Die heimlichen Helden – Peter Wohlleben über das geheime Leben der Bakterien

In the organizer's words:

We think we are the masters of the earth. Yet we have long been ruled - by creatures that we cannot see with the naked eye. With "The Secret Life of Trees", Peter Wohlleben has changed our image of the forest forever. Now he is turning his attention to the smallest and most powerful organisms in the world: bacteria. In his new book Bacteria - the secret heroes, Germany's most famous forester shows that we don't just live together with bacteria: We are made of them. They are in every cell of our bodies, produce hormones that control our moods and communicate with each other with a sophistication that leaves us amazed. Wohlleben asks: What if we stopped fighting them as enemies and instead learned to cooperate with them - for our health, but also for the climate? Moderator: Julia Schöning