Students:German Sustainability Field Trip



This is the main information page and work space for the MOSUR Sustainability Field Trip to Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, organised by the Charles University Environment Center with the assistance of the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The trip to Lüneburg departs Prague on 9 June 2013 and returns on 14 June.

Field Trip Programme



 * Promotional Poster [[File:Promotional poster Luneburg field trip v3.pdf]]
 * Official Programme [[File:Summer excursion programme Luneburg FINAL.pdf]]
 * Logistics info [[File:Lüneburg trip_info for students.pdf]]

Student profiles
Below is a list of students participating in the field trip containing information about themselves and their interest in sustainability, followed by their own individual diaries of the week-long excursion.

Agnieszka Buchtová

Diana Dobrovodská

Eliška Hašová

Jana Jeriová

Jitka Jurníková

Veronika Kupková

Daniel Kurowski

Jaroslav Novotný

Martin Pirkl

Kateřina Racková

Martin Růta

Kristýna Sosnovcová

Markéta Svobodová

Trip leaders' profiles
Here you'll find brief information on the leaders of the trip from the Charles University Environment Center and their sustainability background.

Andrew Barton

Dana Kapitulčinová

Presentations

 * Dr. Maik Adomssent, Basic Concepts of Sustainable Development [[File:Adomßent Sustainability Introducation.pdf]]
 * Monday presentation by Oikos representatives Joscha Enger & Anja Zirngibl [[File:130605 oikos Tschechien Workshop.pdf]]
 * Tuesday presentation at Neu Wurmstorf landfill by Dr Tilmann Wolfsteller [[File:13-DepNW-Sol-Wind-engl3.pdf]]
 * Sebastian Heilmann (Green Party) [[File:German Greens 2012.pdf]]
 * Friday presentation by Sarah Velten on Sustainable Agriculture [[File:Sustainable Agriculture Sarah Velten.pdf]]
 * Friday presentation by Marcus Falke on the Lueneburg Innovation Incubator [[File:Innovation Incubator Markus Falke.pdf]]

Key Words

 * autarky
 * feed-in tariff
 * CAP
 * silage
 * pulse energy buildings
 * cradle-to-cradle
 * degrowth
 * 'strong' and 'weak' sustainability
 * planetary boundaries
 * anthropocene
 * ecological footprint
 * energy plan
 * 'good living' (buen vivir)
 * EEG - German Renewable Energy Act
 * Demeter organic farming
 * biodynamic agriculture
 * landfill gas
 * landfill liner
 * passive house
 * flak tower

Resources
Literature
 * Planetary Boundaries - Röckström et al. 2009
 * The Limits to Growth - Meadows et al., 1972 (+ updates)
 * The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to stretch and build learning and systems thinking capabilities - Sweeney, L. B., & Meadows, D. Chelsea Green Publishing, 1995
 * Silent Spring - Carson, Rachel (2002) [1st. Pub. Houghton Mifflin, 1962]. Mariner Books. ISBN 0-618-24906-0.

Web
 * RSPB - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK,
 * OIKOS -
 * Ecological footprint -
 * TED talks -
 * Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) -
 * The Cloud Institute - sustainability fish game

Field Trip Diary
Day One - arrival in Lüneburg

Day Two - the sustainability concept at Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Day Three - sustainable campus and renewable energy

Day Four - nature conservation & sustainable agriculture

Day Five - politics, participation and urban development

Day Six - regional development and sustainability