SustainAbility: Understanding and Implementing Sustainability

Since the winter semester 2021, the student team of "SustainAbility: Understanding and implementing sustainability in cooperation with Dresden Concept" has been organizing a series of events on the basics of sustainability, especially the climate crisis. The lecture series takes a holistic view of the topic from different perspectives and discusses ways to make your own life as sustainable as possible.

The events are offered to students of all semesters, TUD employees, high school students, senior citizens and all other interested people outside the TUD. The events are also suitable for newcomers to the topic, as the content does not require any prior knowledge and is presented in an understandable way. This distinguishes the lecture series from the tuuwi's more in-depth environmental lectures. The recordings of all lectures held so far can be found on the Videocampus Sachsen.

Lecture in the summer semester 2026

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SustainAbility is once again offering an exciting lecture series in the summer semester 2026. This will take place every Thursday from 16.04.2026 from 16:40-18:10 (6th DS). Participation is possible digitally synchronously via Zoom or asynchronously via lecture recordings.

We cordially invite everyone to participate in the lecture series! No prior knowledge is required for the lecture, which is why it offers a good introduction to the topic. At the same time, a broad spectrum of topics is covered, so that you can certainly learn new, interesting facts, even if you have already dealt with the topic of sustainability in depth.

Lecture schedule

Registration

Please register for the course via OPAL or, if required, via this e-mail. We use OPAL to communicate with the participants - external people can also create a user account with OPAL free of charge.

Examination performance

Students can take one of the following examinations and earn credit points:

• Portfolio, consisting of 1 large statement and 6 comments (3 CP)
• Certificate of attendance for participation in 80% of the courses (1 CP)

It is also possible to have the course credited for the Studium Oecologicum.

Help and questions

If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us at this e-mail address. There is also a forum in the OPAL course where questions can be asked.

Participate

Is sustainability an important topic for you and would you like to help shape environmental education programs? The SustainAbility team is looking forward to volunteer support in the planning and implementation of the lecture and to new and creative ideas. If you are interested, please send us an e-mail with the most important information about yourself.

Funding and award

In 2022, the lecture series received the student teaching award from the Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden e. V.

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In 2023, the lecture series received the eku Future Prize in the category eku - Success Science.

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