January 2023
Global Lecture: Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism
On 23 February, Catherine De Wolf, Julia Watson and Chris Luebkeman will discuss Lo—TEK, a design movement that builds on indigenous philosophy and traditional infrastructure to develop sustainable, resilient and nature-based technologies. This is an event of the ETH Global Lecture series. Registration required.
Forest-floor litter and deadwood retain around a fifth of precipitation
Extreme weather events are likely becoming more frequent due to climate change. At the forest experimental site “Waldlabor Zürich”, D-BAUG researchers around Dr. Marius Floriancic and Professor Peter Molnar investigate the impact of droughts on trees. In a recently published study, they have shown that litter and deadwood store a significant proportion of annual precipitation and that trees are far more efficient in their water use than previously assumed.