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

The Algae House at the IBA International Housing Exhibition in Hamburg

• 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 [1]
• 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 [2]
• 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, [3]
• OIKOS - [4]
• Ecological footprint - [5]
• TED talks - [6]
• Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) - [7]
• The Cloud Institute - sustainability fish game [8]

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

This page was created with support of the OP VK CZ.1.07/2.4.00/17.0130 Project - Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Network