The new publication of the Kompetenznetzwerk Umweltwirtschaft NRW presents outstanding innovations from companies and research institutions. The two central topics are Circular Economy and Sustainable Bioeconomy. BioSC Core Groups are involved in several of the innovations presented.

For two summers, the floating bioeconomy exhibition was underway on the MS Wissenschaft. After one and a half years and about 50 visited cities, the tour ended on October 26 in Nuremberg. On board was the exhibit "Clean water through algae" by BioSC and IBG-2 Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich.

The 25th BioSC Lecture took place as part of the Jülich Biotec Day 2021. Prof. Dr. Daniela Thrän, Chair of the Bioeconomy Council of the Federal Government, highlighted the opportunities and difficulties in establishing a sustainable bioeconomy.

How can a petroleum-based market economy be converted to renewable resources? This and other questions are addressed in the arte documentary "Die grüne Revolution (The Green Revolution)". One of the projects it highlights is the initiative BioökonomieREVIER.

The documentary can be viewed via the arte media library. It will next be broadcast on television on Saturday, October 23.

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In the next few years, the "Modellfabrik Papier" will be set up in Düren with the help of structural funding. The aim of the cooperation project with academic institutions and companies is to make paper production in Germany climate-neutral by 2050. Among the cooperation partners are member institutes of the BioSC. On 9 September, the project was presented as part of the first museum dialogue at the Papiermuseum Düren.

On August 28 and 29, a citizens' event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia will take place in Düsseldorf, focusing, among other things, on the topic of the bioeconomy. BioSC will be represented in a „Tiny House“ of the initiative BioökonomieREVIER.