Due to the positive responses from diverse audiences with different academic, professional and cultural backgrounds, and the motivating personal experiences we enjoyed during the project, we decided to take our initiative to the next level. In November 2012 we founded a legal association (e.V.) in Germany. This legal entity allows us to receive donations and promote the concept of Scientific Theatre as corporate body by organising performances that facilitate a dialogue on sustainability between practitioners, scientific communities and the public.
Student Engagement Award
In October 2012, the Freiburg Scientific Theatre was honoured by the University of Freiburg for its outstanding engagement in creating and performing “Setting the Stage for Sustainable Consuption” for the 2012 Freiburg Forum on Environmental Governance. The Theatre’s forging of new paths in academic communication through its innovative combination of science and arts to convey the topic of sustainable consumption also earned it the University’s nomination for the “Sonderpreis für herausragendes studentisches Engagement des Landes Baden-Württemberg” (a state-wide university student engagement award).
AgriKultur Festival Freiburg
In September 2012 we presented our play “Setting the Stage for Sustainable Consumption” at the AgriKultur Festival 2012 in Freiburg.We experienced for the first time to perform on a proper – but very small – stage and particular enjoyed showing our piece to a wide public audience and a lot of families.
Right Livelihood College Campus
In June 2012 we were invited by the DAAD to perform as part of the Right Livelihood College Campus (RLCC) at Bonn’s Center for Development Research (ZEF).
The Right Livelihood College is a global capacity building initiative of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation, popularly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. RLC aims to harness and to internationally spread the knowledge and experience of the winners of the Right Livelihood Award. The RLC Campus Bonn promotes exchange and synergies between the RLA laureates’ work and applied interdisciplinary research and education particularly in the fields of poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, and social justice.
Read a media article on our performance in Bonn on the DAAD’s Millennium Express website.
2012 Freiburg Forum on Environmental Governance
On Friday 2nd March 2012 we presented our first scientific theatre play “Setting the Stage for Sustainable Consumption” as part of the 5th Freiburg Forum on Environmental Governance. The forum is anually organized by the students of the Master of Environmental Governance program.