These and other questions are centered around one of the core areas of the sustainability concept.

The seminar therefore examines the significance of the sufficiency concept for our quality of life and the consumption of resources this involves. Basic principles and various aspects of sufficiency with regard to our social and urban transformations towards sustainability were pre­sented by invited experts from different disciplines (natural sciences, built environment, econo­mics and humanities) and discussed with the seminar group.

This seminar is a collaboration between Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC), therefore a unique opportunity for students to get in exchange and develop projects with lecturers and students across both institutions.

Lecturers:

Christof Mauch (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Rachel Carson Center) 

Christian Hoiß (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Certificate Program „el mundo“) 

Tom Smith (Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies)

Anja Bierwirth (Wuppertal Institut, Research Unit Urban Transitions)

Arne Steffen (werk.um architekten)

Bernhard Gill (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Soziologie) 

Patrick Zimmermann (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Chair of Design and Energyefficient Building)