DO it NOW - Sustainability Week 16-23.06.2025

The nationwide campaign week once again offers a varied program on the topics of climate protection and sustainability. Among other things, you can experience a live stream on the following topics every day:

• 15.06.2026, 10 - 10.45 a.m.: "What does the climate crisis have to do with me?" (Julian Weilbacher - Health4Future)
• 16.06.2026, 10 - 10.45 a.m.: "Who is causing the climate crisis, and who is suffering from it?" (Nada Hazem, Climate Stories)
• 17.06.2026, 10 - 10.45 a.m.: "What does a climate-friendly future look like? What kind of world do we want to live in?" (Futurium)
• 18.06.2026, 10 - 10.45 a.m.: "What can I do myself and why do I need others?"
• 19.06.2026, 10 - 10.45 a.m.: "How can we change things together?" (Wandelwerk e.V.)

More information: https://publicclimateschool.de/schulprogramm/live-unterricht-sp-25/

Place: HTW Dresden

Language: German

Get into conversation over a coffee. All stakeholders and interested parties in the field of sustainability are welcome at the Sustainable Coffee Hour. Here you can find out what is happening in terms of sustainability and who is involved where and how. Some stakeholders will introduce themselves in short pitches.

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Location: digital

Lots of data and files accumulate on all our devices - even those that we no longer need after a short time. This lecture is intended to provide an introduction to confronting the flood of digital data. Maja Bentele will show us which files we should keep, which formats can still be opened in 20 years' time and how we can store the really important files as securely as possible. There will also be tips on how to deal with the flood of emails in our inboxes and how to tidy up our smartphones.

Location: POT/351

Advisor: Lisa Behnke

Location: not yet known

Language: German

Registration: https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/nachhaltigkeit/mitmachen/veranstaltungen/nachhaltigkeitswoche/anmeldung-nachhaltigkeitswoche

How can we master the challenges of sustainable procurement? In this workshop, employees of the TUD and HTWD who procure decentrally will get an overview of existing approaches and opportunities at the universities. Together we will discuss challenges, present best practices and answer your questions about product groups or services. Feel free to bring your own examples!

Location: Zellescher Weg office building, Zellescher Weg 17, Room B407

Input: Johanna Edelmann and students of the Faculty of Architecture (TU Dresden)

Language: German

We want to make a contribution to the sustainable development of our cities and strengthen the resilience of the city of Dresden to climate change. To this end, architecture students are developing urban cooling islands, which will then be implemented on a 1:1 scale and set up in Dresden's cityscape. On Tuesday, 16.06.2026, from 13:30 - 14:30, students from the Chair of Architectural Design and Construction II will present the design status. Interested parties are invited to discuss the challenges involved in developing and implementing microarchitectural solutions for cold rooms in the cityscape.

The event is part of the series "Stadtwandel Dresden" - More information on the series at: https: //tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/nachhaltigkeit/news/stadtwandel-dresden-wanderndes-forum-bildung-nachhaltigkeit-gemeinsam-gestalten

Location: Friedrich-Siemens-Laboratory, VMB, Gate 2

Organization: TU Dresden, Institute of Building Construction

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As part of the "Sustainable Learning" module, Civil Engineering students at TU Dresden have analyzed existing building constructions, developed sustainable alternatives and implemented them in models.

As part of the Sustainability Week, we cordially invite you to discover these models during an exclusive guided tour. In addition to viewing the models, the concept of the seminar will be presented, which uses practice-oriented teaching to promote innovative approaches and creative problem-solving in the construction industry.

Questions and discussions are expressly encouraged!

Location: Makerspace of the SLUB (Drehpunct, Zellescher Weg 17)

If a household appliance no longer works or sewing work is needed, a visit to the RepairCafé on campus can now also help. This self-help workshop helps visitors to hopefully get their faulty appliance back in working order under the guidance of tech-savvy volunteers.

The next RepairCafé will take place on campus on June 17 at 5:00 and 7:30 pm. Anyone who would like free support and advice on repairs is welcome. This RepairCafé takes place as part of the regular repair events, which are held every 3rd Tuesday of the month in the SLUB Makerspaceinthe Drepunct Library (Zellescher Weg 17). Not only the volunteers of the RepairCafé Dresden/ Freital initiative provide support, but also SLUB staff with knowledge and equipment ranging from 3D printers to sewing machines.

In addition to repairing things, the focus is also on the café character. Visitors to the RepairCafé will be able to talk to each other over coffee and cake.

Registration: https: //tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/nachhaltigkeit/mitmachen/veranstaltungen/repaircafe-auf-dem-campus-1/anmeldung-repaircafe

Place: Meadow behind the HSZ

Language: multilingual

On 17.06.2026, the campus will once again be transformed into a place of exchange across disciplines: see things that would otherwise remain hidden from you. Get to know people you don't normally meet and gain an insight into university commitment. Enjoy the unknown and celebrate the many facets of our university with us at dies academicus. We bring together university groups, FSRe and many more - just drop by from 12.00 on the HSZ meadow.

More information about the program at: https: //tud.de/diesacademicus

More information will follow soon.

More information about the program: https: //intranet.tu-dresden.de/spaces/Gesundheit/pages/412681030/Tag+the+health

Location: Stand on the meadow behind the Auditorium Center

What waste garbage cans are there in Dresden and what goes where? You can test your knowledge at the waste advice stand with the waste separation game and the question wheel. Because waste can only be recycled if it ends up in the right garbage can.

Place. Meadow behind the HSZ

Gourmets watch out! If you want to start the morning with a relaxed breakfast and talk to more stakeholders in the fields of education, nutrition or sustainability at TU Dresden, the cozy and free sustainability breakfast on June 18 between 10 a.m. and 12 noon is the right place for you. What should the education of the future look like? Let's develop a vision together. Everyone is welcome. The teaching kitchen will provide food and drink and you can make your own smoothie with the smoothie wheel using leg power. Try it out.

Here you can talk to:

• Students and lecturers of the subject WTH/S
• ZiLL
• Green Office
• Foodsharing
• Dresden Adult Education Center
• Saxony Consumer Center

You can register here, but you are also welcome to drop by spontaneously, because whether you are a student, employee or guest - there is something for everyone!

The 2025 Pride season in Saxony was once again characterized by widespread anti-pride mobilizations: At least 12 of the 17 events saw right-wing counter-assemblies or attempts at disruption. The study provides initial insights into this changed reality and its impact on Pride participants. The results show that the perception of right-wing counter-mobilizations has unfortunately become an integral part of CSDs and Prides in Saxony. Despite the tense security situation and the numerous experiences of violence, however, it is also clear that Prides continue to represent a central moment of empowerment. The interactive study presentation illustrates these findings using images and quotes from the 2025 Pride season.

You can find the study brochure here.

Location: BEY/0E25

Advisor: Lisa Behnke

Location: n.n.b.

Language: German

Get to know the Environment Commission, but also the numerous other stakeholders in the field of sustainability at TUD and beyond. At the end of the Sustainability Week, all interested parties are invited to network on the topic of sustainability, have exciting conversations and bring the Sustainability Week to a close together.

Location: Kulturpalast forecourt

If packaging waste is disposed of correctly and separately, it can be recycled. There will be plenty of information about this at the campaign stand, a plastic press will be used to produce new plastic from old plastic live on site and knowledge can be tested straight away in the competition on the question wheel.

Location: Inner courtyard of the Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Mommsenstraße 6, 01069 Dresden

Lithium is a raw material of the future, with great significance for the energy transition. There are also deposits in the Ore Mountains. A summer evening including speeches from the region and science in person and on the screen. An event organized by BUNDjugend and Kino im Kasten as part of the Sustainability Week at the TU.