Lüneburg2030+ 3Sat filming and open office hours
2022-03-15 The transdisciplinary project "Future City Lüneburg 2030+" will be part of the 3Sat program "Scobel" on March 31, 2022. On that day, the science program hosted by TV presenter Professor Gert Scobel will address, among other things, the participation project in which Leuphana University, the city administration and civil society are involved, under the title "Sustainability". Professor Daniel Lang from the Faculty of Sustainability has accompanied the "Future City Lüneburg" project from the very beginning.
The Lüneburg City of the Future 2030+ project started in the winter semester of 2015 with a first phase in which 750 students and more than 200 practitioners from the urban community developed 25 visions of future life in Lüneburg and the surrounding area. In the next phase, concrete measures were developed to help bring these visions closer. In the current third phase, these measures are now being tested and evaluated in 15 so-called real experiments. Among other things, the focus here is on sustainable innovations in the areas of mobility, volunteering and commitment, and doing business locally.
"I came across the project during my research and am excited about how the city is working together and wants to change things. The range of sustainable topics that Lüneburg is taking up is enormous," says 3Sat editor Bianca Zarandi. She is a member of the television team that will be filming on Marienplatz on March 16. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on that day, the employees of Zukunftsstadt invite all residents of Lüneburg to "Open Air Sprechstunde. The goal: to talk to citizens, collect ideas, discuss concerns and get the creativity going when it comes to the redesign of Marienplatz.
"It should be a prelude to exchange ideas before we call for a competition of ideas after Easter," says Zukunftsstadt project manager Sara Reimann. In order to take advantage of the spring's mood of optimism, each passerby will be allowed to plant an early-flowering plant in flower tubs along with a wish. The neighboring library will also be helping out energetically.
"Research in so-called real laboratories is increasingly being discussed and applied as a way to deal with complex questions regarding the design of a sustainable future," says Professor Daniel Lang. "Lüneburg 2030+ is a nice example of what learning and research processes between civil society actors, city government and academia can look like."