A unique opportunity to explore the impact of fake news and conspiracy theories through interactive and engaging content. Participants will enjoy artistically designed snacks and take the opportunity for informal discussions on the presented content, exchanging opinions, experiences and questions with experts and other event visitors.
Over a hundred years ago, they discovered that we can grow food without changing and subordinating the soil and that it is more useful to follow the example of how nature itself produces food and we imitate it. This is called permacultural or sustainable farming that is not limited by human boundaries, but supported by natural dimensions. Everyone can take…
The pupils of the primary school Angel Besednjak Maribor will collect and sort plastic and bring it to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. There, we will weigh it, add a catalyst (zeolite), seal it in a chamber and carry out the pyrolysis process. The pyrolysis oil will be collected in separate containers, which the students will take back to school,…
The workshop will be practically oriented and will take the form of a discussion with Dr. Matja Zalar, Board Member and Head of the Mental Health Group and a successful researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Maribor. Through an interactive discussion, participants will gain insights into how to identify and manage stress and maintain mental…
The workshops are designed to raise awareness about energy technologies for cleaner energy production. Through practical exercises, students will explore how advanced technologies work, learn valuable skills and discover how each individual can contribute to more efficient energy use.
Introduction to the legal regulations in Slovenia and the EU (legal literacy for high school students); practical tasks, starting with statistical data measurement in the classroom (such as calculating their average carbon footprint); developing practical proposals to improve local environmental protection within the presented legal frameworks.
The purpose of the visit is to present the workshop and invite students to register for it. During the visit, we will give them a critical analysis of media content with the help of practical tasks; we will discuss their knowledge of the media and their attitude towards social networks and check how skilled they are in creating media content…
Creative workshops at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Maribor for students from the Secondary School of Design Maribor, the Celje School Center/Secondary School for Service Activities and Logistics, and Ruše Grammar School. Through creative workshops, students will learn how to recycle polymer and natural waste materials, such as plastics and textiles, and how to reuse them.…
Events organised by the Alumni Office team, involving alumni and professors from specific faculties, aiming to create a dynamic environment for meaningful discussions on contemporary and relevant topics, including fake news and conspiracy theories. The six sessions will take place throughout the year, with a moderator leading a structured discussion at each session, after which we will open the floor…
Ecoremediation is imitating nature and nowadays refers to nature-based solutions (NBS), an approach that we are increasingly hearing about from those who, until recently, advocated only technical solutions. Ecoremediations are therefore numerous processes that take place in nature and can be used for our safety, against floods, droughts, pollution, to increase biodiversity, for water retention as well as water and…
The critical media analysis workshop will offer participants knowledge for conceptual understanding of media content. Its goal is to identify points of view, genres, and patterns of media representation and detect propaganda, censorship, and bias in the news. A group of young people between the ages of 12 and 15, we hypothesise, show low media literacy but are more adept…
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