Malte Schmidthals
Senior Researcher
Dipl.-Ing. Environmental Engineering
Research field
Education and Digital MediaThe person
Malte Schmidthals has been working for the IZT in the research field "Education and Digital Media" since 2017. He mainly works on the topics of environmental education, resource conservation and climate protection. His work focuses on the development of teaching and the analysis of ways and potentials of greening educational institutions. The focus is always on the relationship between user behaviour and technical and organisational measures.
He is also a board member of the IZT Staff Association and Berlin 21 e. V.
Malte Schmidthals previously worked since 1992 as head of the "Climate Protection and Environmental Education" department and as part of the management team at the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues (UfU) e.V. There he was responsible for the development and implementation of practical climate protection education projects.
In the 1980s, Malte Schmidthals graduated from the Technical University of Berlin with a degree in "Technical Environmental Protection", specialising in water pollution control, waste management and wind energy use.
Expertise
- Environmental education
- Resource conservation and climate protection
- Lesson development
- Greening of educational institutions
- Interaction of education, user behaviour and technical-organisational measures
Selected projects and publications
Projects
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2024 - 2026
(Further) education for natural climate protection (BilNaKlim)
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2021 - 2024
KlimaRatSchule - Protecting the climate through democratic participation in schools. School: Change: Act.
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2020 - 2022
CLIKIS-Network: Reducing GHG emissions from school meals in Estonia and Croatia
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2019 - 2024
BilRess network: Support for education providers in the field of resource efficiency
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2019 - 2022
go green! The future in your hands! Workcamps for young people for career guidance
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2018 - 2021
KORN-SCOUT - Of the grain and its many users - Strengthening grain competences for sustainability in the food craft sector
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2020 - 2023
Resource competence for the use of raw materials in global value chains: an exemplary analysis using the example of the study programmes in design and engineering sciences
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2018 - 2019
CLIKIS - Climate friendly Kitchen in Schools
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2018
SLOW Smart Learning - Use of media in online continuing education
Publications
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2023
Climate protection needs those affected
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2022
CLIKIS eLearning Course 1: Introduction to Climate Friendly School Catering
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2022
CLIKIS eLearning-Course 2: Climate-friendly ingredients and dishes
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2022
CLIKIS eLearning-Course 3: Energy efficient kitchen technology and use
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2022
CLIKIS eLearning-Course 4: How to avoid and reduce food waste in school kitchens
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2019
Poradnik projektu CLIKIS: "Efektywne energetycznie i przyjazne dla klimatu kuchnie szkolne"
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2018
Climate protection in the school kitchen pays off - also financially
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2018
Experts evaluate proposals for climate-friendly school catering
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2009
Offline game powerado - accompanying material
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2008
Fairytale Energy - Accompanying Materials