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Presentation and discussion of the SDG+ publication "Contemporary lighthouses for sustainability in Kassel and North Hesse"
What power do lighthouse projects have to position a topic in a region? And what could concrete contemporary lighthouses for sustainability in North Hesse look like?
The first SDG+ Dialogue in the theme year Transformation in Town & Country in 2024-25 dealt with this question.
The result is this publication, which presents possible lighthouse projects and pioneering concepts and ideas for the sustainable development of the city and region. The starting point was the question that arose a year and a half ago at a working meeting as part of the SDG+ dialog on the energy sovereign model region: "What would we actually have to do in Kassel and northern Hesse so that people come to us to be amazed and not always look to Copenhagen, Paris or Freiburg to admire how sustainable urban development can succeed in practice?".
In dialogue with partners from science, business, administration and civil society, four workshops moderated by Dr Susanne Völker (Managing Director of the non-profit Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain GmbH) generated new impulses for visualizing and communicating the sustainable transformation of North Hesse. This anthology is a signal from a circle of committed people from various institutions in the region. It does not provide a roadmap, but rather encourages people to make their own mark that will radiate far beyond today.
At the event, following the presentation of the publication, you can look forward to a discussion with the publication's creators, including Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffmann (documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH), Dr. Hans-Friedrich Breithaupt (IHK, Unternehmensallianz Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit), Prof. Dr. Ulrike Jordan (Department of Solar & Systems Engineering, University of Kassel), Kai-Georg Bachmann (Regional Management Nordhessen) moderated by Dr. Susanne Völker (Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain gGmbH), Maximilian Spiegelberg, Katharina Leinius and Daniel Opper from the SDG+ Lab.
Afterwards there will be room for discussion and a small reception.
We look forward to welcoming you and ask you to register as a guest.
Organizer:
SDG+ Lab
Wilhelmsstraße 21
34117 Kassel
0561 804 3567
sdgpluslab[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
www.sdgpluslab.de