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.

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

Monday presentation by Oikos representatives Joscha Enger & Anja Zirngibl File:130605 oikos Tschechien Workshop.pdf

Key Words

autarky
feed-in tariff
CAP
corn 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 E law

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

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