Trg pet bunara, Zadar/Croatia (Photo: Ewald Fröch – stock.adobe.com)
Groundwater: De-localized Resources in the Anthropocene
Groundwater is the main source of drinking water and irrigated food production worldwide. The invisible resource is, however, under stress from climate change, societal water withdrawals and long-distance effects – telecouplings. Virtual water trade, that is the water contained in traded products, and remote water supply are two examples of how society manages groundwater in such de-localised contexts. The junior research group ‘regulate’ examines the social-ecological regulation of groundwater against telecoupling effects in an inter- and transdisciplinary research setting. Case studies in Germany, Spain and Croatia provide the empirical basis to inform sustainable groundwater governance in Europe.
Illustration: Saskia Ostner
Nachhaltigkeit als Geschichte: durch Storytelling besser kommunizieren?
Klimawandel, Artensterben, soziale Ungleichheit: Viele Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung fordern uns auf, neue Wege zu beschreiten. Jungen Menschen kommt dabei eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Wie kann man sie dazu motivieren, sich mit komplexen Fragen der Nachhaltigkeit auseinanderzusetzen?
The network compass by Flurina Schneider