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  • Images from an exhibition

    The ‘MS Wissenschaft’ tours Germany

    The exhibition ship is on a journey to promote the concept of sustainability. How do we want to live? How do we have to manage resources? How can we help preserve the environment? To answer questions like these, the exhibition presents a range of research ideas that could play a role in a more sustainable future.

  • Ausstellungsschiff MS Wissenschaft Berlin Nachhaltigkeit

    Images from an exhibition

    A step up

    At this exhibit you can climb a virtual mountain and view the world from above – but of course, you have to work a little to get there.

  • Ausstellungsschiff MS Wissenschaft Berlin Nachhaltigkeit

    Images from an exhibition

    Sustainable fishing

    Overfishing in the oceans is a worldwide problem. At this exhibit, visitors can find out which fish can be caught, and their legal size limits – as well as the latest data on populations of particular species.

  • Ausstellungsschiff MS Wissenschaft Berlin Nachhaltigkeit

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    CO2 emissions – an overview

    How much CO2 is emitted in the conventional production of a tomato? Does producing an organic tomato make more of the gas, or less? Are french fries any better, or are they even worse for the environment? One way to find out the answers to questions like these would be to provide groceries with bar codes that provided emissions information on sales receipts along with prices.

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    Why is the forest so important?

    Trees help produce the oxygen we breathe, but we are also dependent on the wood that they provide. Both of these needs can only be met if a forest is managed sustainably. The exhibition shows visitors what that means in detail.

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    As bright as night

    Cities can be seen from far away, even on the darkest night. Although the glow might look pretty, it causes real problems for nocturnal animals. Light pollution makes it difficult for them to orient themselves properly. That’s why researchers are trying to find compromises that take animals into account.

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    Replacing paper with electronics

    Books provide a practical and fun way to escape into a different world, but they have a big drawback – they’re printed on paper, and that has to come from trees. Not a single one has to be felled for an e-book. This exhibit compares the impact that books and electronic reading devices have on the climate and the environment.

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    A trip into the future

    When many people begin migrating to cities, it creates tremendous new challenges for infrastructure planners. Here, visitors can check out the latest sustainable planning ideas for building an efficient and climate-friendly urban center.

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    The relentless sea

    Human beings have been building dikes to protect land from the dangers of rising water levels for hundreds of years. Experts now predict a significant rise in sea-level due to climate change, which means those protective barriers will have to be raised. One exhibit shows how the size and shape of dikes have been adjusted in the past.

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    The journey is the reward

    An exhibition can only create awareness. What counts is what each visitor does with new awareness of what sustainability means.

Sus|tain|a|bil|i|ty

A long-term effect:
1. (Forestry) a principle whereby trees may not be felled more quickly than it takes their replacements to grow back
2. of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
Sources: Duden, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary