Bremen's Senator for the Environment, Dr. Joachim Lohse, and the participants of the Scientific Forum of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh) were the first visitors of the new DBU-exhibition »T-shirts, Tüten und Tenside/<T-Shirts, bags and surfactants> - The Exhibition on Sustainable Chemistry«. The exhibition was developed during the International Year of Chemistry in cooperation with the GDCh, the Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA) and the Association of Chemical Industry (VCI). Until 2nd November it is to be found in the Bremen Universum®. On 6th November it will be opened in the Center for Environmental Communication in Osnabrück, before it will be on tour from early 2013, and can be borrowed within the whole of Germany.
Environmental Senator Lohse - even Chemist - said during his walk through the exhibition: »In solving global challenges, chemistry plays an increasingly important role if it is about the development and use of alternative energy sources.« The exhibition showed the sustainable use of natural science. Prof. Dr. Werner Wahmhoff said: »We want to sensitize young people for environmental protection and arouse their interest for chemical methods. Because we want to motivate them to choose one day a profession in which they apply their scientific knowledge and thus contribute to environmental protection.« Universum® CEO Arne Dunker recommended especially secondary schools to teach chemistry one day long in the exhibition - as ninth and tenth classes from a Bremen High School already did.
»T-shirts, bags and surfactants« shows in a playful way the connections between everyday objects and chemical processes. Visitors learn at the mobile station which raw materials are needed for mobile phones and why it is important to deal with them in an economical way. The exhibition is suitable for seventh grade students and elderly. Admission is free.
