Join us for the last workshop of the STREAM project, where we'll show how we've engaged local communities in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Serbia to raise awareness about water pollution and the Danube's unique soundscape.
In the context of climate change and the growing scarcity of global water resources, the protection of water bodies assumes fundamental importance. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to implement more comprehensive environmental education programmes for the general public, with the aim of strengthening environmental awareness and motivating environmentally friendly behaviour.
The STREAM project addresses the need to protect the Danube river, which flows through ten countries and is home to over 100 million people. STREAM, led by SRH University Heidelberg with partners in Serbia, Hungary, and Austria, uses science and art to raise environmental awareness.
In order to achieve this result, two distinct strategies have been selected and integrated into the project: an auditory-artistic approach and a scientific approach. The artistic project employs an approach that focuses on the sonic environment of the Danube. It utilises musical compositions and sound recordings at various locations in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Serbia to identify similarities and differences in the river's soundscape. The Danube thus becomes a cross-border listening experience, accessible to the public via a digital knowledge platform.
The scientific approach is concerned with the investigation of the water quality of the Danube and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Through the collection of water samples and the analysis of current data on the water quality and pollution of the Danube, the project team is able to communicate the findings to the project target groups in a variety of ways, including the integration of the results into the digital knowledge platform. By combining the scientific and artistic approaches, the project is communicated in an innovative and accessible manner.
