Earth's Treasures
How we use and value mineral resources
Special exhibition in German and English
25 August 2015 to 28 February 2016
Extended until 20 November 2016
Further exhibition dates
- 1 October 2020 to 18 April 2021 in the Seemuseum in Kreuzlingen
- 15 February to 1 December 2019 in the Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
- 12 April to 21 October 2018 in the Museum für Urgeschichte(n) in Zug
Prix Expo 2016
The special exhibition "Earth's Treasures – How we use and value mineral resources" made it into the external page shortlist of the Prix Expo 2016. We are proud of it!
Resources for Life
Mineral resources play a fundamental role in our daily lives. We take their availability for granted and their worldwide consumption is steadily on the rise. What are the long-term consequences of our increasing use of non-renewable resources? What challenges lie ahead for us?
This exhibition is about the formation, mining and use of mineral resources, and how we deal with products we no longer need. What can we do to ensure that resources are extracted in an economical, environmentally friendly and socially responsible way and that they are used and reused for as long and as efficiently as possible?
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- Download vertical_align_bottom Topics of the exhibition (PDF, 291 KB)
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- external page call_made Publication with interviews (in German)
- external page call_made Publication accompanying the special exhibition (exhibition catalogue; in German)
- chevron_right Opening: Photos, programme and presentations (German)
- chevron_right Voices to the special exhibition
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank all individuals, companies, universities and research institutions and organisations for their contribution.
ETH Zurich and ETH Domain:
- Center of Economic Research
Dr. Therese Egli - Departement Architektur
Prof. Dirk Hebel, Felix Heisel, Andreas Reimann - Departement Bau, Umwelt und Geomatik
Prof. Dr. Rainer Bunge, Niko Heeren - Departement Erdwissenschaften
Dr. Henner Busemann, PD Dr. Thomas Driesner, Joseph Doetsch, Dr. Keith Evans, Prof. Dr. Christoph Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Andy Jackson, Prof. Dr. Johan Robertsson, Prof. em. Dr. Ladsi Rybach, Dr. Tobias Schlegel, Prof. Dr. Max Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Rainer Wieler - Departement Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik
Dr. Markus Hänchen - Departement Materialwissenschaft
Dr. Markus Diener - Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Geri Furrer, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wehrli - Energy Science Center
Dr. Pedro Crespo Del Granado, Dr. Christian Schaffner - Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst
Dr. Dimitrios Karvounis, Prof. Dr. Stefan Wiemer - Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission (SGTK)
Lisa Bieri, Donat Fulda, Benjamin Jost, Dr. Rainer Kündig, Mark Simoni, Roger Widmer - Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research - Supply of Electricity (SCCER-SoE)
Prof. Dr. Domenico Giardini, Joseph Doetsch - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (EMPA)
Dr. Patrick Wäger, Dr. Peter Wick
University Bern:
- Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Daniela Bucher, Dr. Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, Prof. Dr. Stephan Rist, Judith Wehrli
University Zurich:
- Institut für Archäologie, Dr. Rouven Turck
- Historisches Seminar, Dr. Andrea Westermann
- Kompetenzzentrum für Menschenrechte (MRZ), Dr. Christoph Good
Further
- Dr. Miriam Andres
- Bundesamt für Energie (BFE)
- Dr. Peter Eckardt
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover
- Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA)
- EnergieSchweiz
- Erklärung von Bern (EvB)
- Eternit
- Fachverband der Schweizerischen Kies- und Betonindustrie (FSKB)
- GEOTECHNOLOGIEN
- geothermie.ch
- Giraffe Innovation
- Glencore International
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Grandjean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; University of Southern Denmark
- Tony Hartwell, The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Dr. Ute Münch, Dr. Philipp Weis
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- Dr. Thomas Imbach
- Money Museum Zürich
- myblueplanet
- Nagra
- Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institute (Swiss TPH), Dr. Mirko Winkler
- Schweizer Salinen
- Stump ForaTec
- Prof. Dr. Walter R. Stahel, Product-Life Institute Geneva
- Technische Universität Delft, Marcel den Hollander
- WWF Deutschland, Internationales WWF-Zentrum für Meeresschutz
- Yves Schumacher Communications
- Zürcherische Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Erforschung und Bekämpfung der Staublungen in der Schweiz (SILAG), Dr. Barbara Kuhn
We thank everyone who also provides us additionally with images, samples and/or data.
- AFGlobal Corporation
- Aargauer Zeitung
- Greg Asner, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science
- Bärlocher Steinbruch Steinhauerei
- Beobachter Natur, Andrea Klaiber
- Ralf Bösch
- Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- Michael Ciaglo
- Chopard
- Danziger Goldwasser, Hardenberg-Wilthen
- DeLafée
- Direktion der öffentlichen Bauten des Kantons Zürich
- DSI, Bryan Versteeg
- Dr. Peter Eckardt
- Eckardt Natursteine
- Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement (EFD), Staatssekretariat für internationale Finanzfragen (SIF)
- Emilio Stecher AG Natursteine
- Entomological Collection, ETH Zurich
- Earth Science Collections, ETH Zurich: Dr. Peter Brack
- ETH-Bibliothek Zurich, Rare Books
- European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
- everythings
- Evocative
- Exploration Architecture
- Fairphone
- Fairtrade Foundation UK
- Luzia Fuchs, Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften, ETH Zurich
- Helen Gambon, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University Bern
- Wolf Hilbertz
- Andrew Hughes
- geothermie.ch
- geology.com
- Glencore International
- Dr. Stephan Greb, KGS
- Greenpeace
- Dr. James Hein, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel GEOMAR
- Holcim
- The Living New York
- Thomas Hösli
- Tip Technologies
- IG Metall
- International Labour Office, Photo Library
- Isenschmid AG Thun
- jura cement
- Kamphuis Sloopwerken
- KEZO Zweckverband Kehrichtverwertung Zürcher Oberland
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
- Kremer Pigmente
- Dietmar Klingenburg
- Prof. Dr. B. Lehmann, Lagerstätten und Rohstoffe, TU Clausthal
- Lotus Foods
- Mathys Partner Visualisierungen
- MarineInsight
- MarineTraffic
- Miele
- Prof. Dr. A. Moscariello, Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Genf
- Nagra
- NASA
- Jürgen Nauber
- Nordregio: Linus Rispling, Johanna Roto
- Dominic O'Brien
- OZ Minerals
- Physik Institut, Universität Zürich: Dr. Peter Robmann
- Material und Logistik, Glasbläserei, Universität Zürich: Daniel Schnarwiler, Guido Stadelmann
- Gian Salis, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich
- Dr. Cédric Schmelzbach, Department of Earth Sciences , ETH Zurich
- Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
- Schweizer Salinen
- Marc Shayler
- Schulverlag plus
- Spiral Productions
- St. Galler Stadtwerke
- Stiftung Landschaft und Kies
- Stump ForaTec
- Swico
- swissinfo.ch (SWI)
- Toscano AG Natursteine
- UK Coal
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- USM-Möbelsysteme
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Zürich
- Werkstatt Departement Erdwissenschaften
- 20 Minuten
- Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Universität Bern
- Departement Erdwissenschaften, ETH Zürich
- Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften, ETH Zürich
- Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA)
- Dr. Peter Eckardt
- Erdöl-Vereinigung
- ETH-Bibliothek
- geothermie.ch
- Glencore International
- Nagra
- Omya
- Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften (SCNAT)
- Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission (SGTK)
- Schweizer Salinen
- St. Galler Stadtwerke
- Stump ForaTec
- ETH Zurich Foundation