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This podcast puts emphasis on the green transition of all of us and takes Alsion, a major public site in the very south of Denmark, as a test bed. Alsion hosts cultural events, research, innovation and education in the same building. Listen to our plans and see how we can all improve in being more sustainable. Listen and get involved. ------- A note on our jingles: Intro music created by sscheidl from Pixabay ------ Outro music: Nature Documentary - GEMAfreie Musik von https://audiohub.de -- ...
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Then listen to this podcast; we like to have you included in the discussion. Speakers: Katharina Rubahn, Oliver Niebuhr (hosts) & Yogendra Kumar Mishra (guest) Intro text is spoken by Christian Sollberger, https://www.speech-academy.com/ Intro music created by sscheidl from Pixabay Outro music: Nature Documentary - GEMAfreie Musik von https://audio…
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Behaviour change challenge 2022 Every day you get advice on how to save energy. But what if you keep on forgetting to switch things off? What can help you to make the necessary change? One possible solution is today given by Beatrice Bernasconi and Ali Asadi. They both tried out a nudging technique to persuade’ lecturers and students to make a chan…
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It is a pleasure to announce the winner of our behavioural change challenge 2021 today. You will learn how Selina influenced the behaviour of people in a lab to cut down their energy consumption. For further information about the background and winner of the challenge as well as about future challenges, please have a look at the Green Alsion websit…
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We talk about the actual effects of the lockdowns on our climate. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00090-3 (Jan. 21) https://www.iea.org/articles/global-energy-review-co2-emissions-in-2020 Total run time 14:00 minutes Speakers: Olivr Niebuhr (host) & Katharina Rubahn (guest) Email: greenalsion@alsion.dk Facebook: www.facebook.com/greenals…
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Cycling is an important part of reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector. I welcome Louise Sørensen from the municipality in Sønderborg to talk about incentives and actions that should and do help to make a change. https://www.cykel-forum.dk https://www.facebook.com/paa.cykel.i.soenderborg/ Total run time 15:40 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rub…
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Taking up the fact that Tesla first decided to accept Bitcoin payments and then revised that decision again with reference to environmental reasons, we discuss in this episode the huge CO2 footprint of Bitcoins and its underlying reasons as well as future solutions. Our invited expert for this discussion is Dominic Deuber from the Chair of Applied …
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We discuss the impact and the need to fly, and alternatives. BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200218-climate-change-how-to-cut-your-carbon-emissions-when-flying Total run time 18:50 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rubahn (host), Oliver Niebuhr (host) & Giovanni Giannotti (guest) Email: greenalsion@alsion.dk Facebook: www.facebook.com/g…
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If you come to Sønderborg or live here, you can choose from a variety of second-hand stores. My two guests today had a closer look at some selected second-hand stores for you. Kirppu Sønderborg, Grudnvigs Alle 202 Nørrekobbel Genbrugsplads, Genbrugsauktion.dk Gamlefund Kirkens Genbrug Kirkens Korshær Hørup Genbrug Røde Kors (Red cross) Sønderborg T…
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We inform you how an online meeting could contribute with new ideas and spread some energy despite the missing physical interaction. We talk about the Yerun staff days. Yerun stands for young European research universities. The network consists of 17 universities that are all under 50 years old. More on Yerun: https://www.Yerun.eu Total run time 13…
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Kristian Lolk Rautert, the CEO of Buy2sell, allows you insights into his unconventional business, its challenges and rewards. Find the company here www.buy2sell.dk Total run time 15:30 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rubahn (host) & Kristian Lolk Rautert, CEO of Buy2Sell (guest) Email: greenalsion@alsion.dk Facebook: www.facebook.com/greenalsion Intro …
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Dr. Kerstin Oberprieler is Co-founder and CEO of Pentaquest, a company specialized in behavior change and gamification. Her approach reaches far beyond the usual points, badges and leaderboards, and she presents several examples how she has used gamification to encourage sustainable behavior. For instance, she has created the world deepest bin: htt…
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I had the great pleasure to discuss with Nicola Jones, the head of publishing of Springer Nature's new SDG Programme in London, how this new initiative works, what its underlying processes and aims are, and what first changes it has already brought about for people and the environment. In addition, Springer Nature itself has set itself the ambitiou…
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David Ireland, professor at the University of Queensland and entrepreneur, talks about his consultancy company Asymmetric Innovation, which helps companies create enduring value by bringing experts from various disciplines and from all around the world together to create socially, environmentally and economically sustainable solutions. He argues th…
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A heavily discussed topic, the new waste management system in Denmark with first results from Sønderborg. As a guest from Sonfor I welcome Stinne Stokkebo. Link to waste sorting: https://sortering.sonfor.dk/ Total run time 16:50 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rubahn, Oliver Niebuhr, Till Leißner (hosts) & Stinne Stokkebo, operations manager at Sonfor …
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Oliver Niebuhr is an associate professor at the Centre for Industrial Electronics on the SDU campus Sonderborg. He investigates the physical signals of a speaker's charismatic impact, particularly concerning acoustical factors. He is the inventor of the Acoustic Voice Profiling technology, based on which he co-founded the SDU spin-off company AllGo…
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Professor Schaltegger is the director of the Center for Sustainability Management at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg and co-founder of the Faculty of Sustainability there. In the podcast, he tells us about his research on collaborative and responsible business models for sustainability and about the role of inter- and transdisciplinarity and st…
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David Ireland, Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia, is telling us about why and how he created a company that installs solar plants on school buildings and private houses and sells affordable solar energy. Read more about the company and their innovative approach here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radian-energy-australi…
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We present the two students behind the Green Alsion survey on the use of the bicycle facilities at Alsion and some major results of the survey. Total run time 17:20 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rubahn, Oliver Niebuhr (hosts) & Barbora Petkova, Anne Wichmann Lilholt (guests) Email: greenalsion@alsion.dk Facebook: www.facebook.com/greenalsion Intro te…
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I welcome Nicolas Fatras, a PhD student at SDU and member of the PhD association Network Denmark. Nicolas coordinates events in sustainability, and recently a webinar ’Going green in the lab’. Webinar with Nicoline Borgermann: https://phddenmark.dk/green-lab-webinar/ Inspiration for setting up a green lab: https://www.mygreenlab.org/ The PhD networ…
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Organic solar cells possess several advantages compared to conventional silicon solar cells – they are cheaper to manufacture, more eco-friendly, flexible and transparent. Researchers from the NanoSYD team of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Sønderborg have achieved breakthrough within organic solar cells. We interview Vida Engmann, an a…
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A new generation of highly immersive VR platforms has emerged with the aim of helping us save thousands of tons of CO2 for conference travel in the future. The Dutch startup BeemUp is an example for that. In our podcast episode, we explain why ideas like BeemUp could in fact be more effective in preventing people from long conference trips than tra…
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Persuasive technology is broadly defined as technology that is designed to change attitudes or behaviors of the users through persuasion and social influence, but not through coercion. Most self-identified persuasive technology research focuses on interactive, computational technologies, including desktop computers, Internet services, video games, …
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In today's episode, we talk about the impact of our eating habits on the environment and living on earth. We highlight a way to secure a sustainable production and consumption. A reference to two very good presentations https://concito.dk/nyheder/sustainable-diets Publication on the EAT-Lancet recommendations: W. Willett et al., Lancet 393, 447–492…
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In this podcast, we briefly discuss why behavior change actually matters and present the Behavior Change Challenge, a competition at Alsion for creating measurable changes in behavior. Read more on the challenge including **deadlines*** here: https://www.alsion.dk/greenalsion/behaviour-change-challenge/ Total run time 08:00 minutes Speaker: Kerstin…
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Do you know the difference between the ecological and the carbon footprint? We explain it to you and have a recommendation on an excellent footprint calculator. https://www.footprintcalculator.org https://carbonindependent.org Klimakompasset is developed of Dansk Industri og Erhvervs- og Økonomiministeriet for companies: https://www.Klimakompasset.…
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Doing something good for the environment and saving space and money at the same time. Doesn’t that sound interesting? In this episode, we talk to Emil Busch and Gideon Harpantides, the founders of a young SDU startup called WeUse, who aim to bring people together and make our local communities more sustainable. We talk about their journey as a star…
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Did you know that, e.g., video streaming via smart phone and video calls via laptop are, just like all up- and downloads, actually a fairly C02 intensive activities? Here, you find out more! Total run time 09:42 minutes Speaker: Kerstin Fischer Email: greenalsion@alsion.dk Studies mentioned in the podcast: A. Andrae, T. Edler, On global electricity…
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Interview with Jesper Lundorff Hoffmann about how SDU's procurement office managed to reduce its paper print by 95%. Total run time 14:02 minutes Speakers: Oliver Niebuhr, Jesper Lundorff Hoffmann For further details and advice, please get directly in touch with Jesper Lundorff Hoffmann Teamleder, Drift Udbudskontoret, Økonomiservice, SDU jeho@sdu.…
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In our last episode, we talked about the waste that we’re facing because our technology also the ‘green’ technology is causing additional waste. What it needs is a change in the regulations and the design process. We talk to Lykke Margot Ricard; she researches at SDU innovation and Design in Odense on the reuse of materials. SDU news article in Eng…
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Everybody talks about wind and solar power when it comes to sustainable energy supply. But what happens to windmills when they get renewed and Silicon solar cells with their poisonous metals inside? Recent articles discuss these problems; we highlight some findings. Links: Peter Hesseldahl in Mandag Morgen https://www.altinget.dk/digital/artikel/ve…
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A pool of 1.000000 DKK to realize your ideas, you can apply in groups or alone. We talk about the rules and what you should focus on. Lasse Mortensen from the Rectors Secretariat at SDU in an interview. Deadline for applications 1 October Info Meeting on 17 September Link to the application form and webpage: https://mitsdu.dk/en/voresverdensmaal/vo…
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Alsion consists of a diverse community of more than 1600 people in Southern Denmark that want to become more sustainable. Listen to our plans and see how you can contribute. Link to our homepage: www.alsion.dk/greenalsion Link to our sponsor: www.allgoodspeakers.com/ Total runtime: 10:10 minutes Speakers: Katharina Rubahn, Oliver Niebuhr Intro text…
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