Podcast episode: Chemiewende – Wie grüne Chemie unsere Zukunft prägt
Chemistry is all around us - and yet many people only think of school lessons and test tubes. This episode is about why we need a chemical transition, how chemistry can become more sustainable and what role catalysis plays in this. The challenges of defossilization, innovative materials and the question of whether we can save the world with chemistry. It's not just about research, but also about how we put it into practice - with a lot of innovative spirit and the courage to change. Listen in: https://exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/
Martin Rahmel is the coordinator of greenCHEM, the innovation ecosystem for green chemistry, a transfer initiative funded by the BMBF as part of the “T!Raum - TransferRäume für die Zukunft von Regionen” funding measure, and Managing Director of the Chemical Invention Factory. He is committed to the transfer of sustainable chemical technologies to industry and is actively driving forward the transformation of the chemical industry.
Benjamin Steininger is a cultural scientist, historian of technology and curator. As a postdoc at the UniSysCat Cluster of Excellence, he researches the history and future of chemistry and its social impact. His focus is on the connection between chemistry, technology and sustainability (including in his podcast 'The Synthesizer Podcast. On the future of chemistry and society').
The first episode of UniSysCat about "Green Chemistry"
UniSysCat group leader and previous spokesperson of the cluster Prof. Matthias Drieß has been interviewed about green chemistry and his vision of the chemistry of tomorrow. He talks enthusiastically about green chemistry, about the idea that one day we will produce our own hydrogen and methanol at home to fuel our cars and meet our "personal" energy needs at home. Green chemistry is about the environmentally friendly production of chemicals, minimizing "waste" in chemical processes and taking nature as a model. Listen in: https://exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/20-neue-episode
About the podcast
"exzellent erklärt" is the podcast of the 57 Clusters of Excellence in Germany. The German science podcast on current science topics reflects the research diversity of the Germany’s leading research institutions and Clusters of Excellence: from Africa Studies to Quantum Physics. In each episode, listeners can expect insights into the interdisciplinary work of one research network. The researchers of the clusters of excellence, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) talk to podcaster Larissa Vassilian about how they want to find scientifically sound answers to relevant topics of our time – for the society of tomorrow. Listen in: https://exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/