… impact If handled improperly, the storage and application of fertilizers can cause a whole range of serious environmental damage. The production of synthetic … energy-intensive, which is associated with high resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrogen and phosphorus in particular can have a negative impact … farm manure (especially zinc and copper, and in pig manure also arsenic) can be caused, for example, by additives used in animal feed. All heavy metals are toxic in …

… Pesticides Pesticides are widely used Source: oticki / Fotolia.com Pesticides are used extensively in agriculture. Their main purpose is to keep crops healthy and …

… pollution Source: stefanthiermayer / Fotolia.com Germany’s farming sector uses the largest amount of land, but is at the same a lynchpin of our economy – one … in Germany Almost 47 per cent (16.7 million hectares) of Germany’s surface area is used for farming. Of this land, some 71 per cent is used for crop cultivation and 28 …

… Joint research project on decentralized water reuse Taking lysimeter cores in a field to analyze water balance and transport … cooperation with the German Environment Agency. Climatic changes are increasingly causing acute regional water shortages which can lead to competition for water, for …

… and Sustainability” of the German Environment Agency takes a look approaches to the use of games. The project has developed its own serious game “Little Impacts”. last … (e.g. Connolly et al., 2012; de Freitas, 2018; Wilkinson, 2016). This is mainly because research in this area is still quite new. There are still no uniform standards … and the “Little Impacts” game. These include, for example Teaching materials for use in secondary schools (education for sustainable development) Coloring pictures …