For the first time, E/D/E is fulfilling its educational mission with its own lecturers at the Junior Uni: In a three-day course last week, E/D/E employees gave 14 students at the Junior Uni Wuppertal a playful introduction to the topics of sustainability, resource conservation and process management.
Wuppertal – August 2024
Not only promoting education, but also helping to shape it – that was the mission of Jennifer Träptau, Sustainability Officer at the Purchasing Office of German Ironmongers, working student Charlotte Suttmeyer and Frederik Diergarten, Managing Director of B2B FUTURE LAB GmbH, who gave a three-day course as lecturers at the Junior Uni Wuppertal from August 7 to 9.
“We are very pleased that we were able to organize our first Junior Uni course, which was also financially supported by E/D/E. It was very interesting to see how inquisitive and interested the young researchers were,” says a delighted Jennifer Träptau. “With this course, we are combining two E/D/E causes close to our hearts: Promoting education for children in the region and our commitment to sustainability,” summarizes Träptau.
Imparting knowledge – creatively and excitingly
A total of 14 young students aged 7 to 10 took part in the course ‘Environmental detectives: Using Lego & Stille Post for more sustainability’ to learn more about sustainability, resource conservation and process chains.
On the first of the three days of the course, everything revolved around the topic of sustainability: in a group quiz, the researchers were able to put what they had previously learned to the test. Using tablets, they also determined their own ecological footprint and investigated where resources such as electricity or water are wasted unnecessarily in everyday life. For example, the junior students investigated different consumption levels using electricity meters.
On day two, the young course participants were then given their first insights into the corporate world and the various professions. The environmental detectives used ‘Silent Mail’ to playfully learn how processes, including disruptive factors and changes, can take place. Lego building blocks were then used: “The students were able to recreate process chains themselves,” explains Frederik Diergarten. “In this way, we simulated together how processes work in everyday operations.” The course participants then found out how efficient and sustainable 3D printing actually is by taking individual 3D prints into their own hands.
With a magnifying glass over the E/D/E site
On day three, the little detectives’ excursion to E/D/E was on the agenda.
Equipped with magnifying glasses and detective vests, they went in search of clues.
They experienced first-hand how E/D/E implements processes and sustainability.
Small, colorful footprints showed the way: past the company daycare center, the insect hotel with flowering meadow and the bird nesting boxes as well as the e-charging station.
At E/D/E logistics, the environmental detectives then explored the modern paper padding machine and the automated packaging machine, among other things.
Junior Uni Wuppertal – an extracurricular educational institution that provides future opportunities for everyone
The Junior Uni concept: practical knowledge transfer for students aged four to 20.
The educational institution has set itself the task of promoting education with on-site and online offerings, regardless of personal circumstances.
Together with the E/D/E Foundation, E/D/E has supported the Junior Uni from the very beginning.
The E/D/E Foundation is one of three founding partners of the educational institution.
Last year, the Wuppertal Junior Uni celebrated its 15th anniversary.
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