Lecture series SoSe 2022
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Flushed resources - a critical look at the quiet room
Interdisciplinary series of events on sustainable sanitation systems and nutrient cycles
From April to June 2022 at the University of Kassel
This series of events invites you to look beyond the rim of your own toilet bowl. Join us and discuss the history of dealing with faeces, shame, the global sanitary crisis, toilets, sewers and compost, new types of sanitary systems, old-fashioned laws, nutrient cycles and much more.
The event series is financially supported by the 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 pm: Arrive, chat, feast
7:30 pm: start of the quiz
Here you can put your fecal knowledge to the test and either really reach into the toilet or win useful toilet utensils.
In the pub quiz, you play together in groups of four. We'll ask you interesting, unexpected or bizarre questions that will definitely help your digestion. 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 faeces.
So that your bowels don't have to remain idle, we will provide you with homemade sandwiches (vegan) and drinks from 7 pm.
If you would like to join us, simply send a short email to stating the number of people.
You are welcome to register as a group of four people. However, you can also register with a different number of people or as an individual, in which case we will assign you to a group.
As this is a closed event, only people who have registered in advance can take part.
"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 tells the story of everything that happens afterwards. From sanitation activists to toilet training specialists, sewer history scientists to urine-based fertilizer projects. Join Karina on a journey to explore the hidden world of sewage and understand how it affects the health and prosperity 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 focus on bodily functions that are too little talked about. In the process, the incredibly funny, frustratingly concealed and stinking to high heaven underworld of feces in the USA is brought to light.
Movie homepage: https://thepoopproject.org/flush-home
Why does this series of events exist?
While there is a growing awareness of the origins of our food, little attention seems to be paid to what is left of it. Why should it? After all, the system of alluvial sewers is a well-functioning engineering masterpiece that largely prevents outbreaks of disease and environmental damage. However, the cisterns and sewer networks also conceal major challenges - the loss of critical nutrients, water eutrophication and high energy and water consumption raise questions about the sustainability of our handling of human excrement.
Even if you don't like to talk about what you leave behind, it is only by addressing the status quo of sanitation and the global sanitation crisis that we can adequately address these challenges.
Upcoming event
From the line to the 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.: Arrive, chat, feast
19:30: Quiz starts
Here you can put your fecal knowledge to the test and either really reach into the toilet or win useful toilet utensils.
In the pub quiz, you play together in groups of four. We'll ask you interesting, unexpected or bizarre questions that will definitely help your digestion. 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 faeces.
So that your bowels don't have to remain idle, we will provide you with home-baked sandwiches (vegan) and drinks from 7 pm.
If you would like to join us, simply send a short email to sanitaerwende[at]uni-kassel[dot]de stating the number of people.
You are welcome to register as a group of four people. However, you can also register with a different number of people or as an individual, in which case we will assign you to a group.
As this is a closed event, only people who have registered in advance can take part.
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 pm
Access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
Identification code: 561714
You can do without water - the status 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 University of Kassel)
Online access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
Identification code: 561714
Topic:
The lecture shows historical and current examples of faecal utilization and the use of fertilizers for soil improvement and plant nutrition. It deals with the basics and methods of collecting, processing and utilizing human excrement. Practical experience from various projects and our own experience as producers, planners and users will be shared. The opportunities for the realization of future projects from the point of view of an ecological recycling economy, but also aspects of hygiene, acceptance and economic efficiency will be discussed.
Toilets, sewers, sewage 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 take place in presence in compliance with the current corona protection measures of the University of Kassel. Basic protective measures and the AHA+L rules must be observed. If lecture hall 6 is occupied by less than 200 people, this counts as 50% occupancy and if an additional 1.5m safety distance is maintained, the mouth-nose covers may be removed, otherwise masks are compulsory, even at the seat.
Further information will follow.
The history and value of human excreta - What can we learn from our ancestors?
Speaker: Linda Zeldovich
28.04.2022 - 7 p.m. Online
Access via Zoom:
https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/j/98639765640?pwd=bVc4MTljTU9CS3djV2VYS0JLbHpmZz09
Meeting ID: 986 3976 5640
Identification 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/