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Ecopolis München: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories and showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

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Kleemann, Katrin

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany

Katrin Kleemann is a doctoral candidate at the Rachel Carson Center / LMU Munich in Germany, she studies environmental history and geology. Her doctoral project investigates the Icelandic Laki fissure eruption of 1783 and its impacts on the northern hemisphere. She holds a master’s degree in early modern history and a bachelor’s degree in history and cultural anthropology. Katrin receives a doctoral fellowship from the Andrea von Braun Stiftung. She also is the social media editor for the Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com.

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Ecopolis Catalog

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

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Kuen, Laura

The Research Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Deutsches Museum, Germany

Laura Kuen studied social and cultural anthropology, environmental studies, and art in Munich and Venice. She obtained her MA from LMU Munich in 2018. She has worked on human-environment relations and conducted visual ethnographic fieldwork in Russia and Germany. Her documentary film Our Freedom was selected by festivals in Munich, Bristol, and Marburg. In 2018/2019, Laura has worked on the exhibition Cosmos Coffee as part of the curatorial team of the Deutsches Museum. In 2019, she joined the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society as curator for the student exhibition Ecopolis Munich 2019.

Lüdecke, Gesa

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany

Gesa Luedecke joined the RCC in 2019 as director of the Environmental Studies Certificate Progam. Gesa received her diploma in environmental sciences at Leuphana University in 2007, and completed her doctorate in 2012 with a dissertation entitled “Media and Climate-related Responsible Behavior.” Before joining the RCC, she worked at universities in Lüneburg and Boulder, Colorado, and executed the climate campaign “München Cool City” in Munich.

Mauch, Christof

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany

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Through the Eyes of Children

The physical Ecopolis München 2019 exhibition also included a station for younger visitors. Every station was told as a story for children. After an adult reads the stories to the children, they could draw their impressions on paper at a nearby table. This station was created by Isabelle Hermannstädter.

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

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Hermannstädter, Isabelle

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Germany

Isabelle Hermannstädter holds a master’s degree in social work from LMU Munich. She is mainly interested in interactions between culture, society, individuals, and the environment. In her opinion, one of the most important aspects of successful sustainability is education. To master the upcoming challenges of the future a combination of education and digitalization is needed.

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Munich Airport

Munich airport: Economy instead of ecology? The Munich airport wants to be green. But it used to be much greener here. How high is the price for humans and nature?

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

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Felber, Johanna

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Germany

Johanna Felber is about to finish her master’s degree in communication and environmental studies at LMU Munich. Throughout her studies, she has focused on discourses and how they shape society. To her, the Ecopolis München exhibition signifies a perfect combination of her studies: Telling a different story about a city, compared to what we already thought we knew.

Reyes Aldana, Hugo

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany

Hugo Reyes Aldana holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). After that, he decided to come to Germany in order to obtain a master’s degree in evolution, ecology, and systematics from LMU Munich, where he also joined the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the RCC. Hugo is currently a PhD candidate at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Magdeburg, where he studies the multiple interacting factors that influence ecosystem metabolism and how this can be used for monitoring and restoring aquatic environments.

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Wang, Xiao

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), Germany

Xiao Wang studied linguistics and environmental studies at LMU Munich. She was born and raised in China, and she is now living in Germany. Xiao is interested in the impacts of different societal patterns on environmental problems.

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Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong? What do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery

Ecopolis München 2019: Environmental Stories of Discovery is an exhibition on Munich’s environmental histories. It showcases the final projects of students in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The stories told in this exhibition ask: to whom does the urban world belong and what do we want the urban environment of the future to look like?

About the author

Kleemann, Katrin

Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany

Katrin Kleemann is a doctoral candidate at the Rachel Carson Center / LMU Munich in Germany, she studies environmental history and geology. Her doctoral project investigates the Icelandic Laki fissure eruption of 1783 and its impacts on the northern hemisphere. She holds a master’s degree in early modern history and a bachelor’s degree in history and cultural anthropology. Katrin receives a doctoral fellowship from the Andrea von Braun Stiftung. She also is the social media editor for the Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com.

orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-3413