably are now available through an interactive website, produced by Ecologic Institute.

Nachhaltige Ideen für den Alltag

Year 2019

Event:Workshop

On 17 June 2019, the NaWiKo workshop "Sustainable management in companies based on the example of bioplastics" took place at the facilities of Bio-Molkerei Söbbeke GmbH, a sustainable creamery, in Gronau near Münster. The aim of the workshop was for company representatives from the packaging and food industry to discuss findings from research projects that dealt with sustainability effects of bioplastics and bio-based materials.

The Challenges and the Significance of Bioplastics as Packaging Materials in the Food Industry

17 June 2019
Gronau, Germany

Event:Workshop

On 26 June 2019, the NaWiKo workshop "Sustainable management in companies through employee integration in corporate sustainability innovations" took place in the facilities of the KUKA Gmbh in Siegen. The aim of the workshop was to discuss findings from research projects dealing with the relevance of the involvement of employees and users in corporate sustainability innovations with company representatives from the manufacturing industry. The goal of the exchange was to discuss the role and the challenges regarding Open Innovation (meaning the involvement of employees and users) for corporate sustainability innovations in terms of whether and under what conditions research findings can be relevant for and applicable to everyday business life.

The Challenges and the Significance of the Involvement of Employees and Users in Corporate Sustainability Innovations

26 June 2019
Siegen, Germany

Publication:Article

Societal transformations are often initiated by individuals. This also applies to the sustainable economy issue: There are particularly committed people behind many smaller and larger developments that have been set in motion in recent years. Some of these "change agents" who were involved in projects of the "Scientific coordination of research projects on a sustainable economy" (NaWiKo) have been presented as part of the project's dissemination work.

NaWiKo Change Agents

Year 2019

Publication:Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

The fourth episode of the environment podcast "Knowledge for Future" focuses on opportunities for creating comprehensively sustainable value chains within an operation and provides a picture of environmentally conscious coexistence for the near future.

Nachhaltig bis zur Wertschöpfungskette – Sharing is caring

4th episode of "Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast"

Year 2019

Publication:Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

The third episode of the environment-focused podcast "Knowledge for Future" looks at concepts for sustainable financing.

Nachhaltige Finanzierungskonzepte – Auch Weltverbesserer brauchen Geld

3rd episode of "Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast"

Year 2019

Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

German Aerospace Center, DLR Bonn (DLR), Germany
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers

Stephanie Wunder

Karl Lehmann

Susanne Müller
Date: 26 September 2018
Location: Berlin, Germany
Language: German
Participants: 30
Project: Scientific Coordination of Research Projects on a Sustainable Economy
Project ID: 2277
Keywords: Economics

Indicators

Food

Events

Sustainable nutrition systems, NaWiKo, food systems

Further Links

EventWorkshopNarrative Workshop: How scientific results can be narrated

Narrative Workshop

On 21 April 2018, the one-day workshop "Narrative Sustainable Management" took place in Berlin. The team of the "Scientific Coordination of Research Projects on a Sustainable Economy" (NaWiKo) had invited interested projects of the funding measure to... Read more

Workshop:Narrative Workshop: How scientific results can be narrated

Date: 21 April 2018
Location: Berlin, Germany

EventConferenceREFRESH Food Waste 2017

REFRESH Food Waste 2017 brought together diverse stakeholder groups from across Europe working on food waste prevention, reduction and valorisation. The Conference on 18 May at the Umweltforum in Berlin featured keynote addresses by the Parliamentary State Secretary... Read more

Conference:REFRESH Food Waste 2017

Date: 18 May 2017
Location: Berlin, Germany