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.
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 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
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