The future of the earth – What else can our planet take?

Colloquium series on the fundamental questions of life

March 11, 2005
18.00 – Opening Klaus Wiegandt Opening of the colloquium
18.30 – Lecture: The last thousand years – An ecological review Josef H. Reichholf
March 12, 2005
09.00-10.30 a.m. – Lecture: Turning points in environmental history Joachim Radkau
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: The population explosion Rainer Münz
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: The changing climate – global warming and the hole in the ozone layer Mojib Latif
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 13, 2005
09.00-10.30 – Lecture: Energy of the future – Future of energies Gerd Eisenbeiß
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: Can the earth continue to feed people in the future? Klaus Hahlbrock
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: The blue gold: water Wolfram Mauser
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 14, 2005
09.00-10.30 – Lecture: Global Change and the Future of the Oceans Katherine Richardson
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: New Threats for our Health – A Challenge for Biomedecine William A. Haseltine
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: Resistance and solutions for change Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 15, 2005
09.00-10.30 – Lecture: Sustainable Development: Holy Grail or Wholly Achievable? David W. Pearce
11.00-12.30 – Lecture: No sustainability without dematerialization Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: Making sustainable development measurable Karl Schoer
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 16, 2005
09.00-11.00 a.m. – Lecture: The World on the Edge Vandana Shiva Jonathan Schell The American Empire in the Second Nuclear Age?