How can we use the university's space and teaching resources to help students relate to their food?

Mother Earth is beautiful. Far too few of us have a relationship with it. How does this green, shriveled something that calls itself a bean in a supermarket actually grow, and what happens to my food scraps? Urban lifestyles are far from what keeps us alive.

So why not bring a little bit of the outdoors indoors? Rundfeld is a circular system for cultivating and recycling plants indoors. Your waste is recycled back into your plants. New humus is produced via compost and bokashi provides liquid fertilizer.

At university, the cultivation process is to shape everyday student life throughout the year. With the help of seasonal workshops and indoor cultivation, crops are to become part of the campus culture, bringing natural cycles closer to students by means of observation and aesthetics.

Tags

conceptual strategies
education information
process innovation
reduced use

Supervisor(s)

Prof. Dr. Zane Berzina, Prof. Susanne Schwarz-Raacke, Prof. Steffen Schuhmann, Prof. Barbara Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Lucy Norris, Julia Wolf