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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]]
*Sebastian Heilmann (Green Party) [[File:German Greens 2012.pdf]]

== Key Words ==

*[[wikipedia:en:Autarky|autarky]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Feed-in_tariff|feed-in tariff]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Common_Agricultural_Policy|CAP]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Silage|silage]]
*pulse energy buildings [http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679461/pulse-a-cheap-system-to-help-buildings-become-more-energy-efficient]
*[[wikipedia:en:Cradle-to-cradle_design|cradle-to-cradle]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Degrowth|degrowth]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Weak_sustainability#Strong_versus_weak_sustainability|'strong' and 'weak' sustainability]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Planetary_boundaries|planetary boundaries]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Anthropocene|anthropocene]]
*[[wikipedia:en:Ecological_footprint|ecological footprint]]
*energy plan
*[[wikipedia:en:Rights_of_Nature#.22Buen_Vivir.22|'good living' (buen vivir)]]
*[[wikipedia:en:German_Renewable_Energy_Act|EEG - German Renewable Energy Act]]

== 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, [http://www.rspb.org.uk/]
*OIKOS - [http://www.oikos-international.org/]
*Ecological footprint - [http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/]
*TED talks - [http://www.ted.com/talks]
*Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) - [http://www.nna.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=7845&article_id=21883&_psmand=27]
* The Cloud Institute - sustainability fish game [http://cloudinstitute.org/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]]