Lecture series: Flushed resources - a critical look at the quiet room

"Toilets, sewers, sewage treatment plants... What happens after flushing?

Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Morck

While there is a growing awareness of the origins of our food, little attention seems to be paid to what remains of it. Why should it? After all, the alluvial sewer system is a well-functioning engineering masterpiece that largely prevents outbreaks of disease and environmental damage. However, behind the cisterns and sewer networks lie 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.

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 feces, shame, the global sanitary crisis, toilets, sewers and compost, new 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.

Further information:
Department 11 Ecological Agricultural Sciences - Lecture series SoSe 2022