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Green fingers for greater biodiversity

As part of the German Sustainability Action Days, and in keeping with this year’s theme of ‘biodiversity’, we have replanted the planters at the ZMS. Drought-tolerant and insect-friendly ground-cover perennials, herbs and – as always – barberries are now flowering and growing here.

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Together with students from our European university alliance “EURECA-PRO”, we replanted the planters on the ZMS sun deck last Monday.

The event began with a warm welcome from Synnöve Hochstein of EURECA-PRO, followed by keynote talks from Prof. Anika Möcker from the WaNdel!4 project and Julia Pietsch from the Green Office, who spoke about their work and the promotion of biodiversity on campus, as well as its importance.

For the students, this marked the start of their Review Week and provided an opportunity to learn about biodiversity on our campus and get stuck in together straight away. In the process, they learnt why insect-friendly and drought-resistant planting is particularly important on urban campus grounds, and how universities can act as pioneers and places of learning in this regard.

As part of its climate change adaptation strategy, the HSMW has set itself the goal of managing and designing its green spaces differently in order to enhance biodiversity and improve the quality of the campus environment. The resulting positive ecological impact contributes to the sustainable development of our campus.

We would like to express our thanks and are delighted that this initiative could be implemented in collaboration with the EURECA-PRO and WaNdel!4 projects, as well as dedicated staff from the IKKS!