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Sustainability at TU
[Translate to English:] © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund
Sustainability at TU Dortmund

TU Dortmund University understands sustainability as an integrative concept that ensures the long-term viability of the global ecological, economic and social system. Sustainability is a joint task in which all TU members participate across departments.

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News on sustainability at TU

03/21/2024

Visitors can explore the "Route Mittelalter Ruhr" at audio stations

An exhibition on the TU project, which makes the region accessible with the help of audio guides, can be seen until April 21.
A map, photos and colorful pieces of paper with information hang on a wall
03/21/2024

How ChatGPT reports on climate change

TU researchers have come to the conclusion that the Chatbot barely takes social aspects of the climate crisis into account.
The picture shows a woman from behind with a smartphone in her hand on the screen of which the Chat GPT page can be seen.
03/21/2024

Students present ideas for sustainable reusable solutions

TU Dortmund University and the City of Dortmund jointly announced the "Smash the Box Challenge". The winning team has now been chosen.
The winning team of the Smash the Box Challenge can be seen in a hall with high ceilings
03/20/2024

Prof. Gärtner investigates how religious education strengthens environmental awareness

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is funding the research project at the Department of Humanities and Theology.
A portrait photo of a woman with glasses and a white blouse on the TU Dortmund campus.
03/07/2024

Three questions about the exhibition "Auf die Straße"

Alina Andraczek and Charlotte Groß-Hohnacker talk about their award-winning exhibition on climate activism.
two portrait photos mounted side by side, Andraczek on the left and Gross-Hohnacker on the right
03/01/2024

New courses for the studium oecolgoicum

The studium oecologicum module catalog for the summer semester 2024 is now available.
Key visual of the studium oecologicum with an icon of an open book.
02/08/2024

Planning for a "summer school sustainabilty" is progressing

Together with the Sustainability Office, motivated international students are planning a course on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the World…
Ein Student und ein wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter aus der Fakultät Raumplanung sowie zwei Mitarbeiter aus dem Nachhaltigkeitsbüro sitzen auf SDG-Würfeln in einer Runde und diskutieren über die Planung einer summer school sustainability.
02/08/2024

Senate Adopts Mission Statement for Cooperation and Transfer

The strategy paper forms the framework for strengthening collaboration with universities, society, business and politics.
A hand placing a wooden cube with the symbol of a glowing light bulb as the last top tile on a pyramid of other wooden cubes, all of which show the same motif: The schematic representation of a head, each with three cogwheels inside.
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