Events in July & outlook for August 2022. Information from the Offenbach Weather & Climate Workshop.
Source: Weather & Climate Workshop Offenbach July 14, 2022.
July 14, 2022 – How can we stop the progression of climate change? And how can the existing changes be dealt with? We will deal with these questions in July in the Weather and climate workshop:
The exhibition “Changing Climate – Protection and Adaptation” can be visited free of charge from Tuesday to Saturday until July 30th.
What are the effects of climate change in Hesse? How can we make life in Offenbach more climate-friendly? Answers to this on July 21: “Global Climate Change – Local Urban Climate Changes and Adaptations”.
A climate consultation for citizens will take place on July 26 in the weather workshop.
What does climate change mean for our forests? We will find out on July 28th together with Thomas Leppelt from the German Weather Service.
On August 10th we open our new exhibition “In the middle of the weather. About climate, art and weather”.
The weather and climate workshop will be closed from August 1st to 9th due to renovations to the exhibition.
The weather workshop offers numerous workshops for kindergarten groups and school classes. Find out more now at https://wetterwerkstatt.de/workshopformate/ .
Changing climate — protection and adaptation
Exhibition until July 30 | Tue – Sat | admission free
Climate change makes front pages, stirs demonstrations, divides societies and is an issue for the judiciary. Changes in numerous areas of life can also be measured and felt in Hesse.
The current exhibition in the weather and climate workshop illustrates how we can stop the progression of climate change with climate protection measures and how we can deal with the existing climatic changes through so-called climate adaptation.
This involves measures that are already being specifically developed or implemented in Offenbach and that can serve as examples for other cities. Numerous initiatives are presented that are dedicated to the fight against climate change and are always open to new members.
Global climate change — local urban climate changes and adaptations
Lecture July 21, 2022 | 7 p.m. | admission free
Climate change is evident all over the world, including in Offenbach. In addition to combating climate change, it is important to know how people and cities can adapt to changing climates.
In his lecture, David Stoitner shows what climate change means for the city of Offenbach, what the local urban climate will look like and which associated changes are already visible. He presents planning and information tools to help adapt.
David Stoitner works as a specialist for climate protection and climate adaptation at the Office for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of the City of Offenbach am Main on the implementation of the climate concept 2035. He studied human geography in Frankfurt am Main and Heidelberg.
Click here for the city climate event:
https://wetterwerkstatt.de/globaler-klimawandel/
Discussion round for citizens with Sabine Groß, Mayor of Offenbach
Climate consultation on July 26, 2022 | 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. | admission free
Climate change also has direct effects on Offenbach. But which ones are they? And what can we do about it? How can we make life in the city more climate-friendly? And what is the city administration doing about it? As the responsible department head, Sabine Groß will offer a climate consultation in the weather and climate workshop for citizens.
Sabine Groß, mayor of the city of Offenbach since July 2021, is responsible for the youth welfare office, the EKO and the housing, insurance and registry office. Other areas of her responsibility include health, environment, veterinary services, consumer protection and auditing.
More information is available here:
https://wetterwerkstatt.de/klimasprechstunde/
Climate protection forest – What does climate change mean for our forests?
Lecture July 28, 2022 | 7 p.m. | admission free
Our forests are important climate protectors! With their needles and leaves, they filter the climate-damaging carbon dioxide from the air and split it into oxygen and carbon. They release the oxygen back into the air. But what does climate change mean for forests? How do periods of drought and heavy rain events affect trees?
Thomas Leppelt from the German Weather Service deals with these questions. The agricultural meteorologist gives an overview of the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems and shows ways in which we can adapt forests and forestry operations to the changed climatic conditions.
admission free
More information about what the forest can do:
https://wetterwerkstatt.de/klimaschuetzer-wald/
In the middle of the weather. About climate, art and weather
Exhibition August 10 – October 29, 2022 | Tue – Sat | admission free
Weather, climate and contemporary art: A top-class art project by the weather and climate workshop, which opens on August 10th, is part of this extraordinary and current field of tension:
The new special exhibition “In the middle of the weather. About climate, art and weather” presents nine artistic positions that use very different approaches to illuminate our way of life and the question of a climate-friendly society: Julius Bokelt, Swaantje Güntzel, Wolf von Kries, Elke Marhöfer, Marie-Luce Nadal, PARA, PRĦ POSITION, Sophie Utikal and Raul Walch. Exhibition locations are the weather and climate workshop in Offenbach city center as well as the town hall pavilion and the flagpoles in front of the town hall, both in the Stadthof.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on August 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. with music by DJ Weller. From August 11th, the exhibition can be visited during the regular opening hours of the weather and climate workshop.
On August 13th at 8 p.m., the artist group PARA will present their performance “HAZE Eine Be witnessung in Rauch” in the town hall pavilion in the Stadthof, in which they will deal with the combustion age and with the PARA Emission Evidence Center (EEC) evidence for the upcoming trial secured against humanity.
The exhibition is funded by the Frankfurt/Main Airport Foundation for the region and the Frankfurt Rhein Main Cultural Fund.
For an overview of the supporting program, go here:
https://wetterwerkstatt.de/events/
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