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Exploring a New Reality - Goethe’s Tech Talks

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See in this playlist by Mohamed Hamada what's currently possible with VR and AR technology!

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Learn Languages in Virtual Reality with Mondly VR

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Use of AR technology to test people's change in taste while eating a cookie.

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Video of our talk and discussion with Moushira Elamrawy and Shady Khalil about sustainability

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Eyes on Sustainability - Goethe’s Tech Talks

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scientific article on the Meta Cookie experiment

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360°-Videos of Egyptian Heritage sites

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Videos about how to live more sustainable in Egpyt. In Arabic, by Perspectives.

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"إعلان عن سلسلة الفيديوهات الجديدة “مع بعض نبني حياة مستدامة / Trailer new series "TOGETHER"

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Become a VR developer! Free training program by 412 Labs and the American Center Cairo

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Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality (VR & AR) is the hot new technology that is taking the world by storm. Google, Facebook, Samsung, Microsoft are all investing heavily in it, and it is expected to grow exponentially the next couple of years.

Virtual reality job openings are up 1200%. Demand for skilled VR developers and designers who can create high-quality content is growing at an unprecedented rate. Join the new group of VR developers in Egypt.

Apply for an 8 week VR developer course offered by the American Center Cairo, U. S. Embassy Cairo in collabration with 412labs.com.
Next cycle will start November 2nd, 2020 for 8 weeks. Deadline to apply is October 30th, 2020. Apply NOW!

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getting started with VR development with Unity

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Introduction to VR in Unity - PART 1 : VR SETUP

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Paid courses on Udemy to learn develop Augmented Reality applications

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Top Augmented Reality Courses Online - Updated [November 2020]

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Edutainer is a vision that we ought to focus on the practical aspects rather than theoretical. In this ever changing, fast pacing world, our education system has become a patient gasping for breath. The need for our education system to evolve was never more dire than today. We need to get out of theoretical and ideal mindset and start focusing on the practicality of scenarios.

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Edutainer is a vision that we ought to focus on the practical aspects rather than theoretical. In this ever changing, fast pacing world, our education system has become a patient gasping for breath. The need for our education system to evolve was never more dire than today.

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Learn how to develop AR for free with a course on coursera.

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Top Augmented Reality Courses - Learn Augmented Reality Online | Coursera

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Augmented Reality courses from top universities and industry leaders. Learn Augmented Reality online with courses like Introduction to Augmented Reality and ARCore and Unity XR: How to Build AR and VR Apps.

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Learn about VR on coursera, by University of London, for free!

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Championing research-rich degrees that provoke thought, stretch the imagination and tap into tomorrow's world, at Goldsmiths we're asking the questions that matter now in subjects as diverse as the arts and humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, computing, and entrepreneurial business and management. We are a community defined by its people: innovative in spirit, analytical in approach and open to all.

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Offered by University of London. This specialisation from the University of London will introduce you to virtual reality. Virtual reality is one of the most highly requested skill sets in the jobs market, and this specialisation will give you an introduction to the subject and key skills in the field.

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How can the web become more sustainable? Niklas Jordan about the Planet Friendly Web. In German, English subtitles.

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The last 5 days I was allowed to participate in my first Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, the biggest meeting of hackers in Europe. It was an incredible experience: art installations everywhere, people on scooters and skateboards, music, many children and a very diverse audience. I have been to many conferences, many of them were commercial, but what the Chaos Communication Congress does there is incredible. The whole congress is organized and run exclusively by volunteers in their spare time. And all this in such a professional and loving way that the big, commercial conferences can still learn a lot from it.

However, I was not only allowed to participate but also to give a talk. I spoke about the Planet Friendly Web and how we can make the web more sustainable.

The recording of the talk can be watched on media.ccc.de. I held the talk in German, but there is an English and Spanish synchronisation.

In addition to my lecture, I was also able to talk to many journalists about my work and my concern to make the web more sustainable. I have spoken on ZDF Heute+ and Spiegel Online, among others. But also the FAZ and the Hungarian newspaper Sg reported about it. In January there will also be an article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung and an episode in the radio show Zündfunk on Bayern 2.

Of course, there were many other great lectures besides my own. Some I would like to recommend to you here (for all of them there are English synchronizations):

Of course I could not watch all the talks on site. There were simply too many exciting talks running parallel to each other. I still have the following on my catch-up list:

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5 days about (digital) resource exhaustion at #36c3

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Learn in 30 quests, how connected we are with Earth and how to protect it.

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Earth School - The information and inspiration we need to get to net-zero by 2050.

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How much do you already know about the basics of climate change?

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Protecting our planet with digital tools; Online Hackaton to develop digital solutions to fight climate change.

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The Climate Challenge is an online hackathon announced by the Goethe-Institut and Scientists for Future Heidelberg in which a total of 30 teams developed innovative digital solutions to fight climate change.
By Annette Walter
Protecting our climate is one of the most urgent problems of the present to preserve the earth for future generations. This is especially true at a time when some national leaders are denying climate change. Solutions and concepts are needed to implement sustainable policies that protect the natural habitat of humans and animals.

This led to "The Climate Challenge", a Europe-wide competition organised by the Goethe-Institut, Scientists for Future (S4F) and The Hackathon Company to develop digital solutions for climate change. The online hackathon, for which 250 participants from 24 European countries registered, took place on various platforms over four days. In addition to developing the project ideas, the hackers were able to take part in live streams, online seminars and Q&A sessions and were coached by experts.

Finally, they presented their projects with an online pitch. Four winners were chosen who will receive financial support to implement their project ideas.

A bot that debunks fake news spread by climate change deniers

"Is This an Expert?" is the name of one of the winning projects. The bot checks whether tweets about climate change actually originate from experts and how well-founded the information they contain is - a smart tool to combat the misinformation circulating on social media about climate change.

The "CeCeCe" project, which Theresa Fink explained in an online pitch, was also awarded. Its goal is to motivate passive people to get involved in the climate protection movement. According to the creators, the language used is particularly important, because the prevailing polarisation in the discussion between climate protectors and climate deniers is often fuelled by aggressive debates. So "CeCeCe" is a tool for optimising climate communication. It uses natural language processing tools to analyse mood, tone and sentence structure, and suggests alternative phrasing to keep the discourse objective.

Who's responsible for what?

"Face Responsibility" was another winning idea. It is based on the fact that only 100 international companies are responsible for 71 per cent of global emissions. So, people in these companies are making grave decisions. "Face Responsibility" aims to identify these people and collect data about them. These analyses will then be made available in compact form via social media for all users, who in turn can actively address the decision-makers in question. This creates discussion spaces that can bring about improvements. Spontaneously chosen as fourth awardee was the project „We Pledge", which develops a web-based tool to monitor and reduce work-related emissions collaboratively.

An app for climate-friendly day-to-day life

But projects that didn't make the cut also offer innovative solutions, such as the "Earthlympics" app presented by Carmen Isensee in an online pitch. It helps users implement climate-friendly behaviour through numerous features. For example, you can compare your carbon footprint with the national average, actively adapt your daily routine so that it is climate-friendly, become a climate champion via a reward system and take part in raffles to win sustainable products. "Join a climate-neutral world" is the motto; a motto that also perfectly sums up the online hackathon.

Background

"The Climate Challenge" is part of the "Generation A=Algorithm" project. For Germany's EU Council Presidency, the Goethe-Institut project uses various interactive formats to explore how artificial intelligence is changing the world now and in future. Its focus is on ethics, work, creativity and climate change. A Europe-wide network of AI experts accompanies the project. "Generation A=Algorithm" is part of the official cultural programme of the Federal government for Germany's EU Council Presidency and is supported by special funds from the Federal Foreign Office.

Translation: Faith Ann Gibson
Copyright: Goethe-Institut e. V.
November 2020

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Video of our talk with Omar Essafty about Maker Spaces and the Maker Movement

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Online events on sustainability and climate awareness by Goethe Institut Ramallah, in Arabic

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© Nada Amro //Goethe-Institut Palästinensische Gebiete

Wie können wir klimagerecht leben? Welche grünen Strategien und Technologien werden in der Region bereits umgesetzt? Und welche Rolle spielen die Entscheidungen eines jeden von uns für die Umwelt?

Die wöchentlich stattfindende Reihe des Goethe-Instituts Palästinensische Gebiete richtet sich an Zuschauer*innen in der arabischen Welt - auch außerhalb der grünen Communities - und möchte zum Nachdenken über die Bedeutung von nachhaltigen Klimalösungen für heutige und zukünftige Gesellschaften anregen. Jede Episode blickt dabei auf verschiedene Bereiche von Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit.

Es moderieren Latifeh Abu Al Asal und Ibrahim Nehme.

Alle Episoden finden auf Arabisch statt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos.

Die einzelnen Episoden finden über die Livestream-Plattform Zoom statt.

Energie

Wie funktioniert Stromproduktion in der Zukunft? Gibt es Alternativen zu Kohle, Gas und Öl? Und können diese unseren Stromverbrauch überhaupt decken? In der Episode "Energie" werden Technologien und Strategien aus der Region vorgestellt, die umsetzbare Alternative zur Energieerzeugung mittels fossiler Brennstoffe darstellen.

Es diskutieren Mathhar Bdour, Professor für Regenerative Energiesysteme (Jordanien) und Majd Al Mashharawi, Gründerin und CEO von SunBox (Palästina).

Städte & Gebäude

​Wie werden Städte zu Orten der Regeneration? Wie funktioniert das Wohnen in der Zukunft? Und welche Ideen werden bereits in der arabischen Welt umgesetzt? In der Episode "Städte und Gebäude" erhalten Sie einen Einblick in die Möglichkeiten von Städtebau und Architektur, um unsere Zukunft nachhaltig zu gestalten.

Es diskutieren Taqui Abdin, Umweltarchitekt (Ägypten) und Karim Al Hakim, Architekt und Stadtplaner (Ägypten).

Nahrung

Fleischproduktion, der Anbau von Monokulturen und die Anwendung von chemischen Düngemitteln sind Faktoren, die sich negativ auf die Qualität der Böden, des Trinkwassers und der Luft auswirken und so die Gesundheit aller Lebewesen beeinträchtigen - aber wie genau? Welche alternativen Anbaumethoden gibt es? Und was bedeutet bewusste Ernährung? Die Episode "Nahrung" beleuchtet die Bedeutung nachhaltiger Anbaumethoden und eines bewussten Umgangs mit Nahrung.

Es diskutieren Omar Tesdell, Professor für Geographie (Palästina), Najla Abdellatif Vallander, "Too Good to Go"-Aktivistin (Palästina) und Sami Tamimi, Koch, Restaurantbesitzer und Buchautor (Palästina).

Sie haben Fragen oder Anregungen?

Kontaktieren Sie uns gern per E-Mail:

urte.leopold@goethe.de und sarah.stoetzner@goethe.de

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Online Events by Goethe-Institut Alexandria on how to develop a more sustainable lifestyle, in Arabic

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Goethe goes green

Zu einer Reihe von Online-Meetings, die über verschiedene Aspekte von Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit informieren.

17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung ... CO2-Fußabdruck ... Wasserverbrauch ... nachhaltige Mode ... nachhaltiger Konsum ... Kreislaufwirtschaft ... Mikroplastik ... Recyclingcodes ... Abfallwirtschaft ... und vieles mehr!

Jeden Sonntag, von 18.00 bis 18.30 Uhr ab dem 18. Oktober.

Die Reihe ist eine Zusammenarbeit mit den Umweltinitiativen ,,Banlastic Egypt'' und ,,Lampa Environmental Initiative'' und wird im Rahmen des Projekts ,,Goethe goes green'' veranstaltet.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme.

Sprache: Arabisch

Banlastic Egypt will den Konsum von Einwegplastik in Ägypten einstellen. Sie bietet alternative Produkte an und organisiert verschiedene Events, darunter auch Workshops und Strandreinigungsaktionen, um das Umweltbewusstsein zu stärken.

Lampa Environmental Initiative engagiert sich für ökologische Nachhaltigkeit in Ägypten und organisiert Events zu verschiedenen Umweltthemen, darunter Recycling und nachhaltiger Konsum.

Details

Sprache: Arabisch
Preis: Eintritt frei

Goethe Institut Alexandria - Zoom

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Goethe goes green Zu einer Reihe von Online-Meetings, die über verschiedene Aspekte von Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit informieren. 17 Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung ... CO2-Fußabdruck ... Wasserverbrauch ... nachhaltige Mode ... nachhaltiger Konsum ... Kreislaufwirtschaft ... Mikroplastik ... Recyclingcodes ... Abfallwirtschaft ... und vieles mehr! Jeden Sonntag, von 18.00 bis 18.30 Uhr ab dem 18.

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As part of their vision in empowering the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt, USAID's SEED has selected San3a Tech in 201...