Teaching
The Sustainable Agroecosystems Group is contributing to the undergraduate and graduate curriculum of Agricultural and environmental Sciences at ETHZ. The aim of our teaching process is to convey a comprehensive understanding of agricultural ecosystems. To achieve this, we address multiple scales from biogeochemical processes to farm, regional, national and global levels and take ecological, economical and societal perspectives. We aim at an interactive lecture style including class room discussions and hands-on activities. We like to challenge students to tackle scientific and societal relevant issues in agriculture. Some of this teaching is happening in the SAE Greenhouse, that offers the perfect space for students to test, experiment and learn about agriculture.
The practices and knowledge around sustainable agroecosystems and agroecology are meant to be shared and explored in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contexts. Along these lines, we’ve been animating workshops and intervening for several classes with art and architecture students. The occasion to exchange on Agroecology, political ecologies, the research of the SAE group and the activities within the Greenhouse.
