AI-enabled technologies have huge potential to enable climate action, from digital twins that model the Earth to algorithms that help us run the future of energy systems and transportation networks. But AI systems, especially the rise of deep learning and large language models, also raise sustainability concerns linked to the natural resources they consume such as electricity and water, and the carbon emissions they produce. All of this begs the question: can AI help save the planet?

Breathing techniques have been a central part of the traditional knowledge of yoga. A time-tested, evidence-based breathing technique, Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) has also been found by numerous independent studies to be most effective in sustainably enhancing overall wellbeing by increasing mindfulness, the feeling of connection, work efficiency, and the ability to concentrate, while reducing stress and anxiety. In this hands-on workshop, you will get an introduction to the SKY Breath Meditation and have the opportunity to learn a few simple breathing techniques. You will also gain an understanding of the four prongs of sustainable positive mental health and how inner and outer sustainability are connected. To conclude the session there will be a short exchange on the experience, time for questions, and a short survey to gauge student interest in a weekend SKY Breath Meditation workshop.

A hidden reality to us, a daily torture to them: industrial animal agriculture. Out of sight, out of mind trillions of farmed animals suffer around the globe hidden away in stalls, cages or laboratories – for our food. Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change and the loss of biodiversity. Maybe more so, it’s a real threat to our health as well as to the societal and natural order. With simply granting all animals basic rights, we can establish a harmonious agricultural system worldwide and unfold a just and sustainable future – for all. Want to find out what you can do?

Every year on the last Thursday in November, TUM and UnternehmerTUM host the TUM IDEAward, the annual award ceremony for the ideas competition of the same name, supported by the Zeidler Research Foundation.