Sustainability Through Plant Power

Biomass is the key to a more sustainable future. At Forschungszentrum Jülich, scientists like Judith Reinwarth are working on replacing fossil raw materials with plant-based alternatives.

Biotechnologist Judith Reinwarth is a doctoral student at the Institute of Plant Science. Here she researches biomass. Biomass, for example from agriculture or the timber industry or from biological industrial waste, is a renewable and therefore sustainable alternative to fossil raw materials. Reinwarth’s research therefore opens up new possibilities for future sustainable and environmentally friendly products, for example to replace petroleum-based plastics.

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Lara Schulzky

Lara Schulzky, born in Gladbeck in 2004, loves traveling and getting to know new cultures. While still at school, she spent several months as an exchange student in Norway. After graduating from high school, she moved to South Korea for a few weeks, where she attended a language school in Seoul and lived with a host family. She hardly knows silence because there is usually a podcast, music or an audio book playing. She also wants to pursue her curiosity and wide-ranging interests professionally. Journalism is a perfect fit.

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