Public Climate School 2023 in Leipzig
The fourth Public Climate School takes place in Leipzig from May 8 to 12!
What? Climate crisis, its societal implications, and solutions
How? Over 40 events: panel discussions, lectures, talks, workshops, music and so much more! Here you find all events (including the German ones).
Where? Main campus of the University of Leipzig (Augustusplatz), Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (HTWK) and Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig (HMT)
As always: All students, lecturers, and everyone interested is welcome to join our events!
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⚠️ Be aware: The event schedule, details, and locations will be constantly updated!
Monday, 08.05.2023
Peter Emorinken-Donatus (Journalist/Activist from Nigeria), Dr. Dipl. Phys. Christoph Gerhards (Scientists for Future)
Panel
Lecture hall 10, lecture hall building, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
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We enter into dialogue with activists from the Global South and from the Global North that are engaged in actions of civil disobedience and who will talk about their experiences. We discuss the similarities and differences between their situations and will speak specifically about how they perceive the relation of their activism to scientific studies and academic institutions.
Tuesday, 09.05.2023
No events in English today – Check out the rest of our program!
Wednesday, 10.05.2023
1:30 – 2:45 pm | Why we need an intersectional ecofeminist approach to fight the climate crisis I in English
Adenike Titilope Oladosu (Fridays for Future Nigeria, Founder of Lead), Pia Wieser (Women Engage for a Common Future)
Panel
!!Attention: Location changed!! Lecture hall 8, lecture hall building, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
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Speaking with Adenike Olandosu, a Nigerian ecofeminist, and Pia Wieser, working for WECF, an international ecofeminist organization, we discuss the interactions between gender and climate and showcase the importance of an intersectional ecofeminist movement.
3:15 – 4:15 pm | FFF-MAPA: Climate activism in Bangladesh I in English
Farzana Faruk Jhumu (UNICEF Bangladesh Youth Advocate)
Lecture
Lecture hall 8, lecture hall building, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
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In this talk, the UNICEF Bangladesh Youth Advocate Farzana Faruk Jhumu will be interviewed about her activism and the situation of the climate crisis in her home country.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
Blackbox, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, Dittrichring 21
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All artists are welcome! An open stage for music and other performances – for completed works and works in progress! A grand piano and booster amplifier are available, and other instruments/technical devices, too, if needed. In cooperation with HMT.
Thursday, 11.05.2023
Zulaika Namwanje (Fridays for Future Uganda)
Lecture
Lecture hall 16, lecture hall building, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
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Zulaika Namwanje, the founder of Clean Earth Uganda, will introduce us to the Earth Volunteers, a Ugandan non-profit organization, that brings together young people that are passionate about the environment and climate action. Together with her fellow activists, they organise climate education class sessions, tree planting sessions, and climate strikes to inform students and teachers and empower children to tackle the climate crisis themselves.
Chamber choir of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
Foyer Augusteum, main campus of University Leipzig (Augustusplatz 10), enter the building via the courtyard
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Workshop concert „Songs for future“ by the HMT Leipzig chamber choir under the direction of Prof. Florian Maierl.
Friday, 12.05.2023
Farzana Faruk Jhumu (UNICEF Bangladesh Youth Advocate)
Lecture
Seminar room 121, Neues Seminargebäude, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
postponed lecture, new location
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In this talk, the UNICEF Bangladesh Youth Advocate Farzana Faruk Jhumu will be interviewed about her activism and the situation of the climate crisis in her home country.
Maria Reyes (MAPA and Fridays for Future Mexiko), Ilyess El Kortbi (Fridays for Future Ukraine), Evelyn Acham (Fridays for Future Uganda)
Panel
Lecture hall 9, lecture hall building, main campus of University Leipzig (Universitätsstraße 1), enter the building via the courtyard
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Militarization impacts the social, ecological, and political ways of facing the climate catastrophe.
Wars emphasize the exploitation of natural and human resources in terms of production and execution, military exercises in complex ecosystems destroy biodiversity and 5,5% of the global emissions are linked to military activities, still without the rebuilding of destroyed areas.
Resource scarcity caused by neocolonialism and capitalistic structures of the Global North is at the same time the root and the consequence of war, as well as both are the main causes for flight and seeking refuge.
Activists and experts in international relationships discuss the impact of militarization from different perspectives and local consequences in Mexico, Ukraine, and Uganda in a hybrid panel.