Lecture series SoSe 2022
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Flushed resources - critical looks into the quiet room
Interdisciplinary event series on sustainable sanitation systems and nutrient cycles
From April to June 2022 at the University of Kassel
This event series invites you to look beyond the rim of your own toilet bowl. Join us for a discussion on the history of dealing with fecal matter, shame, the global sanitation crisis, toilets, sewers and composts, novel sanitation systems, old-fashioned laws, nutrient cycles, and more.
The event series is financially supported by AStA and the departments 06 and 11 at the University of Kassel as well as LöLa e.V.
Supporting program
Pub Quiz:
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at BIOTOP (Walburger Str. 21, Witzenhausen).
from 7 p.m.: Arrive, chat, feast
19:30 o'clock: Quiz start
Here you can put your fecal knowledge to the test and either really go down the toilet or win useful toiletries.
In the pub quiz you play together in groups of four. We will ask you interesting, unexpected or bizarre and in any case digestive questions. After this event at the latest, no one will be able to fool you on the toilet, because you will go home as experts on digestion and excretion, toilets and chamber pots, as well as the history, culture and utilization of feces.
So that your intestines do not have to remain idle, we will provide you with homemade sandwiches (vegan) and drinks from 7 pm.
If you want to join us, just write a short mail with the number of persons to sanitaerwende[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.
Please register as a group of four people. You can also register with a different number of persons or as a single person, then we will assign you to a group.
Since this is a closed event, only people with prior registration can attend.
"Flush - The Documentary" - Film Screening and Discussion (54 min., original with German subtitles) - Thursday June 30, 2022 at Zukunftsdorf22 (Sandershäuser Str. 79, Kassel).
The documentary draws the story of everything that happens afterwards. From sanitation activists* to toilet training specialists*, sewer history scientists* to urine fertilizer projects. Join Karina on a journey to explore the hidden world of sewage and understand how it affects the health and wealth of our society.
The Documentary is the story of everything that happens next. From infrastructure activists to toilet training specialists, sewage historians to urine fertilizer projects, join Karina on a journey to understand the unseen world of waste, and how it affects the health and wealth of our nation
FLUSH dares to look beyond the toilet and target the bodily function that is too little talked about. In the process, the simultaneously incredibly hilarious, frustratingly concealed, and stinking to high heaven underbelly of fecal matter in the U.S. is brought to light.
Film homepage: https://thepoopproject.org/flush-home
Why does this series of events exist?
While a growing awareness of the origins of our food can be observed, dealing with what remains of them seems to generate little attention. Why should it? After all, the alluvial sewer system is a well-functioning feat of engineering that largely prevents disease outbreaks and environmental damage. However, behind the cisterns and sewer networks lie major challenges - loss of critical nutrients, water eutrophication, and high use of energy and water raise questions about the sustainability of how we deal with human waste.
Even if you don't like talking about what you leave behind - only by addressing the status quo of sanitation and the global sanitation crisis can we adequately address these challenges.
Upcoming event
From line to circle: how your business becomes food for your food
Speaker: Dr. Ariane Krause
On 22.06.2022 at 7 pm in the small auditorium (University of Kassel, Campus Nordbahnhofstraße Witzenhausen).
Online access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
identification code: 561714
Pub quiz
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at BIOTOP (Walburger Str. 21, Witzenhausen)
from 7 p.m.: Arrival, chatting, feasting
19:30 o'clock: Quiz start
Here you can put your fecal knowledge to the test and either really go down the toilet or win useful toiletries.
In the pub quiz you play together in groups of four. We will ask you interesting, unexpected or bizarre and in any case digestive questions. After this event at the latest, no one will be able to fool you on the toilet, because you will go home as experts on digestion and excretion, toilets and chamber pots, as well as the history, culture and utilization of feces.
So that your intestines do not have to remain idle, we will provide you with homemade sandwiches (vegan) and drinks from 7 pm.
If you want to join us, just write a short mail with the number of persons to sanitaerwende[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.
Please register as a group of four people. You can also register with a different number of people or as a single person, then we will assign you to a group.
Since this is a closed event, only people with prior registration can participate.
Past events
Sustainable Sanitary Systems for Everybody - Local Solutions for a Global Problem
Panel Discussion with Alisa Puga Keesey (Program Director at GiveLove) and Dr.-Ing. Korbinian Kaetzl (University of Kassel)
Online on 07.06.2022 at 7 p.m.
Access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
identification code: 561714
It also works without water - state of the art and technology of waterless sanitary systems
Speaker: Wolfgang Berger, Kiel
On 24.05.2022 at 7 pm in room 0105, new building ASL, Universitätsplatz 9 (main campus Uni Kassel).
Online access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
Identifier code: 561714
Topic:
This presentation will highlight historical and current examples of fecal utilization and the use of fertilizer materials for soil improvement and plant nutrition. It will cover the basics and procedures of collection, processing and utilization of human excreta. Practical experiences from different projects and own experiences as producers, planners and users are conveyed. The chances for the realization of future projects under the aspect of an ecological recycling economy, but also aspects of hygiene, acceptance and economic efficiency will be discussed.
Toilets, sewers, wastewater treatment plants... What happens after flushing?
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Morck
On 10.05.2022 at 7 pm, in lecture hall 6(Campus Center Kassel).
The event will be held in attendance in compliance with the current Corona protection measures of the University of Kassel. Basic protective measures, as well as AHA+L rules, must be followed. If the lecture hall 6 is occupied by less than 200 people, this counts as 50% occupancy and if an additional safety distance of 1.5 m is maintained, the mouth-nose coverings may be removed, otherwise masks are compulsory, also at the place.
Further information will follow.
The history and value of human excreta - What can we learn from our ancestors?
Speaker: Linda Zeldovich
4/28/2022 - 7 p.m. online
Access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
ID code: 561714
Topic:
The average person produces about four hundred pounds of excrement a year. More than seven billion people live on this planet. What do we do with all this crap? For the most part-because of the diseases it spreads-we have learned to distance ourselves from our waste. Yet, with the long line of engineering marvels we've created-from Roman sewage systems to the modern treatment plants-we have also done considerable damage to the earth's ecology.
Now scientists tell us: we've been wasting our waste. When recycled correctly, this resource, cheap and widely available, can fuel cars, grow food, cook dinner and generate electricity. Some of our ancestors knew the value of their shit. The Chinese farmers measured its value in gold. The Japanese gifted it and stole it from each other, selling it to the highest bidder and shipping it to farmers by boats, daily. In the 19th century, American railroad engineer George Pullman built a nearly perfect solution-a sewage farm, where the city's "output" was steam-pumped onto the fields. Can we revive this wisdom in the 21st century?
Want to learn more about Lina Zeldovich? See her website: https://linazeldovich.com/