The course is interdisciplinary and touches on many scientific fields: Agronomy, demography, history, geology, economics, political science and climatology. Specifically, the following content is planned: – The Neolithic Revolution as the first energy revolution in history – The Industrial Revolution (preconditions, effects) – The limits to growth and the discussions of the 1970s – The Brundtland Report and the concept of sustainability – The Rio process and the Kyoto Protocol – Sustainability and climate protection in implementation. The rocky road to the Paris climate protection agreement – Measuring the consumption of nature: ecological footprint and co. – Marion King Hubbert and peak oil – Depletable energy sources: peak coal, peak gas, peak uranium – Agriculture under pressure: peak soil, peak water and peak phosphorus – Opportunities and limits of renewable energies – The transportation of tomorrow – which technology will prevail? – Circular economy – more than just recycling – Sufficiency and cultural change – A way out of the post-growth economy?