SDG+Lab Exhibition: “Managing Households & Sticking Together – A Different Approach to the Economy”

The economy starts at home. Not on the trading floor, but in the kitchen, in the garden, in the study. The new exhibition by the SDG+ Lab at UniKasselTransfer,“Householding + Holding Together – A Different Way of Living the Economy,”asks: What can everyday economic life look like when it’s focused on responsibility, care, and cycles? At the exhibition opening on July 1, 2026, starting at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.) at UNI:Lokal, visitors will roll up their sleeves and, together with a master mason, lay the foundation for a household of the future: renewable, climate-friendly, and communal.

In a walk-through model house, visitors explore how the economy changes when we use materials like compost, wood, or straw not as waste, but as resources for the future. How repair, care, and collective action create new forms of value creation and give rise to cycles. Originally, the organization of daily life—rather than the market—was at the heart of the economy. Derived from the Greek “oikos,” the term “economy” describes the home and the shared living space. Exemplary daily routines show what life in such a household might look like and summarize the work of the SDG+ Lab during the thematic year “Transformations in Work and the Economy.” From food cycles to composting and repair, to reused and bio-based materials. The exhibition shows that economic transformation begins where people use, care for, and share resources and think in terms of cycles. This gives rise to a different understanding of the economy: one focused on preservation, care, and shared responsibility. An economy that holds us together.

More info: https://sdgpluslab.de/

UNI:Lokal
Wilhelmsstraße 21
34117 Kassel

Hours:
Tuesday through Friday 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Saturday 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Closed Sundays and Mondays

Admission is free.