A few years ago, it was estimated that a single medical researcher produces up to 950kg of plastic waste per year. With the approximately 8.8 million scientists worldwide in 2021 a lot of waste is generated…
Scientists developed software to simulate viruses. Captivating right? However, that a prediction for 0,001 milliseconds can produce up to 100kg of CO2 equivalents might be equally fascinating.
Sustainability in Science explained
Sustainability within science has two facets. On the one hand, it relates to actual research to find solutions and innovations. For example, bio-based materials, new recycling strategies or plastic-digesting bacteria.
Although these topics are fascinating, their implementation leaves an environmental footprint of its own. Thus, the second facet is how to make scientific conduct sustainable. That means how can scientists use less single use plastics when growing bacteria. Or how can they reduce the operating time of machines. It also involves approaches to reduce the amount of processing time of their computational simulations.
Regarding the former aspect, our goal is to educate about sustainability from A-Z. That means which innovations are available and how recycling actually works. When discussing the latter point, changes must be made with precision and caution due to the sensitive nature of scientific methods. We educate and guide how to go about making these changes.
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