Culture over nature

The Gewerbemuseum Winterthur presents "Mining Photography", an exhibition on the material history of raw materials in photography and their connection to the history of raw material extraction, disposal and climate change

In her new work "Frühe Pflanzung", author Anna Ospelt writes about motherhood, child development in the womb, the social significance of motherhood for women and interprets observations of nature in an idiosyncratic way. If you would like to find out more about this poetic exploration of parenthood and nature, you are in the right place at the book party at sphères on Tuesday, 21 November 2023.

The Stapferhaus in Lenzburg is hosting an exhibition entitled "Nature and us?" until next summer. The exhibition "on the crucial question of our time" invites visitors to scrutinise nature, discover new perspectives and rethink our relationship with it.

In this concert with plucked instruments by Daniel Hess at the GZ Affoltern, which is suitable for children aged 4 and over, we not only learn about the beauty and diversity of the sea, but also that the oceans are threatened by waste, oil drilling, overfishing and deep-sea shipping.

On Sunday, there will be guided tours through the permanent exhibition "Masterpieces of Nature" at the Zoological and Palaeontological Museum of the University of Zurich. You can admire the beautiful fossils that the artist Nature has created in her underground studio over the last 550 million years using pressure and minerals.

Students in Peru are campaigning for reforestation in the Amazon, while in Colombia coal mining by commodity companies is causing environmental damage. Climate Grandparents Zurich discuss these issues with Ursula Locher.