Biodiversity Seminar: Smell, Taste and Touch It: Biodiversity for All the Senses
Date:
Lieu:
WSL Birmensdorf, Hörsaal
Organisé par:
Biodiversity Center, WSL
Interventant/intervenante:
Atlant Bieri, Atlant.ch
Modérateur/modératrice:
Nadia Castro, WSL
Langue(s):
English
Type de manifestation:
Exposés et colloques
Public cible:
Anyone interested in the topics
Abstract ¶
Biodiversity is an abstract concept. How can it be conveyed to a broad audience? The science journalist Atlant Bieri is doing exactly that in his science shows. He turns biodiversity into something that can be experienced with all the senses. Instead of talking about soil biodiversity for instance, he shows his audience a pregnant wood louse enlarged 40 times and explains what it has to do with our food production. Or he lets his audience smell a horse manure after it has been decomposed by fungi for two months. This is biodiversity for the nose. With this method, he turns biodiversity into a full-body experience. In this talk he will share some of his methods.
About the speaker ¶
Atlant Bieri, born in 1980, studied environmental science and journalism and has been working in science communication ever since. He is the author of several non-fiction books for children and adults, among them a non-fiction book about the mysterious world of soil in 2021. He regularly appears in front of audiences for his science shows and readings and uses a microscope to show the life in sewage water or in the spaces between his toes.
Website: https://www.atlantbieri.ch
How to join ¶
Our public seminars are hybrid, with the option to attend in-person or online.
The Zoom webinar link will be published closer to the date.
Biodiversity Seminars ¶
The Biodiversity Seminar Series are organized by the WSL Biodiversity Center. Every two weeks, we aim to host a seminar speaker who presents research or outreach on topics relevant to the biodiversity community at WSL. The seminars are public and are usually broadcast online.
To find out more about the WSL Biodiversity Center and a complete list of events, please visit our website.
Please send an email to events-biodiversity(at)wsl.ch if you would like to be updated on the activities of the WSL Biodiversity Center.
Contact ¶
How to get here ¶
Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
By public transport ¶
Bus stop Birmensdorf ZH, Sternen/WSL
Accessible by bus lines 220 and 350 via Wiedikon/Triemli or via Birmensdorf station with S-Bahn lines 5 and 14.
By car ¶
See map on map.search.ch or Google Maps
You'll find guest parking spaces (for a fee) behind the main building after passing the main entrance.